Yearly Archives: 2015

MN Court of Appeals Finds DWI Refusal Law Unconstitutional Again: State v. Thompson

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:30:54+00:00December 29, 2015|Alcohol-Related Offenses, Court Procedures, Driving Offenses, DWI / DUI, Fourth Amendment, Search and Seizure|

[column width="1/3" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Minnesota’s DWI Refusal law [...]

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Breath Test Machines for Marijuana (THC) Under Development

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:30:54+00:00December 21, 2015|Driving Offenses, Drug Offenses, DWI / DUI|

[column width="1/3" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] The race is on. [...]

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Bernard v. Minnesota: Why Did SCOTUS Grant Review?

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:30:54+00:00December 17, 2015|Alcohol-Related Offenses, Court Procedures, DWI / DUI, Fourth Amendment, Search and Seizure|

[column width="1/3" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Last week, we blogged [...]

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US Supreme Court Grants Review of Bernard v. Minnesota – Addressing the Constitutionality of Minnesota’s DWI Refusal Law

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:30:54+00:00December 12, 2015|Court Procedures, Driving Offenses, DWI / DUI, Fourth Amendment, Search and Seizure|

[column width="1/3" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Major DWI news broke [...]

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Onus on the Driver: Your Right to an Independent Chemical Test in a Minnesota DWI Case

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:30:54+00:00December 6, 2015|Alcohol-Related Offenses, Driving Offenses, DWI / DUI, Implied Consent, Search and Seizure|

[column width="1/3" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Do you trust the [...]

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Minnesota Supreme Court To Review Constitutionality of DWI Refusal Law: State v. Trahan

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:30:54+00:00December 3, 2015|Alcohol-Related Offenses, Driving Offenses, DWI / DUI, Fourth Amendment|

[column width="1/4" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Not surprisingly, the Minnesota [...]

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Federal Sentencing Reform Update: House Judiciary Committee Approves Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3713)

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:30:54+00:00November 19, 2015|Federal Law, Sentencing Reform|

[column width="1/3" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Federal sentencing reform continues [...]

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Pennies, Toilet Paper, and Other Epic Failures to Fool a Breath Test

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:30:54+00:00November 15, 2015|Alcohol-Related Offenses, DWI / DUI, Implied Consent|

[column width="1/3" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] “I heard if you [...]

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Advising Defendants of Deportation Consequences in Criminal Cases: Minnesota Supreme Court Grants Review of Herrera Sanchez v. State

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:30:54+00:00November 12, 2015|Court Procedures, Immigration Consequences|

[column width="1/3" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] “Will I be deported [...]

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I Am Innocent, May I Please Have My Car Back? The Innocent Owner Defense in Minnesota Vehicle Forfeiture Cases

Robert Ambrose2021-08-16T19:31:45+00:00November 8, 2015|Alcohol-Related Offenses, Court Procedures, DWI / DUI, Forfeiture|

[column width="1/3" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] We recently blogged about [...]

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