Jan: 27, 2014

Minnesota man accused of Taser assault during DWI stop gets 44 months

Last October, this blog reported a story involving an alleged drunk driving case that included allegations that a Northern Minnesota man assaulted a state trooper with her own Taser. Law enforcement had alleged that the Akeley, Minnesota, man had grabbed the trooper’s Taser when she was placing handcuffs on the man arrest his arrest for driving while impaired.

Jan: 27, 2014

Minnesota Felony DWI or Gross Misdemeanor DWI–Part II

If you are facing Minnesota felony DWI charges, then if convicted you may be un-employable, and you will lose your right to vote and your gun rights. If you are convicted of a Gross Misdemeanor 2nd Degree DWI or 3rd Degree DWI, you may go to jail for up to a year and/or be on probation for up to 6 years. That’s why you need to call a Minnesota Felony DWI Criminal Defense Attorney ASAP. If you’ve never been charged with a crime before, you may be curious as to what the typical procedures are for going to Court. In our last blog we discussed what happens up through your bail hearing or Rule 5 hearing; now we discuss Minnesota Omnibus Hearings.

Jan: 27, 2014

Minnesota Felony DWI or Gross Misdemeanor DWI–Part I

Jan: 27, 2014

Prosecutors formally charge Mankato anchor with DWI

Alcohol testing under Minnesota’s implied consent law has seen a number of challenges in recent years. This blog has reported the issues challenging the Intoxilyzer machines that are currently under review in the Minnesota Supreme Court. Last year, this blog discussed the issue of whether police can request a urine sample without a warrant under the implied consent laws and use the test results in the criminal case involving driving while impaired charges.

Jan: 25, 2014

Minnesota driver with 20 DWIs still not convicted of felony

A recent Minnesota criminal case opens up an opportunity for us to discuss drunk driving laws throughout Hennepin County and the rest of the state. Specifically, we’d like to explain what it takes to turn a DWI charge into felony status.

Feb: 20, 2013

Burnsville man accused of crashing into liquor store

Burnsville Police arrested a man at his work on suspicion of gross misdemeanor driving while impaired in early December. Authorities accuse the man a scraping the side of a Burnsville liquor with his car as he allegedly left the business during the early afternoon December 5.

Jan: 29, 2013

Northfield man sentenced on Lakeville gross misdemeanor DWI charge

Last summer, a Lakeville Police officer says that he drove past a Lakeville sports bar several times while on patrol. The officer says that he noticed a man sitting in a green Jeep parked in the bar’s parking lot on three separate occasions as the cop drove past the bar.

Nov: 29, 2012

Man accused in Western Minnesota of fleeing, DWI in series of incidents

Law enforcement in Western Minnesota accuse a 27-year-old of felony fleeing and gross misdemeanor drunk driving, among other offenses, after he allegedly ran his pickup truck into a home in Morris, Minnesota November 2. A police officer claims that he made a traffic stop of a vehicle the man was driving. The officer claims that he believed the man was driving drunk.

Tag: Gross Misdemeanor DWI