Drunk Driving DUI Law

Arkansas linebacker Khiry Battle has been dismissed from the team after a weekend arrest on a charge of driving under the influence.
Coach Bobby Petrino announced Battle’s dismissal Monday, saying only that he’d violated team rules.
The 20-year-old Battle was arrested early Sunday on a charge of misdemeanor DUI. Police say Battle failed a field sobriety test [...]

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A California state senator wants drunken boaters to lose their license to drive their automobiles.
Sen. John J. Benoit, R-Bermuda Dunes, introduced SB 154, which would reinstate the suspension of California driver’s license for individuals convicted of boating under the influence.
“Havasu spent eight years in DUI enforcement, making over 1,000 arrests. I have witnessed how the [...]

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The DUI Law in Tennessee will change soon.
Starting July 1, 2009, law enforcement officers will be required to conduct blood alcohol level tests in suspected DUI accidents in which someone other than the suspected impaired driver is seriously hurt or killed. Officers will have to have probable cause to believe a driver was operating a [...]

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The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists recently issued its 2008 rankings of DUI arrests by community for towns in Illinois outside of Chicago. With 651 DUI arrests in 2008, Naperville came in second only to Rockford, which had 785.
“The 4th of July weekend is a little different for us because we also have one of our [...]

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Davis County residents who drink and drive might face more than just fines and jail time.
Those with two or more convictions could see their mug shots and blood-alcohol levels posted on an online “DUI offender registry.”
At least that’s what the coalition Davis Helps is considering.
With the rising trend in alcohol-related crashes and more than 1,700 [...]

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Jacksonville police arrested Ryan Michael Simmons and Joshua Daniel McKinnon a week apart last year on misdemeanor drunken-driving charges.
Both men refused to submit to a breath test to measure their blood-alcohol content.
In both cases, police got a judge to issue a warrant authorizing them to forcibly draw blood. Both men sought to suppress the results [...]

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Marcus Vick, brother of suspended Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, will return to court over allegations he violated conditions of his drunken-driving sentence.
A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 5 on whether to revoke Vick’s suspended sentence, which could land him in jail, according to the Virginian-Pilot.
He is accused of not complying with provisions of an alcohol [...]

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One driver was ticketed for driving under the influence at DUI checklanes in operation following the Smoky Hill River Festival’s Festival Jam Thursday night, and five additional CA DUI arrests were made by patrol officers.
Between 10 and 11:30 p.m. Thursday at Front and Crawford streets, 93 cars entered the checklanes and several drivers were evaluated, [...]

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New Jersey could become the 12th state to require some first-time drunken drivers to prove their sobriety every time they get behind the wheel.
A bill approved by the Assembly Judiciary Committee Monday would require first-time New Jersey drunken drivers with a blood-alcohol level of .15 or higher — nearly twice New Jersey’s .08 limit — [...]

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A University of Illinois football player is serving a 60-day jail sentence after pleading guilty to drunk driving in Illinois.
Defensive tackle Josh Brent pleaded guilty June 2 to misdemeanor driving under the influence. He was arrested Feb. 21 in Urbana, near the university’s campus.
Drunk Driving in Illinois has Big Consequences…
Court officials say the 21-year-old Brent [...]

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