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Low Speed Chase Leads to High Speed Consequences
In Uniondale, New York, Police spotted a street sweeping vehicle driving erratically. The operator of this street sweeping vehicle, Jerry Mitchell, was traveling on Long Island’s Southern State...
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Children on Board: Additional Consequences
We all know how severe the penalties are that face someone charged with driving under the influence. Imagine: the penalties for driving under the influence if, when the driver was operating the...
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Extreme Prank, Extreme Consequences
When we all think back to the end of our senior year of high school, somewhere in that cloud of memories includes remembering your high school senior year prank. Maybe your senior year prank included...
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Can I Get a DUI on a Horse?
While you probably do not ride a horse to work in the morning or drive a buggy when you go to dinner with your family, it is interesting to note that, under Tennessee law, drivers using these modes of...
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Extremely High BAC Equals Increased Jail Time
It is well known that when operating a vehicle the legal limit for blood alcohol content is .08%. It is less known, however, that there is another threshold which carries a significantly more severe...
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Don’t Take the High-way
Think the only way to land a DUI is by drinking and driving? Think again. Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-10-401 makes it illegal to operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of any...
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Boating Under the Influence: Different Crime, Similar Results
Think you can land a DUI in Tennessee only if you are driving a vehicle on a road or highway? Unfortunately, operating a vehicle on a Tennessee road or highway is not the only way to land a criminal...
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The Truths and Myths of Open Container
With summer quickly approaching in Tennessee and football season following soon after, outdoor alcohol consumption will be on the rise. Many people take advantage of the warm weather by drinking...
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In Light of 4/20… Marijuana Use Can Get You Charged with DUI
4/20 may be fast approaching, but marijuana use is still very much illegal in Tennessee. In fact, according to a recent survey performed by addiction-treatment.com presented in The Washington Post,...
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“‘Till Death Do Us Part”: Groom Arrested for DUI In Accident that Killed Bride
Michelle E. Shaw of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that just prior to New Year’s Eve in 2013, a man from Atlanta, GA and his wife were in an automobile accident on the night of their wedding....
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Driving Under the Influence With Minor Children
A Louisville, Kentucky man has been charged not only with driving under the influence, but also of “abandon[ing] his 7-year-old daughter after crashing his car and then running away,” according to an...
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Biking Under the Influence… A Crime in Tennessee?
In some states, getting charged with violating an implied consent law is literally “as easy as riding a bike”… while drunk. As if riding a bike completely sober wasn’t difficult enough, some people...
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Mental Health and Substance Abuse: A Frightening Connection
Sadly, former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes is facing legal woes yet again. Daniel D’Addairo with Time states that Bynes’ parents gained a conservatorship over her in 2013 due to a series of disturbing...
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Michael Phelps: DUI Issues Jeopardize Reputation of Olympic Swimmer
Photo Credit: urbansplatter.com – http://www.urbansplatter.com/michael-phelps-house-baltimore/ Michael Phelps made headlines in 2009 when he was caught with a bong at a party at The University of South...
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Keeping Your Mouth Shut: What You Say and Do CAN Be Used Against You
Police officers frequently give Miranda warnings to those charged with crimes subsequent to their arrest. The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits custodial interrogation without proper...
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Morning After DUI
This may be hard to believe, and even harder to swallow, but it is absolutely possible to get a DUI the day after drinking. You’ve probably just read the above and thought there’s no way this can be...
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Nabbed a DUI: Now What?
Just been charged with a DUI? Or maybe your best friend, uncle, cousin, or grandfather’s-twice removed-cousin by marriage was recently charged with a DUI? If you’re wondering what to do next to help...
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Field Shmield: What Do I Actually Do?
We’ve all heard stories about them: field sobriety tests. Those tests police officers put you through after they have a hunch you may have been driving under the influence. Is it an obstacle course?...
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