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Friday, 11 August 2006 |
Guilty plea in fatal crash
By Amanda Kramer
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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 in prison followed by seven years on probation in the death
of Charles Joshua Story, 19, in 2005.
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Friday, 11 August 2006 |
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It would be best for the City [revenue] not to spotlight the weaknesses and apparent absurdity of the Georgia DUI laws and the junk science underlying them Peachtree City 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 the parking lot of the city’s amphitheater. McMullen pled guilty to DUI and possession of an open container of alcohol. He was sentenced to spend 24 hours in jail as required by Georgia law, an $800 fine, a year’s probation, 40 hours of community service and several other conditions such as a ban on alcohol consumption with random drug and alcohol screening. |
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Wednesday, 02 August 2006 |
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D.A. must remove judge from all DUI cases By PHIL STRICKLAND - For The Californian
courtesy of NCtimes.com 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 slap on the wrist to two people who killed while driving drunk. Both had agreed to sentences in plea deals with the district attorney’s office —- sentences the judge decided to shorten. |
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Sunday, 23 July 2006 |
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It is very hard to prove a "less safe" dui because the per se limit is ridiculously low:
Officer charged with DUI refused breathalyzer
Courtesy of news-journalonline.com: July 22, 2006
By JIM HAUG
Staff Writer PORT ORANGE -- Several local police officers charged with
drunken driving in recent years share something else in common, as
well. They all refused to take a breathalyzer, thus depriving
prosecutors of a blood-alcohol reading that could be used against them
in court."If you have been drinking, refusing the breathalyzer is the
only way to go," said Brian Toung, a Daytona Beach defense lawyer.
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Sunday, 23 July 2006 |
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Endogenous or Auto Brewery Syndrome as a result of intestinal disorders
Candidiasis is a yeast infection which plagues the intestine when good bacteria are killed as a result of long term use of antibotics. Some candidiasis sufferers will feel, and appear to be, intoxicated. An unsual symptom of certain people with severe candidiasis is the presence of alcohol in the blood stream even when none has been consumed. First discovered in Japan, and called "drunk disease," this condition creates strains of candida albicans which turn acetaldehyde (which is the chemical created by sugar and yeast fermentation) into ethanol. This is a process well understood by distillers of homemade brew. These candidiasis patients whose yeast turns sugar into alcohol are chronically drunk. They have developed what is only half-jokingly called "auto-brewery syndrome".
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Sunday, 23 July 2006 |
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...except that wizard in Kentucky and he won’t tell!
State appeals court decision in breathalyzer case
07/23/06
courtesy of sun-herald.com
(Florida) — The state is appealing a recent plaintiff’s victory in the controversial breathalyzer cases.
“The
appeal goes to the district court (Second District Court of Appeal)
instead of local circuit court,” plaintiff’s attorney Robert Harrison
said. “The district court of appeal gets first bite, but they do not
have to take it.”
Harrison said the usual procedure is for an appeal to a county court decision to be bumped up to the circuit courts.
“But
if you have hot issue, an issue of great public importance,” Harrison
said, “they can bypass the first level and go right to the district.”
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Thursday, 20 July 2006 |
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McCready Beats DUI Rap
by Natalie Finn
Jul 19, 2006, 4:55 PM PT
courtesy of http://www.Eonline.com
Mindy McCready won’t be staying the night in jail–and she’s got some new song fodder to boot.
The oft-troubled country singer was found not guilty Wednesday of a DUI charge stemming from a May 2005 arrest, although a Nashville jury did convict her of driving with a suspended license.
McCready, 30, was pulled over last spring for speeding and refused to take a breath test after police smelled alcohol. Kenneth Dixon, the arresting officer, testified Monday that the “If I Don’t Stay the Night” artist had been wobbly on her feet and that her eyes were watery and bloodshot that night.
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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NBC10.com: Man Charged With Murder for Alleged DUI Fatal Crash
July 18, 2006 8:26 am EDT PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man involved in a fatal two-car crash while he was allegedly driving under the influence is facing a murder charge.Police said they have charged James McClinton, 22, with murder, involuntary manslaughter, driving under the influence, aggravated assault and related offenses.Police said McClinton ran a red light and collided with a Honda Accord, killing the driver.... |
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Sunday, 16 July 2006 |
Defense raps DUI probe
Bonner County Daily Bee - Sandpoint,ID,USA
Friday, Jul 14, 2006 - 09:56:46 am PDT
By KEITH KINNAIRD, News editor
SANDPOINT -- The investigation into a lethal vehicle crash near Garfield Bay two years ago went on trial on Wednesday.
Defense
attorney Doug Phelps stepped up his shelling of the case against Dustin
Paul Trevino, calling into question just about every aspect of the
vehicular manslaughter and drunken-driving investigation.Phelps
called an expert defense witness who testified Bonner County Sheriff's
Deputy Jeremy Deal improperly administered field sobriety tests. Phelps
also argued the scene where the agility tests were conducted was awash
in chaos, with ambulances driving up and down the road and even a rogue
motorist who drove through the middle of the scene without any lights
on, coming close to where Trevino and Deal were standing.
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Friday, 14 July 2006 |
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DUI becomes campaign issue in solicitor race 07/13/2006 — Jonathon Aurelia says his opponent in the solicitor race, Rosanna Szabo, is soft on crime. But Szabo says she finds that an odd argument coming from a man who has a record of driving under the influence. Aurelia was arrested in June of 1994, when he was 19, for driving while intoxicated, according to records. He pleaded nolo contendre, or no contest, to the top charge and a charge of minor in possession of alcohol was dropped, the records show. |
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