The Minnesota State Patrol did a Halloween weekend campaign to discourage drunk driving, according to the West Central Tribune out of Willmar, MN. The Tribune story shows videos of DWI arrests made by the State Patrol of suspects dressed in their Halloween costumes from last year including a teenage mutant, a French maid, and an [...]
Tags: Akeley, assault, DWI, First Degree Assault, Fourth Degree Assault, Fox 9, minnesota, WCCO, WillmarDWI/DUI defendants and criminal defense attorneys in Minnesota have been “waiting to exhale” as the Star Tribune put it on July 27, 2011. On July 26, 2011, the Minnesota supreme court issued an order staying further proceedings in the Source Code Litigation. This ruling means that instead of each case being heard individually, they will [...]
Tags: CMI, Criminal, Criminal Defense Attorney, DUI, DWI, intoxilyzer 5000, intoxilzyer, minnesota, source code, Source Code CoalitionIn Maple Grove, Minnesota, on Sunday, July 9th, a man suspected of driving while intoxicated was pulled over. The driver took off during the stop and led police on a high speed chase before hitting another vehicle. Both the driver of the vehicle and the drunk driver were killed. The driver had prior DWI charges, [...]
Tags: assualt, Bennerotte and Associates, Criminal Defense Attorney, diu, drug charges, DWI, high-speed chase, minnesota criminal attorney, when do i need an attorney?We’ve blogged about the changes to Minnesota’s drug laws to target more synthetic drugs and the first arrest in Winona, MN for possession of synthetic drugs as the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. Now, Minnesota has had the first arrest for driving under the influence of a synthetic controlled substance. Minnesota’s drinking and impaired driving [...]
Tags: bath salts, controlled substances, dakota county, DUI, DWI, DWI attorney, fleeing police, minnesota, synthetic drugs, vermillionIf you think you can get away with drinking and driving this Fourth of July weekend in the event of a Minnesota Government shutdown, think again. Coincidentally enough today is Maroon Day, in which ALL State Patrol troopers will be on the roads. Today is historically the deadliest day on the roads. In an effort [...]
Tags: Bennerotte and Associates, Criminal Defense Attorney, DUI, DWI, government shut down, jail, minnesota state patrol, Workers' compensationWe 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 RelationsYesterday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals, reversed an Itasca County judge’s determination that a motorized scooter used by a disabled individual was a “motor vehicle” for the purposes of Minnesota’s driving while intoxicated, or “impaired driving,” laws. Minnesota’s DWI law (Minnesota Statute § 169A.20) makes it a crime for drivers to “drive, operate, or be [...]
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