Rhode Island DUI Lawyer

Recently, a lawyer denied a motion to overturn a man’s ninth DUI charge, instead choosing to sentence him to up to five years in prison.  Robert Kent Vandyke was arrested for driving under the influence in September.  He had recently completed his sentence for killing a woman while driving drunk.  For that crime of vehicular […]

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Compared with last year, arrests for driving under the influence increased over the Memorial Day weekend in Monterey County, California.  This year, twenty-one DUI arrests were made.  In 2007, the total number of DUI charges was only ten.  Fortunately, no deaths related to driving under the influence were reported during either year.
Monterey County’s law enforcement […]

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According to a government report, the upper Midwest has the worst drunken driving rates in the country.  The report relies on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.  Wisconsin is the worst offender, followed by North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota.  The study estimates 25% of adult drivers in these areas […]

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On April 21, 2008, the Arizona Senate passed a bill that reduces the penalty for drinking and driving for first time offenders but increases it for repeat offenders.  The bill, named H2395, lowers the interlock requirement from one year to six months only.  The interlock program is an ignition-interlock device which requires the driver blow […]

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Billie Ryan Atchley, of Bakersfield, CA, was sentenced recently to 3 years in jail on DUI charges. Atchley pleaded guilty in January to charges stemming from a high-speed accident which seriously injured his two passengers. According to police, Atchley was driving over 100 mph on the highway when he missed an offramp and struck a […]

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