California DWI Lawyers
In California, we are providing services in the following Cities counties.
DWI and Devastated
Do you know how many ways you can lose your dignity, your entire sense of who and what you are in a five-day jail term? She recounted the ways. "It's the absolute shock of it," she said. "It's the idea that you're now regarded as a criminal like any other criminal,
License-suspension program lauded MADD official calls DWI plan a success others unsure it's a deterrent
WACO - A year-old program designed to quickly yank licenses from people charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs appears to be a success, supporters say. While no detailed numbers are available, Bill Lewis, public policy liaison for the Texas chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, said the
2 groups defend DWI deportations INS, MADD say effort necessary; critics call actions anti-immigrant
Immigration officials and representatives of Mothers Against Drunk Driving said Thursday that while a recent effort to deport immigrants who have felony DWI convictions may be harsh, deaths caused by drunken drivers are even more tragic. Officials with the Immigration and Naturalization Service said about 200 immigrants have been arrested
DWI accidents decreased 30% in Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie police, operating the only state-funded DWI enforcement team in Texas, made 70 more drunken driver arrests and reported a 30 percent drop in alcohol-related crashes in the first eight months this year compared with the same period in 2002. More than 40 percent of the 375 DWI arrests
DWI case blamed on media, legal woes
CHICAGO - An attorney representing David Schoo speculated that constant media attention and the legal pressures of being charged with leaving his children home alone during a vacation prompted Schoo to drink too much before his arrest March 20 for drunken driving. Schoo was sentenced yesterday to two years of
Joan Kennedy In Court on DWI Charge Senator's Ex-Wife Pleads Not Guilty
Massachusetts State Police Cpl. Joseph Howley said that after police signaled to [Joan Bennett Kennedy] Tuesday night, she stopped her car in a travel lane and had to be helped into the breakdown lane. He said she was given a "field sobriety test" at the scene and failed. Howley would
Senate passes bill doubling penalty in fatal DWI cases
AUSTIN - The Texas Senate yesterday approved increasing the penalty for some driving while intoxicated offenses, but provisions allowing for the automatic suspension of a driver's license and jailing of first-time offenders were removed. "The bill will speak to the problem as best we can at this hour," said Sen.
Habitual DWI offenders elude system, paper reports
Habitual drunken drivers continue to be a hazard on Texas roadways because many counties do not follow a state law that requires them to report driving-while-intoxicated convictions to Austin, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported. As a result, police often don't know when they have arrested repeat DWI offenders who may
Dwi Arrests Down From '86 Police cite reduced funding, court challenges to checkpoints
Dallas police arrested 1,987 fewer people on drunken driving charges in 1987 compared with the previous year, which police attribute to reduced funding for DWI enforcement and court challenges to police DWI checkpoints. Police arrested 8,287 motorists on DWI charges last year, compared with 10,274 in 1986 and 12,197 in 1985.
Anti-Dwi Funds For City Could Go To Sheriff
Erie County officials could divert money to the Erie County sheriff to pay for anti-DWI enforcement in the city -- rather than cut off money due the city entirely -- if they believe the city police effort is too weak, a top Buffalo police official says. Buffalo police have come under