Drunk Driving DUI Law

One of eight drunken driving offenders, returned to prison in February after a Reno Gazette-Journal investigation showed they failed to serve the mandatory two years, was paroled briefly Tuesday but reincarcerated after the Nevada attorney general ruled against giving the prisoners credit for time on house arrest.
Jennifer Hovey, 27, was told she must return to [...]

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The Nevada Highway Patrol recently released the accident totals for 2009, which showed the overall number of accidents decreased in the Winnemucca District over the year before.  The totals stemmed from accidents investigated by NHP and does not include crashes other law enforcement agencies may have investigated.
There were 164 accidents investigated by NHP – a [...]

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In addition to claims that the Nevada Department of Corrections is not following the law by letting serious drunken-driving offenders out of prison on house arrest early, some say the agency also is violating its own regulations that require those offenders to be in prison for at least a year.
With few exceptions since 2000, the [...]

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At least nine of the 113 people convicted of killing or seriously injuring someone while driving drunk in Reno since 2000 received new driver’s licenses, despite a 1997 law prohibiting them from driving for three years after being released from prison, a Reno Gazette-Journal investigation found.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles blamed the courts for [...]

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For the sixth time in recent weeks, police in the Reno area have arrested a driver accused of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs with a child in the vehicle.
Police say Angelica Godinez of Antioch, Calif., was arrested Monday after she led authorities on a short chase with a 10-year-old child in her [...]

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Las Vegas metro police said a Las Vegas woman was killed Sunday in a suspected DUI crash at the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and Flamingo Road.
According to police, the crash occurred at 1:13 a.m., when a truck slammed into the side of a car.
Investigators said evidence at the scene and witness statements indicate that a [...]

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None of the 113 people convicted since 2000 of serious drunken driving charges in Washoe County were ordered to install an alcohol-testing device in their cars, despite a state law requiring judges to do so, a Reno Gazette-Journal investigation found.
Department of Parole and Probation officials and prosecutors have not recommended the installation of ignition interlock [...]

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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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Law enforcement agencies in Southern Nevada combined for a crackdown on drunk driving in Las Vegas. The Nevada State Patrol and the Las Vegas Police Department set up an eight-hour sobriety checkpoint just west of the Las Vegas Strip. More than 4,700 vehicles were checked, and 11 motorists were charged with driving under the influence [...]

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Nevada DUI Lawmakers
Legislators were urged Monday to tighten Nevada laws to ensure that people convicted of drunken driving in urban areas attend meetings with victims or family or close friends of DUI victims.
Assembly Judiciary members were told the victim-impact sessions must be part of the process, along with fines, possible jail time and other penalties, [...]

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