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Hennepin County To Speed Up Dwi Trials
Drunken drivers may receive swifter justice in Hennepin County under a plan announced Monday that requires DWI trials to take place within 45 days after a defendant first appears in court. That's a significant improvement over last year's average of 78 days from arrest to disposition - though one defense
Cooper Gets Probation For Dwi
Carolina Panthers defensive back Jarrod Cooper was placed on probation Monday and fined $200 after pleading guilty to driving while impaired. It's the second time in less than two years Cooper has been placed on probation for drunk driving. Mecklenburg District Judge Phil Howerton sentenced him to a year in
DWI laws whittle away our freedoms
Bobby is an alcoholic. He sits at the side of the road, gripping the steering wheel. He looks through his rear view mirror at the blinking overhead lights and spotlight of the cop car that just pulled him over. As the officer approaches, he tells Bobby to get out of
Va. Bill a Response to Tossed DWI Cases Prosecutors' Inability to Appeal in General District Court Targeted
As Virginia law stands, when a general district court judge finds a law unconstitutional, prosecutors cannot appeal the ruling. This particularly vexed Fairfax prosecutors, who felt they had no recourse when General District Court Judge Ian M. O'Flaherty began ruling this summer that he would not automatically presume someone was
Driving DWI off the streets New laws target chronic offenders
FORT WORTH - With 14 drunken driving arrests and 13 convictions, 34-year-old Jesus Montalvo Jr. was, in his lawyer's words, "a stray bullet going down the road." "He had a habit of getting blackout drunk, driving down the road on the rims - he'd hit the curb so many times
New tactic helps prove DWI cases
FORT WORTH--Brent Standifer already had four driving-while-intoxicated convictions when he rear-ended a BMW at a red light in December. A blood sample he voluntarily gave to Saginaw police showed his blood-alcohol level to be .22, almost three times the legal limit of .08. On Jan. 3, police said, Standifer was
State Pays The Price For Lax Dwi Standards
Thirty million, six hundred thousand dollars - say it again and again, aloud. Real money that has been lost since 1998 because New York refused to lower the driving-while-intoxicated threshold from its current 0.10 percent to 0.08 percent. That money, offered as a federal incentive to lower the standard for
Hillsboro Man Is Found Guilty Of Murder In Dwi Crash
A Hillsboro man faces up to 42 years in prison for driving while drunk in an accident that killed one girl, paralyzed one of his daughters and caused injury to another daughter. Robin Mayer, 39, is only the fourth Missourian convicted of murder for d riving while intoxicated. The other three
DWI convictions could get boost under new bill
Those convicted of felony drunken-driving charges would face additional prison time under a bill passed 26-10 Tuesday in the Senate. Senate Bill 441 would include DWI arrests in the state's habitual offender act. Drunken driving is the only felony not currently included in those statutes, said the bill's sponsor,
Court Backs Police In Dwi Case// Suspects Needn't Be Told Of Rights Before Videotaping
The police need not warn suspected drunken drivers of their rights before videotaping their responses to seven routine questions, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. With only Justice Thurgood Marshall dissenting, the justices concluded in Pennsylvania vs. Inocencio Muniz that Muniz's answers to questions calling for his name, address, height, weight,