Drunk Driving DUI Law

Q: I was convicted of a DUI but the police never saw me in my truck. They found me 3 blocks away,walking toward the nearest phone to call 911. I asked some one at a party to drive because it appeared that they were sober. Once he wrecked my truck he must have bailed and [...]

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Outside the home of 32-year-old Michael Leininger, people have left cards and flowers in his memory. While he was disabled, his friends say he lived life to the fullest.
Bob Godwin says even though his friend Michael Leininger had cerebal palsy and used a wheel chair, it never let him down. “He had a social life, [...]

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Officers from San Mateo County’s 23 law enforcement agencies made 131 arrests on drunken driving charges over the 10-day period from Dec. 18 to Dec. 27, according to statistics from the California Avoid campaign, the multi-agency effort to catch drunken drivers.
The arrests, all the result of routine traffic stops, represent a 7 percent increase over [...]

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Local police are teaming up with law enforcement agencies across the nation to take part in the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest” crackdown through Jan. 3.
“Avoid the 9 — Napa County” law enforcement agencies will staff a checkpoint in the city of Napa, host a multi-agency task force operation in Napa County and [...]

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A Fremont woman convicted of her fourth drunken-driving offense will be sentenced Jan. 25 in Dodge County District Court.
Thirty-3-year-old Spring Howley faces up to 20 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. She also could have her driver’s license revoked for 15 years.
Howley this month pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. She also had been [...]

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As we approach the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, Big Island police are informing motorists that police will be conducting DUI checkpoints throughout the island during the holiday season. The effort is part of a national and statewide campaign called “Drunk Driving: Over the Limit. Under Arrest.”
Sergeant Kelly Ka’aumoana-Matsumoto, head of the Traffic Services Section, [...]

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You see it almost every day, in just about any newspaper, on just about any television news station. A man or woman charged with their seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th or more offense for driving under the influence of alcohol. There’s no doubt recurring DUIs and the many unfortunate deaths they cause are plaguing communities across [...]

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A 30-year-old Chicago man was charged with murder and aggravated DUI on Wednesday in a hit-and-run that killed a Rogers Park woman and injured her 6-year-old son.
Ralph Eubanks, of the 1400 block of North Sedgwick, also was charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Maria Worthon, 48, of the 1400 block of West Touhy, [...]

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Governor Doyle today signed into law tougher measures against drunk driving, including criminalizing first offense when a child is a passenger.
Doyle was flanked by mothers who had lost children to drunk drivers as he signed the legislation during a state capitol ceremony.
The law also makes fourth offense drunk driving a felony instead of a misdemeanor [...]

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A Lockport police officer had a blood alcohol level almost three times the legal limit when he caused a three-car accident on the Stevenson Expressway, killing a man who was returning home from his second job.
Edward Stapinski, 34, had a blood alcohol level of .223, Assistant State’s Attorney John Carroll said at a bond hearing [...]

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