Recent Posts in DWI Category
Posted on May 17, 2013 By Attorney Matthew Martin
Being pulled over and placed under arrest for a suspected DWI, especially if it is a first time DWI charge, can be an extremely frightening and traumatic experience. There you are on the side of the ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2012 By Amber Smith
Many drivers who cause fatal drunk driving accidents end up having more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in their blood stream. The legal blood alcohol content for drivers is.08% and most ...
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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 Mar 14, 2012 By Minnesota Defense Lawyer
A Wisconsin Appeals Court ruled that drunken driving laws apply even to people driving on a frozen lake. Todd Anderson was arrested and charged with drunk driving after he was found to have a blood ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Earlier this week a man from the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area was sentenced for more than 33 months in prison and a fine of $1,000 for DWI and drug possession. The man pled guilty to DWI and Second ...
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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 27, 2012 By St. Paul Criminal Lawyer
Nobody wants to see their money go to waste, particularly in a tough economy. If you have been arrested for DWI, you may be asking yourself if it worth spending the money to hire an attorney? Even if ...
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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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