Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Los Lunas police officer arrested for DWI »
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- On early Thanksgiving morning one of the Los Lunas police officer was arrested by Los Lunas police on suspicion of DWI following a single vehicle crash in the village.
Los Lunas police arrested a police offcer
According to Los Lunas police, they have arrested officer Nikki Baca for DWI and released on her own recognizance. Right now she does not have a court date.
Officers responded to a traffic accident that took place on Tondre Road at about 4 a.m. Thursday. It has been found by them that there was a vehicle that had been driven off of the road and struck a fence.
When police arrived the driver, that was later identified as Baca, was in her vehicle. At the time of accident she was off duty and driving her personal vehicle.
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Elkridge teenager struck by car while riding bike »
A 17-year-old Elkridge youth was riding a bicycle early Friday when he was hit by a car and now he is in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore as a result of this hit by a car, and it has been said by Howard County police that the driver has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of heroin.
According to police About 12:30 a.m., Benjamin Wortman of Red Barn Way was riding his bike eastbound on Route 108 near Lark Brown Road, near
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Cal Fire Chief Arrested on DUI Suspicion »
On Friday, the state’s top firefighter has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving by the police officers in Plumas County .
On Tuesday, Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant has said that California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Chief Del Walters of Redding was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers while he was driving in his personal vehicle and at that time he was off duty. 
The CHP said that Walters was on Highway 70 near Camp Layman when an officer pulled him over for speeding.
It has been reported by the CHP that Walters failed field sobriety tests.
It has been said by CHP Sgt. George Steffenson that Walters’ blood alcohol-test results are still pending.
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Habitual DUI Conviction Leads to Year in Jail »
On Thursday, a Kahului man was sentenced to a one-year jail term and ordered not to drive for five years for his fourth drunken-driving conviction in 10 years.
Neal Suda, 48,has also been placed on five years’ probation and he was ordered to pay $1,419 in fines and fees by the court.
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Man gets prison in 2 DUI wrecks »
On Friday a Tucson man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a couple of alcohol-related hit-and-run crashes, one of the two crashes has sent a woman to the hospital and she has suffered from life-threatening injuries.
It has been shown by the court records that Last month Eric David Marrufo, 29, has been pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated DUI and one count of aggravated assault that arises from accidents in July 2008 and March 2009.
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What Happened to the Presumption of Innocence? »
This happens in most countries of the world, an illegal charges by the State forces the accused to prove himself innocent. However, in America, the presumption of innocence has always been a fundamental part of our rights as a free people.
This basic protection that has been given against the power of the government has been recognized as flowing from the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendments to our Constitution. As said by the United States Supreme Court, “The principle that there is a presumption of innocence in favor of the accused is the undoubted law, axiomatic and elementary, and its enforcement lies at the foundation of the administration of our criminal law.” Coffin v. U.S., 156 U.S. 432 (1895).
So what has happened to this presumption of innocence in a case of drunk driving? Can we consider this as another example of “the DUI exception to the Constitution”? So let us take a look at how this fundamental right has been slowly eroded by our DUI laws….
So now Let us assume that you have been arrested for drunk driving, and a reading of .09% blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) is shown by breathalyzers. By the breathalyzer you will be charged probably with two crimes:
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“Strong Odor of Alcohol on Suspect’s Breath” Is it possible? »
I am sure about the fact that you would have never seen a DUI case where the officer does not report an odor of alcohol on the suspect’s breath. Never ever.It is expected by the officer that the person who has been stopped by him must have drunk and so there must be an odor of alcohol on his breath, and it is a psychological fact that we see, hear and smell the same thing that we expect to see, hear and smell.
But here I really want to tell you that it is a fact that most police DUI reports are formatted for the usual symptoms. There is given a box for "odor of alcohol", which the officer is required to check off. Usually there are three boxes, that has labels "strong", "moderate" and "weak"; but there is no box for "none", so this means that there is no other option for the officer other than to check off one of the three boxes. Mostly the "strong" box is checked by the officers. It is presumed that the stronger the odor of alcohol, the more intoxicated would have been the person who has been arrested.
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Police plan DUI checkpoints in Brentwood and Livermore »
The Livermore and Brentwood police departments have planned to hold sobriety and drivers license checkpoints over the next seven days.
It has been decided by them that the checkpoints will be held in those areas where there is a high occurrence of DUI crashes or arrests.
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DUI Arrests: Surge in DUI Arrest Among Women »
It is a happening of a recent Friday night in Lowell, Mass., just outside Boston, the state police were out there to look out any drunken drivers.
Officers regularly stop drivers and ask them that have they drunk tonight. They also ask some drivers to take sobriety tests; they have also arrested some of those drivers for Driving Under the Influence of alcohol.
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Maryland Man Gets 5th DUI »
A Maryland man who has already have four drunken-driving convictions is now facing DUI charges for the 5th time after Delaware State Police say he was stopped as he was driving more than 100 mph on Interstate 495.
On early Monday, a trooper has stopped 33-year-old Christopher Kendall of Chesapeake City, Md.,in Claymont after it has been said by the police that his Nissan Pathfinder have been swerving and speeding at nearly 102 mph in a 60 mph zone.
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