Court overturns ruling in DUI case

Thursday, August 24, 2006
BY PETE SHELLEM
Of The Patriot-News
It was a case that prompted the president judge of Commonwealth Court to upbraid some judges for ignoring the constitution in the name of stopping drunk driving.
At issue: If a police officer outside his jurisdiction stops a vehicle and the driver refuses to […]

In June 2003, an Athens County jury acquitted an Athens area woman of aggravated vehicular homicide in connection with a car crash that killed a Shade man.
A blood test allegedly showed that Farah Holter had chemical byproducts of recent cocaine use in her system at the time of the crash. Her attorney, however, using expert […]

Man falls on head during sobriety test!
Largo, Florida - Largo Police responded to a crash at Huntington and East Bay.Police say 55-year-old Alfredo Villada Martinez made a U-turn in front of another vehicle and caused the crash. Police say Martinez’s actions and responses afterwards demonstrated impairment.
Martinez kept asking the officer why he was pulled over […]

Supreme Court: DUI test results should not have been suppressed
COLUMBIA, S.C. The state Supreme Court says a lower court will have to review evidence of prejudice in the administration of a breath-test in a drunken-driving case.
In a ruling released today, the high court says a trial judge erred in supressing the results of Ronald […]

Posted: Saturday, 19 August 2006 9:16AM
New Police Flashlight Sniffs As Well As Shines
CHICAGO (WBBM) — As police gear up their publicity machine to battle drunk driving over the Labor Day weekend, they’re also gearing up with new flashlights that sniff as well as shine.
WBBM’s John Cody has the story.
The sniffer light is billed as […]

Guilty plea in fatal crash
Amanda Kramer

 
 
The man accused of driving drunk and killing a teenager in a car crash in November was sentenced to serve eight years in prison after pleading guilty to the charges this week. Carroll County Superior Court Judge Dennis Blackmon ordered Stanley Keith Benton, 29, of Newnan to serve eight years […]

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PTC manager pleads guilty to golf cart DUI
Thu, 08/10/2006 - 4:30pm
By: John Munford
Gets 24 hours in jail, $800 fine, license suspension; can seek work permit to drive
Peachtree City Manager Bernie McMullen pled guilty Thursday morning to charges stemming from his DUI arrest June 2 while operating a golf cart in […]

courtesy of NCtimes.com
D.A. must remove judge from all DUI cases

By: PHIL STRICKLAND - For The Californian

Justice may be blind, but it’s easy to see there is precious little of it in the courtroom of Judge James Warren for drunken driving victims and their families.
In rapid succession two weeks ago, the Riverside County jurist gave a […]