by Lea Bickerton | Jan 23, 2009 | DUI
Mississippi State Representative Philip Gunn is proposing a new DUI law that would require first-time DUI offenders to have an interlock device installed on their vehicles. Under existing DUI law, interlock devices are only mandatory for a second or subsequent DUI...
by Lea Bickerton | Jan 15, 2009 | Criminal Law and Immigration Issues, DUI
Arizona Representative Jeff Flake is proposing legislation that would make a third DUI a deportable offense for legal and illegal immigrants. Under the current law, an alien may only be deported for an aggravated felony or for a crime involving moral turpitude....
by Lea Bickerton | Jan 15, 2009 | DUI, Intoxilyzer
Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals and Circuit Court has affirmed Manatee County Judge Doug Henderson’s ruling that rejected the admission of some 100 Intoxilyzer 5000 results at trial.Two years ago, defense attorneys challenged the admissibility...
by Lea Bickerton | Jan 9, 2009 | ARD, DUI, Police Misconduct
Officer Gary D.S. Utter was denied acceptance into the ARD program in York County. District Attorney Stan Rebert attributes the rejection to “the circumstances of the case.” Although Utter is a first-time offender, he is accused of crashing his patrol car...
by Lea Bickerton | Jan 9, 2009 | DUI
The Kentucky Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that would enhance the existing DUI law. Under the proposed law, anyone found with a detectable level of an illegal drug or a legal drug without a valid prescription could be convicted of DUI. Additionally,...
by Lea Bickerton | Jan 9, 2009 | DUI
Texas legislators are proposing new DUI laws. In one DUI bills, sobriety checkpoints would be permitted on public roads in Texas. In another bill, any individual in an injury-related accident would be subject to a blood draw, as would anyone with two or more prior DUI...
