Recent Posts in Alcohol Related Offense Category
Posted on Jun 12, 2012 By St. Paul Criminal Lawyer
Concerns are beginning to rise as to the reliability of the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) results from the newly deployed DataMaster DMT-G devices in DWI cases. These new concerns come as the ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2012 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Why is Ignition Interlock Important? Effective July 1, 2011 the Minnesota Legislature modified the driver's license penalties associated with alcohol offenses. The duration of time that a ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2012 By St. Paul Criminal Lawyer
The Dakota County attorney's office recently released a report detailing the number and type of charges that were filed for 2011. The report showed that the number of adults charged by Dakota ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Earlier last week a woman in a western suburb of Minneapolis, Anna Nyenhuis, briefly attempted to evade police with her young daughter in the vehicle. Ms. Nyenhuis has been charged with Felony Fleeing ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2012 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Recently, north of Minneapolis, Mr. Steven Johnson was charged with 3rd Degree DWI and 5th Degree Drug Possession in connection with a motor vehicle accident. According to reports, Mr. Johnson had not ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Be careful this holiday weekend. Roughly 400 Minnesota law enforcement agencies are conducting increased DWI patrols during the month of December. In the first 11 days of this month, with less than ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2011 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Last week, a Minnesota woman with 2 prior DWI convictions was stopped for driving without her headlights on just south of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol. The ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2011 By St. Paul Criminal Lawyer
Recently, a man was charged and found guilty in a county near Minneapolis, Minnesota of 2 felony counts of Criminal Vehicular Homicide and Injury, along with felony DWI. The felony counts resulted ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Minneapolis DWI Attorney
The residents of Minnesota, collectively, have more than one-half million "alcohol related" driving offenses on record. Moreover, one in every eight (1:8) persons in Minnesota with a driving ...
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