Virginia DWI Lawyers

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Hard Law, Soft Justice

Armed with a tougher drunken-driving law, some area police departments are arresting more drivers for barely crossing the new driving-while-intoxicated threshold. The arrests of drivers with blood-alcohol levels of 0.08 percent or 0.09 percent rose at least 45 percent since the state toughened the penalties for these readings in July 2003,

Immunity waived in 3 '96 DWI cases

Contrary to State Department remarks this week, there is ample precedent for lifting the diplomatic immunity of someone facing potentially serious criminal charges in the United States. Immunity was waived three times in 1996 alone for diplomatic personnel charged with drunken driving, State Department officials said yesterday, as well as

DWI Campaign Keeps Messenger, Loses Message

Now that [Scott Hartnell] -- who celebrated his 21st birthday April 18 -- can legally sip adult beverages, Chuck Taylor, Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen's traffic safety chief, isn't ready to rule out another Hartnell bobblehead "as long as it has the right message" this time. Source : pqasb.pqarchiver.com

Police To Question Man In Sealy Death//Phengsene Convicted Of Iowa Dwi In 1997

Minnesota State Police will interview as early as today the 43-year-old man believed responsible for the head-on collision that killed Timberwolves guard Malik Sealy. Police will talk to Souksangouane Phengsene in his hospital room at Hennepin County Medical Center, where he is recuperating from injuries suffered in Saturday morning's fatal

Bush acknowledges 1976 DUI charge

Texas Gov. George W. Bush acknowledged Thursday that in 1976 he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol near his parents' home in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush, who was 30 at the time, pleaded guilty, paid a $150 fine and his driving privileges were temporarily suspended in Maine. Late Thursday

Leonard Removes Self From Bench

Source: GARY L. WRIGHT, AMES ALEXANDER, STAFF WRITERS Mecklenburg District Judge Jerome Leonard, under fire for having the lowest drunken driving conviction rate in the county, has decided he won't hold any more court this year, a state court official said Wednesday. And the 68-year-old judge may not return to the

Va. Man Charged With DWI After I-66 Crash Kills 3

Tim O'Callahan, 42, climbed out of the Accord; his daughter, Tara O'Callahan, 20, and his nephew John Oldigs, 23, were in the back seat. As Tim O'Callahan watched, [Wallace Bouldin] said, a 2001 Dodge Ram pickup truck smashed into the Accord, destroying it. [Maureen O'Callahan], Tara O'Callahan and Oldigs were pronounced

Cooper may still be disciplined by NFL

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers team officials said special teams player Jarrod Cooper will remain on the roster despite his second arrest in under two years for driving while intoxicated, the Charlotte Observer reported Thursday. "I view everything case by case," coach John Fox told the paper. "This is something

Saints cornerback Brown charged with DWI

SAN ANTONIO -- New Orleans Saints cornerback Fakhir Brown has been accused of driving while intoxicated. Brown, 28, was stopped for a traffic violation early Wednesday and then booked with DWI and released on bond, according to the Bexar County sheriff's office. The Saints had their final practice later that morning

Madd ranks n.c. Among the best in anti-dwi efforts

Mothers Against Drunk Driving rated North Carolina an A- Tuesday for its efforts to eliminate drunken driving, making it one of the four highest-rated states in the country. ``Until we stop drunk drivers from taking any lives on our highways, it won't be good enough,'' said Gov. Jim Hunt. ``You