Drunk Driving DUI Law

The Kentucky Bar Association held its New Lawyer Program on January 15-16, 2009 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. The Kentucky Bar included the topic of Driving Under the Influence in Kentucky.  This author, Stephen Isaacs, was pleased to be the featured lecturer at the DUI seminar for the new lawyers. This was the second [...]

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A Benton man who drove his car into the Franklin County Courthouse on Tuesday suffered a broken neck and has been charged with DUI and several other offenses. Brandon Mandrell, 28, was headed west on East Main Street about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when he failed to slow down to make the right hand turn to [...]

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Instead of toasting the new law doing away with Utah’s private clubs, Senate President Michael Waddoups said Utahns should be celebrating new, tougher penalties for drunken driving. The bill eliminating the applications and fees now required to drink at Utah’s equivalent of a bar was signed by Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. at a crowded ceremony [...]

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Pennsylvania state troopers have set a record for the number of arrests for driving under the influence. State police announced today their officers made more than 16,000 arrests for driving under the influence last year. That’s a 3 percent increase over 2007 and the highest yearly total in the department’s history. Officials are crediting education, [...]

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Randolph is suspended for two games: Zach Randolph, a forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol Monday morning by the California Highway Patrol. Several hours later, the Clippers suspended Randolph, 27, for two games for what officials called “conduct detrimental to the team.” There are [...]

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Battery charges filed against Sheriff’s deputy. A Broward County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with misdemeanor battery after two women filed complaints that he had touched them inappropriately. Charles E. Grady is accused of touching the women during traffic stops. His actions have lead prosecutors to reduce or drop charges in dozens of cases in [...]

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Texas DWIA man suspected of driving while intoxicated in Texas got his 2000 Ferrari stuck on rail tracks and narrowly escaped before the vehicle was smashed by a train. Jeff Sabold called 911 around 3:30 am and said that he was scared, lost and stranded on a railroad track crossing. When he told the operator [...]

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A suburban Chicago woman on probation for DUI is being held without bond after allegedly crashing her SUV into her neighbor’s home while intoxicated. Authorities say 55-year-old Elaine Enger’s blood-alcohol level was 0.32 when her vehicle struck a curb and sailed into her neighbor’s Barrington house. The legal limit for drivers is 0.08. Enger has [...]

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Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth was charged with DUI manslaughter Wednesday afternoon. Stallworth was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol when his Bentley struck and killed a pedestrian in Miami Beach on March 14. According to the affidavit, Stallworth’s blood alcohol level was .126 — above Florida’s legal limit of .08 — at [...]

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