Rhode Island DUI Lawyer

An 8-year-old boy was killed on his way to church by a drunk driver.  The child was sitting in the back seat of his family’s vehicle when a pick-up truck drifted from its lane and struck the car.  The boy was thrown from his seat into the center console, where he sustained severe injuries.  He […]

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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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After his tractor-trailer ran off the road and blocked U.S. 74 around 10:30 p.m. on April 7, 2008, truck driver John Glenn Little was charged with a DWI in a commercial vehicle.   He suffered a cut to the head and was taken to a local hospital for medical care.  Crews were called to the scene […]

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A spokeswoman for the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that the agency’s experts will recommend possible ways to counteract the negative effects and dangers associated with alcohol use, including heart and liver disease, road accidents, suicides, and sexually-transmitted diseases.  The WHO’s executive board strongly encouraged efforts to raise awareness about the risk of injury, […]

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In the most recent example of an increasingly popular DUI defense tactic, a Kentucky man’s request to examine the source code for the Intoxilyzer 5000EN was upheld by the Kentucky Court of Appeals earlier this month.
For years, breathalyzer evidence was used by police and prosecutors as proof of DUI or DWI charges, but in recent […]

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