Drunk Driving DUI Law

A woman whose car collided with a motorcyclist last week, killing him, now is suspected of a homicide, authorities said Sunday.
After the head-on collision Thursday evening on Carson Road in Camino, Melissa Nicole Nichols, 23, was booked into El Dorado County Jail on Friday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, authorities said.
California Highway Patrol investigators said [...]

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Wichita Falls, TX.  Aug. 8 -    A man with nine previous drunken driving convictions was sentenced to life in prison.
Kenneth Chris Oneal, 58, received the maximum sentence Thursday after jurors convicted him of driving while intoxicated-repetition, his 10th drunken-driving related offense…
Well, you say, he may be an alcoholic, but he didnt have to choose [...]

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The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects American citizens from being subjected to police intrusions without “probable cause”. The Michigan Supreme Court held that DUI roadblocks violated this constitutional protection.  On appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, however, that decision was reversed.
In a 5-4 decision, the Court found a “DUI exception” to [...]

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