When a cop arrests someone for DWI, that person’s driver’s license is revoked more-or-less immediately. If the cop thinks the alleged offense rises to a certain level of severity, the driver’s license plates are removed and destroyed, too. To drive from that point on, the driver has to get “whiskey plates” and he or she has to pay to equip any car he or she might drive with an ignition interlock device that disables the vehicle so it won’t start until the driver blows into a tube proving that his or her breath has no alcohol. This is all for people who are suspected of DWI. They haven’t been convicted yet. They may never be.
Criminal Defense
225 Drunken Drivers were NOT Busted on Friday Night: KARE 11 is Wrong
Two hundred and twenty-five people were arrested without benefit of any Complaint being sworn or judge determining probable cause or a jury determining guilt.
Minnesota versus Missouri v. McNeely
I have collected sixty-nine opinions of judges from around the state, including thirty-seven (37) written opinions, attempting to apply McNeely to Minnesota cases. You can sort them by judge or county.
McNeely Decisions in Minnesota
In April, the US Supreme Court ruled that police violated Tyler McNeely’s 4th Amendment rights by forcibly drawing his blood without first obtaining a warrant. The McNeely decision raises many questions for the Minnesota state courts.
Should We Lower the Legal Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) for Driving?
Will lowering the legal BAC limit save lives? Maybe. But it’s complicated.