Recent Posts in DWI Category
Posted on May 10, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
May 10, 2012 In a stepped-up enforcement effort known as "Operation Cold Sober," the Queens Highway Patrol and Borough Task Force will be aggressively targeting late night bar and club goers ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 12, 2012 In a decision entered March 29, 2012, the NY Appellate Division, 3rd Dept. vacated a man's sentence after he had pled guilty to driving while intoxicated because the County Court ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 22, 2012 By now many people have heard of a new smartphone application called Alcohoot which claims to be able to provide an individual with their intoxication level before they decide whether ...
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Posted on Mar 18, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 18, 2012 As a result of Leandra's Law, New York's Vehicle & Traffic Law was amended to provide that any individual who is found guilty, or otherwise pleads guilty to a DWI or DUI ...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 15, 2012 As the St. Patrick's Day holiday weekend approaches, New York City Police will be stepping-up enforcement in an effort to dissuade motorists from getting behind the wheel after ...
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Posted on Mar 10, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 10, 2012 This past week in San Francisco, California, allegations and information came to light the police there may have failed to conduct proper accuracy checks on portable breath testing ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 5, 2012 Chief Magistrate William Guglietta of the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal has handed a seventeen year old a very stiff sentence today - banning the teenager from driving in the state of ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 4, 2012 Currently before the Assembly for consideration is legislation sponsored by Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., which the New York State Senate passed last month. The legislation would ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
According to the New York City Police Department, a cop who was on-duty, and who had just left a fundraiser for a slain NYPD colleague, has been charged with DWI . Sources allege that the on-duty ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
If you are convicted of, or otherwise plead guilty to an alcohol related offense such as VTL 1192.2 or 1192.3 which are misdemeanor offenses, you may be Ordered by the sentencing judge to undergo TASC ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
Most people would assume that in order to be found guilty of DWI , Driving While Intoxicated, the person so charged would have to be "driving" a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated state; ...
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