Drunk Driving DUI Law

New Ohio law that took effect Tuesday allows authorities to force drivers who have two or more drunken driving convictions to submit to blood or urine tests without their consent.
I really don’t see how you can forceable submit a person to a blood or urine test. Beside the fact that it is unconstitutional to force [...]

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A preliminary hearing on a drunken-driving charge for star NFL defensive end Jevon Kearse has been continued until January 6th. Kearse was arrested by Vanderbilt University police and charged with driving under the influence and refusing a breath test.
The hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday, but Kearse’s attorney Roger May said neither he nor the [...]

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18-day effort that ended Labor Day weekend was part of national drunk driving campaign.
Law enforcement agencies across the state made a total of 1,414 arrests for driving under the influence in Colorado during an 18-day crackdown. Dubbed ‘The Heat is On’, the anti-drunk driving campaign was part of the national effort titled ‘Drunk Driving. Over [...]

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Off-duty deputy was allowed to go home despite suspicion of drunk driving. Real fair.
John Daniels, a Pinellas County Florida deputy, was on patrol around 1:00 am when he witnessed a car pass him at a high rate of speed.
His radar indicated the vehicle was going 98 in a 45 mph zone. After turning around and [...]

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Heather Locklear was charged with DUI in Santa Barbara County Saturday afternoon.
Locklear was reportedly arrested by the California Highway Patrol in Montecito after someone witnessed the actress driving erratically.
A Highway Patrol officer found Locklear’s car stopped on a state highway, blocking one lane. In talking with her, the officer determined that she was operating a [...]

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Roy Lee Everett, the man who killed a teenage honor student in a drunken-driving wreck five years ago, must serve additional prison time, a judge ruled Friday.
In 2003, Everett, 35, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, driving under the influence and related charges in the death of 16-year-old  . Everett ran a red light at Military [...]

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A man is being held in the Skagit County Jail in Mount Vernon, Wash., in lieu of $150,000 bail after being arrested for the 14th time for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Superior Court documents say 46-year-old Aaron Bridge of Mount Vernon was arrested in Sedro-Woolley when a sheriff’s deputy smelled alcohol during [...]

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About 15 percent of U.S. adults have driven under the influence of alcohol in the past year and in some states as many as 25 percent did, according to a government study released on Wednesday.
Another 4.7 percent drove under the influence of illegal drugs, the survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [...]

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A St. Petersburg lawyer was arrested late Thursday on charges of drunken driving and possession of cocaine, Pinellas County Jail records show.
David Sockol, 50, of 1400 74th Circle N.E., was booked into the Pinellas County Jail at 2:13 a.m. today, the records show.
Sockol’s attorney, John Trevena, said his client was arrested at a DUI checkpoint [...]

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A Millcreek Township woman pleaded guilty this morning in Erie County Court to driving drunk and causing another woman’s death in a two-car crash on Powell Avenue in November.
Lori L. Cochran, 41, pleaded guilty to one third-degree felony count of homicide by vehicle, two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence and one summary traffic [...]

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