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A DUI checkpoint in California (audio, H/T Troy McKinney).
A DUI stop in Texas (video from Dallas Morning News).
Phoenix police raid the home of a blogger who has been critical of the department (Photography is Not a Crime, via Simple Justice).
The Harris County DA’s Office answers the age-old question, “what does it take to get a [...]
Mark Bennett | July 5, 2008
From the Search Terms Files, the question that forms the title of this post: “Can a DUI be expunged in Texas?”
First: in most parts of the U.S., the crime of driving while one’s capacities are diminished by the ingestion of alcohol is described as DUI (driving under the influence). In Texas it’s DWI; “DUI” in [...]
Mark Bennett | July 3, 2008
Harris County prosecutor Warren Diepraam (mentioned before here and talking about “honoring the dead” here) writes in the TDCAA forums:
Harris County is doing a July 4th No Refusal Program and hopefully joining some area counties for a multi-jurisdictional effort. Ours will be for all agencies in Harris County with one prosecutor stationed in the northwest [...]
Mark Bennett | June 22, 2008
I have a DWI jury trial tomorrow in Harris County. No NLSes; this time it’ll be “Full speed ahead!”, David Farragut-style.
Did you know that the Intoxilyzer-5000’s margin of error for an unknown solution (i.e. your breath) is +/- 0.020? That means that if your BrAC is .06 and the machine says .08, it’s within the [...]
