On December 6, 2015, Thomas Jerel Grace was driving down North Dakota
Highway 23 within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation when he crossed into
oncoming traffic and crashed into the car of 18-year-old Dariann Tveter, who died at
the scene. Grace’s blood alcohol level was .211 percent.
Grace pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter under 18 U.S.C.
§§ 1112 and 1153.... More...   $0 (06-20-2018 - ND)

TULSA, OK - THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA charged GREG VINCENT FIGURES, A/K/A GREGORY FIGURES with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DI6A, DUI ALCOHOL - SECOND OFFENSE, in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(2)
Date of Offense: 06/17/2014

Party Name Disposition Information

FIGURES, GREG VINCENT Disposed: CONVICTION, 06/12/2018. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: DUI ALCOHOL - SECO... More...   $0 (06-12-2018 - OK)

While working at a sobriety checkpoint on September 10, 2016, Detective Spencer Parsons with the Riley County Police Department made contact with Bynum. Parsons smelled the odor of alcoholic beverages and observed Bynum had slurred speech, difficulty communicating, and poor balance or coordination. Bynum informed Parsons that he had consumed a couple of gin and tonic beverages. Bynum attempted the... More...   $0 (06-12-2018 - KS)

In September 2015, a Gallatin County Sheriff’s Deputy initiated a traffic stop after
seeing Reger driving his vehicle at approximately seventy-three miles-per-hour in an area
with a speed limit of forty-five miles-per-hour. The Deputy smelled alcohol emanating
from Reger’s vehicle, saw that his eyes were bloodshot and glassy, and heard him slur his
words. Reger admitted he co... More...   $0 (06-11-2018 - MT)

On September 20, 2014, after receiving a report from the dispatcher that a pickup was driving erratically on the turnpike, a trooper spotted a truck matching the description pass by him when he was on the side of the road dealing with another car stop. His patrol car's emergency lights were activated while conducting this stop. The trooper noted that the passing truck did not move all the way into... More...   $0 (06-06-2018 - KS)

On November 3, 2013, around 2 p.m., Ruggiero was involved in a vehicular collision in Douglass, Kansas. Ruggiero's 2002 Dodge truck collided with a legally parked 2013 Ford pickup. The force of the collision tore off a front wheel of Ruggiero's truck. The truck then traveled through a front yard and then crashed into a house. Alan Butcher, the owner of the 2013 Ford pickup was watching a Chiefs' f... More...   $0 (06-05-2018 - KS)

The State charged Webber with third offense DUI, a nonperson felony under K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 8-1567(b)(1)(D), two traffic infractions, and misdemeanor circumvention of ignition interlock device. Webber pled no contest to the DUI charge and the State dismissed the remaining charges. The presentence investigation (PSI) report prepared before sentencing indicated that Webber had three prior DUI convic... More...   $0 (05-27-2018 - KS)

In each of these three cases, the State filed an information against Brown in the district court for Lancaster County alleging that he committed the crime of driving under the influence (hereinafter DUI) in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,196 (Reissue 2010). The dates of the charged offenses were July 19, 2015, and January 16 and May 6, 2016. The State also alleged in each information that at ... More...   $0 (05-27-2018 - NE)

Defendants are foreign nationals under the Hostage Taking Act: Mikhel is Russian, and Kadamovas is Lithuanian. Both lived in Los Angeles, California, during the events underlying this case. Defendants were assisted at various times by coconspirators Petro Krylov, Ainar Altmanis, Aleksejus Markovskis, and Natalya Solovyeva. Altmanis, Markovskis, and Solovyeva all pleaded guilty and
UNITED STA... More...   $0 (05-13-2018 - CA)

The KDOR suspended Hart's driver's license for having refused to submit to testing following his arrest for driving under the influence. Hart appealed the suspension to the district court.

At the district court hearing, Trooper Cole McGee of the Kansas Highway Patrol testified he stopped Hart after he failed to stop before exiting a private driveway and later failed to use a turn sign... More...   $0 (05-12-2018 - KS)

Petitioner pled guilty to driving under the influence (“DUI”) second offense and was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days, to be suspended on probation after 45 days of incarceration. The judgment was entered on June 1, 2015.
Petitioner’s pro se petition for post-conviction relief has two file stamps of the Montgomery County Circuit Court Clerk. One file stamp is dated December 8, 2016, and ... More...   $0 (05-08-2018 - TN)

Terry Brooks appeals his consecutive sentences for two counts of driving under the influence following a plea agreement. He argues that the district court abused its discretion by making the sentences consecutive, which meant that Brooks would have to serve 24 months (on two consecutive 12-month sentences).

