A Minnetonka man was arrested by Minneapolis police over the weekend for driving under the influence, WCCO reported today. The man was driving a Jaguar XJ8 when he ran a red light and struck another vehicle. Two preliminary breath tests showed he had a blood alcohol content of .40 and .391—five times the legal limit [...]
Tags: 169A.20, 629.471, attorney, defense, drunk driving, impaired driving, intoxication, legal limit, license revocation, maximum bail, minneapolis, minnesota, Minnetonka, qualified prior impaired driving incidentBack in April 2011, there was a fatal hit-and-run in dinky town in Minneapolis. At that time, the Star Tribune reported that a Roseville man had been arrested after witnesses had described the vehicle that had struck and killed a young man from Appleton, WI. He was charged with three counts of First Degree Murder [...]
Tags: abetting, accomplice, aiding, dinky town, drunk driving, hennepin county, hit-and-run, obstructing legal process, pioneer press, roseville, star tribuneWe don’t often think of a state’s criminal laws as having potential international repercussions. If, for example, someone is charged with drunken driving in Minnesota or if someone is even charged with murder here in Minnesota, we don’t think it would have sweeping that might affect American diplomacy. Nonetheless, a case in Texas has drawn [...]
Tags: criminal procedural rights, drunk driving, DWI, International Court of Justice, international criminal law, international treaty, murder, Vienna Convention on Consular RelationsFox 9 reports that there are thousands of drivers in the metro area that have warrants out for their arrest in connection with DWI/DUI charges. Ramsey County in any given day has 10,000 active arrests. 1,900 of those are in connection with DWI offenses, either they have a parole violation or didn’t show up for [...]
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