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 commonly the drivers responsible end up testing with 0.16% BAC levels or...
Year: 2012
The BAC Accuracy Issues Rise Again
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 ongoing litigation involving similar concerns as to the accuracy of the...
Guess What? – It’s a Crime to Expose Yourself in Public
A man was recently charged with Indecent Exposure in the twin cities metro area. The man is accused of unzipping his pants on a public street and exposing his genitalia to a woman after leaving a bar. The man and woman met at a bar, following their time at the bar,...
Don’t Provide a Cop a False Name And Then Try to Get Away – It’s a Crime!
A man north of Minneapolis recently pled guilty to providing a false name to a police officer, a Gross Misdemeanor, and fleeing on foot, a misdemeanor. The man was under 21 years of age and attempting to use another person’s identification to enter a bar. A police...
Large Increase In Felony Prosecution For Crimes Involving Prescription Drugs
Eastern metro counties increased the number of felony prosecutions involving prescription drugs. Dakota County alone saw an almost 40% increase in felony prosecutions involving prescription drugs. As a result, Dakota and other counties are starting to pay more...
Court Considers Challenge to Drunken Driving on Frozen Lake
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 alcohol content of 0.365 while driving an SUV on a frozen lake in...
DWIs – They Don’t Just Mean Drinking & Driving
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 Degree Drug Possession. The man was pulled over for failing to turn...
Predatory Reqistration May Not be Required for Out-of State Conviction
An unpublished Minnesota Court of Appeals case filed February 21, 2012 that resulted in a reversal and remand because the record surrounding the Defendant’s plea wasn’t properly developed brought forth an interesting distinction for in-state vs. out-of-state predatory...
What is Ignition Interlock?
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 driver’s license can now be taken away has greatly increased. However, the...
Police GPS Tracking Device Constitutes Search Says U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in late January that police attachments of GPS-tracking devices to automobiles are considered searches under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution in the case of United States v. Jones. The Fourth Amendment protects...