Drunk Driving DUI Law

Prominent S.C. DUI defense attorney Reese Joye was found dead in a Cambridge, Mass., hotel room Sunday morning. He was 70.
Joye was attending an annual trial advocacy summer conference at Harvard University, which he had organized, and was set to return to Charleston on Sunday.
But when he didn’t come down for breakfast or answer his [...]

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Procedures not followed in handling of breath test equipment.
An Escambia County judge ruled that breath test results from 19 Florida DUI cases could not be entered into evidence. The Intoxilyzer 8000 used to determine the defendants’ blood alcohol content had not been properly handled and maintained, which could have altered the test results.
The equipment in [...]

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A 38-year-old stepfather remains in jail on a $22,500 bond today for a third DUI violation after police said he was spotted drifting across several lanes with his three step-children in a van.
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Fransico Hernandez, no address listed, was charged with DUI after Palm Bay Police officers spotted a van he was driving about 11 p.m. [...]

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Nine people were arrested during a police enforcement operation in Petaluma that began Saturday afternoon and continued into Sunday morning.
One person was arrested for possession of two loaded and concealed firearms in a vehicle; two were arrested for driving under the influence; four were arrested for being unlicensed drivers; and one was arrested for public [...]

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A Sandy Springs police officer is under investigation following a weekend arrest.
Rockdale County officers arrested Sgt. Vernon Sands on charges of driving under the influence and having an open container.
Investigators said Sands was arrested after a crash.
Sands was assigned to the Sandy Springs Police Department Operations Division.
Sands has been placed on administrative leave pending an [...]

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Arizona Appeals Court rejects drunk driving conviction of a man who was not driving.
Tucson, AZ. July 25  -  Recent court decisions across the country have upheld stiff sentences against those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), even when those individuals were either not in an automobile, or not driving at all. A [...]

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Officers in Los Angeles say “Indiana Jones” co-star Shia LaBeouf has been arrested for drunk driving following an early morning car accident in Hollywood.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. S. Wolf says LaBeouf was the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a 3 a.m. collision.
LeBeouf and his passenger were injured, as was the other [...]

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Prosecutors are using a new tool when seeking penalties in drunk driving cases. Increasingly prosecutors are reviewing images posted on Facebook and MySpace to determine degree of remorse of DUI defendants.
Lara Buys, 22, was driving under the influence in California when she was involved in an accident that killed her passenger. The prosecutor was willing [...]

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Navassa police chief arrested for driving while intoxicated in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Unmarked Police CardNavassa Police Chief Ricky Junior Thorpe was arrested for drunk driving in North Carolina after a single car accident in rural Brunswick County. Thorpe crossed the center line, struck a speed limit sign and ended up in a ditch while driving [...]

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Drunk driver was in city owned vehicle at the time of his arrest.
The Director of Community Development for the city of Natchitoches, Louisiana was arrested for driving while intoxicated last weekend. Randall S. LaCaza was driving a city owned Chevrolet Impala when he was stopped by the Louisiana State Police for a traffic violation.
LaCaze, 57, [...]

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