St. Louis DUI/DWI Law Blog

Reported by the Law Office of Carl M. Ward on June 30th, 2019 The defendant was reported to the police by a concerned citizen that he was “sleeping or unconscious” behind the wheel” of a vehicle that was parked on a hotel parking lot. There was absolutely no evidence that the driver was intoxicated when…

The police found the driver asleep behind the wheel in a convenience store/gas station parking lot.  The vehicle was running at the time. However, I established that before placing the driver under arrest for DWI, the officer who found the driver made absolutely no effort to determine when he had driven onto the lot and…

Here, the driver was operating a motorized bicycle on a gravel driveway, lost control, and was severely injured. The driver was unconscious when the police arrived. Based on the odor of intoxicants coming from the driver’s breath, and a statement to the officer by a witness who claimed that driver had drank a lot at…

In this case, the driver, a CDL holder, was stopped for speeding in a non-commercial vehicle. At the DOR administrative hearing, I offered the dash cam video, extensively cross-examined the arresting officer about the problems with his DWI investigation, and brought out all of the inconsistencies between the officer’s arrest report and his dash cam…

In this case, the driver was arrested for DWI. After pointing out numerous problems with the case, the prosecutor agreed to amend the DWI charge to a non-alcohol related traffic offense and set aside the breath test refusal. The driver received a suspended imposition of sentence on the reduced charge, so nothing was reported on…

Driver stopped for speeding and “suspicious” driving. Following the administration of several field sobriety tests, the driver was arrested for DWI. After establishing that that there were many issues regarding the arresting officer’s investigation, and that the breath test result was not admissible, the DOR set aide the license suspension, and the prosecutor agreed to…

After calling his wife to come pick him up, the driver reportedly drove his vehicle from the back of a private club he managed to the front so it would be illuminated by the building lights during the night. After parking and exiting his vehicle, he was contacted by a police officer, investigated for alcohol…

Driver was unable to stop in time at a stop light and collided with rear of stationary vehicle. Due to a lack of evidence to establish driver was DWI, and problems with the breath test, a plea agreement was reached whereby the driver pleaded guilty but received a Suspended Imposition of Sentence

Driver stopped at DWI check point. Per instructions of prosecuting attorney, law enforcement officers in this County were instructed to only administer a portable breath test and to disregard their training to give horizontal gaze nystagmus, walk and turn, and one leg stand tests.  Here, the PBT was improperly maintained and operated. No evidence of…