Drunk Driving DUI Law

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is benefiting from federal funds to help save lives by nipping drinking and driving in the bud. More than $1 million in grant funds is used to fund California’s Designated Driver Program through August 2010.
“There’s no excuse for operating a motor vehicle after you’ve been drinking,”  CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow [...]

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A man with seven prior drunk-driving convictions was sentenced to two years in state prison Friday for careening into a San Mateo parking lot while intoxicated and stumbling into a coffee shop – right into the path of two California Highway Patrol officers.

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DOVER, Del.- Nationwide in 2008, 58 percent of all fatalities nationwide on Halloween night were alcohol-related, according to the Delaware Office of Highway Safety. That is why the OHS is coordinating statewide stepped up enforcement of Delaware’s impaired driving laws throughout the coming Halloween weekend as part of the state’s Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign.
Five sobriety checkpoints, [...]

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Rep. Jeffrey Wood was arrested for the third time in less than a year on suspicion of drunk driving Tuesday. The Wisconsin assemblyman was videotaped while performing sobriety tests when he was pulled over this week, where he falls after being told to walk in a straight line. A state aide reported today that the [...]

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The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by an Illinois man convicted in Douglas County of felony driving under the influence.
James Edward Schultz was sentenced in 2007 to a maximum of 10 years in prison but petitioned the court seeking a modified and reduced sentence. He argued a prior Illinois conviction should not be [...]

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More information is expected to be released Monday about the DUI arrest of Richmond city councilman Marty Jewell.
Police arrested Jewell after a traffic stop near Byrd Park around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, but did not elaborate on the arrest.
In a statement released to media, Jewell said, “On advice of counsel, I won’t be saying anything more [...]

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The Kansas Supreme Court is being asked by the Douglas County District Attorney’s office to consider a driving under the influence case, saying that the matter could have statewide consequences.
The issue is whether an Intoxilyzer reading of .08 within two hours of driving is sufficient evidence to get a DUI conviction.
The case stems from the [...]

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Alan Mabrey was driving drunk when he ran down Pacific Beach resident Emily Dowdy last February as she walked across Mission Boulevard.
In fact, tests showed that his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit.
The 45-year-old man also left the scene of the crash so he could get a burger at a nearby [...]

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Stephanie Pratt, one of the stars of “The Hills,” was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Sunday morning in Hollywood.
Police said Pratt, 23, was arrested at around 3:45 a.m. outside a nightclub in Los Angeles and taken into custody, with bail set at $5,000, according to Sergeant Mark Cohan of the Los [...]

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A new Ohio law now permits alcohol to be sold up to 2 hours earlier than before on Sundays, a change greeted openly by drinkers and restaurants and angrily by anti-DUI groups.
The change came at the end of this past legislative session when the state passed a new budget and other initiatives. As of this [...]

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