Officers May Stop Vehicles that Slow When They Pull Behind Them - DUI News - 11/10/2016
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Driving slow when an officer pulls behind may be a reason to initiate a traffic stop.
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Fair Hearing Denied - Prosecutor Gets Ruling Preventing Witness From Testifying Where the Were and Then Uses that Hole in Witnesses Testimony To Discredit Them - DUI News - 10/22/2016
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The 10th District agrees with the Defendant that the trial court completed several errors in its evidentiary rulings that prevented a fair trial.
Read More6th District Holds There Was Reasonable Suspicion to Detain for Field Sobriety Testing, But Does Not Explain Why - DUI News - 10/21/2016
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Odor of alcohol and bloodshot eyes might be enough to detain for field sobriety testing in the 6th District.
Read MoreDeviations from Standardized Test Protocols OK, If Did not Impact Results - DUI News - 10/20/2016
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2nd District holds that field sobriety tests that deviate from NHTSA standards are admissible, if the deviations did not affect the results.
Read MoreNon-police Witness Testimony Sufficient for DUI Convictions - DUI News - 10/19/2016
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When there is witness testimony of an individual driving impaired, there can be sufficient evidence to convict of an OVI, even if none of the witnesses are police officers.
Read MoreBloodshot Eyes, the Odor of Alcohol and an Admission to Drinking are Sufficient for Probable Cause - DUI News - 10/18/2016
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The Fifth District Holds that, although bloodshot eyes and the odor of alcohol are not enough for reasonable suspicion to conduct field sobriety tests, if there is an admission to drinking there is probable cause to arrest regardless of field sobriety tests.
Read MoreOdor of Alcohol and Bloodshot Eyes Not Enough to Detain - DUI News - 10/17/2016
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The Fifth District holds that the smell of alcohol with bloodshot glassy eyes is insufficient to detain for sobriety tests, even though the defendant was stopped at 1:30am and had crossed double yellow lines.
Read More11th District Holds State Can't Take Plea to Misdemeanor OVI and then Charge Felony OVI - DUI News - 10/1/2016
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11th District Confirms that the State Must Identify that it is Charging a Felony OVI When It Intends to Do So
Read MoreFifth District Avoids Judicial Review of Police - DUI News - 9/29/2016
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Fifth District substitutes its decision on a suppression motion for that of the trial court, reasoning that the trial court substituted its decision for the police officer, thus eliminating review of the the police officer's actions.
Read MoreMarked Lane Violations Require More than a Tire Width Over the Line - DUI News - 9/28/2016
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A traffic stop initiated for a marked lanes violation is without reasonable suspicion when video fails to show a tire crossing the line by more than a tire width.
Read MoreAbsent a Policy or Prior Warnings, Termination for Using Work Computers for Personal Use Lacks Just Cause - Unemployment News - 9/28/2016
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At an employer that lacked a policy prohibiting use of its computers for personal use, who gave mixed signals regarding such use, and in the absence of prior reprimand or warning, an employee who makes use of the computers for personal use during work hours “did not exhibit sufficient fault to provide just cause for discharge for purposes of unemployment benefits.”
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