Brooks had pleaded guilty to two counts of driving under the influence as a four... More...   $0 (05-08-2018 - KS)

Kiley Ann Guenther appeals from a judgment of the trial court revoking her probation in two cases—Wyandotte County case Nos. 14 CR 0535 and 14 CR 1157. She argues that her conduct on probation merited imposition of intermediate sanctions instead of imposition of her underlying sentences. We acknowledge that a trial court is statutorily required to consider the use of a lesser sanction before revok... More...   $0 (05-07-2018 - KS)

Botts was charged with possession of a deadly weapon by
a prohibited person under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1206 (Reissue
2016). Botts’ motion to suppress was denied. Following a jury
trial, Botts was convicted and eventually sentenced to 1 year’s
imprisonment and 1 year of postrelease supervision.
Botts appealed to the Court of Appeals, assigning that the
district court erred i... More...   $0 (05-06-2018 - NE)

Angel Rodriguez argues that his sentence is illegal because the district court erred when it classified his prior New Jersey conviction for "assault with intent to rape" under N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:90-2 as a person felony for criminal history purposes. He further argues that the State breached its plea agreement with him during sentencing. For reasons set out below, both of Rodriguez' arguments ar... More...   $0 (04-28-2018 - KS)

At approximately 10:00 p.m. on June 16, 2015, while traveling northbound on North
Montana Avenue in Helena, Montana, Highway Patrol Trooper Jeremy Lee (“Lee”)
clocked Zimmerman traveling southbound at 60 miles-per-hour where the speed limit
changes from 50 to 35 miles per hour. Lee made a U-turn and stopped Zimmerman for
speeding. Once Lee observed several indicators of intox... More...   $0 (04-28-2018 - MT)

We are called upon to determine whether defendant Todd
Dorn’s right to a grand jury presentment under the New Jersey
Constitution was violated when the trial court permitted the
State, on the eve of trial, to increase the charge in count two
of defendant’s indictment from a third-degree to a second-degree
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drug offense. We are also asked whether it was proper ... More...   $0 (04-28-2018 - NJ)

Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(c), Montana Supreme Court Internal Operating
Rules, this case is decided by memorandum opinion and shall not be cited and does not
serve as precedent. Its case title, cause number, and disposition shall be included in this
Court’s quarterly list of noncitable cases published in the Pacific Reporter and Montana
Reports.
¶2 A jury in the L... More...   $0 (04-23-2018 - MT)

Patrick Whigham appeals the administrative suspension of his driver's license by the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDR).

Whigham was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI). He was read a 2013 version of the DC-70 implied consent advisories, which included the criminal penalties found facially unconstitutional in State v. Ryce, 303 Kan. 899, 368 P.3d 342 (2016) (Ryce I), aff'd ... More...   $0 (04-21-2018 - )

The facts establish that on June 3, 2016, the vehicle Barta was driving was stopped in Ellsworth County for a defective tag light. After stopping Barta's vehicle, the officer's suspicion that Barta was impaired led to an investigation resulting in Barta's arrest. Barta has stipulated that there was probable cause to arrest him for DUI. He was transported to the Ellsworth County Law Enforcement Cen... More...   $0 (04-21-2018 - KS)

On February 3, 2015, the City of Leawood charged Lee with first-offense DUI and preliminary screening refusal. Lee was convicted as charged following a bench trial in the Leawood Municipal Court. She subsequently appealed to the Johnson County District Court. Lee filed a motion to suppress, alleging that law enforcement lacked reasonable suspicion to stop and detain her. The district court held a ... More...   $0 (04-21-2018 - KS)

David Chapman appeals his fine for circumventing an ignition interlock device and his sentence for driving under the influence (DUI). Chapman challenges a $100 fine listed in his journal entry of judgment for circumventing an ignition interlock device even though the trial court failed to orally impose this fine at his sentencing hearing. Since filing his brief, the State has successfully amended... More...   $0 (04-18-2018 - KS)

Doris Tenner and Pierre Tenner were married and lived at Fourteen Hampton Court
in Natchez, Mississippi. Doris’s and Pierre’s marriage became volatile over time and
eventually deteriorated. Some time after Doris and Pierre separated, Doris began dating
Woods in April 2015.
¶5. On May 4, 2015, Pierre called Doris, but she did not answer the phone. Later, Pierre
came home fr... More...   $0 (04-16-2018 - MS)

Following a traffic stop on June 11, 2016, for failure to stop at a traffic control device, Kimberly White was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). In accordance with the Kansas implied consent law, K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 8-1001, the arresting officer read White all of the implied consent notices except for those associated with a potential criminal prosecution for ref... More...   $0 (04-14-2018 - KS)