Under Iowa law the term “arrest” has a specific meaning and requires certain procedural steps in order to make the arrest “lawful.” These steps are imperative when determining if a peace officer has lawfully requested a blood, breath, or urine sample from someone suspected of operating while intoxicated. Attorney Matt Lindholm recently exploited this situation […]
Humboldt County, Iowa. After reviewing station videos on this OWI charge, it was determined that Matt Lindholm’s client had vomited at police department. The arresting officer did not wait the required fifteen minutes before having the client submit to the breath test thereby likely producing a heightened alcohol result. Because the fifteen minutes had not […]
Story County, Iowa. People are often confused about what a failed breath test in an OWI case means. Many people think you are automatically guilty of the criminal offense, others don’t have any idea that a failed breath test has any implications in the criminal case and is only associated with a person’s driver’s license. […]
Wayne County, Iowa. Attorney Matt Lindholm recently was able to get a client’s OWI charge amended to public intoxication and save the client’s non-commercial drivers license and commercial driver’s license. During the course of the investigation the client asked the officer “if I pass this test will I still lose my license?” and the officer […]
Polk County, Iowa. Being a truck driver is hard. Being a truck driver facing the loss of your CDL license as a result of an OWI is even more difficult because of the threat to losing your source of income. A recent GRL client facing such a situation was elated when he was informed that […]
Attorney Matt Lindholm recently reached a settlement for a client who was injured on a charter boat while fishing in Alaska with his family. The captain of the boat failed to reduce the speed of the boat while returning from their fishing trip and his the wake of another boat which caused the client to […]
Humboldt County, Iowa. A GRL client recently had an OWI charge with a test result over .08 amended to public intoxication. Attorney Matt Lindholm was able to secure the amendment after convincing the county attorney that the case would be difficult to prove when taking into consideration the established margin of error and inherent assumptions […]
Polk County Iowa. Attorney Matt Lindholm secured a reduction in an OWI charge to reckless driving. After reviewing the videos, there was little chance that the State would have been successful at trial and the State agreed to amend the charge to reckless driving.
Boone County Iowa. A GRL client recently had his OWI charge amended to public intoxication and avoid a driver’s license suspension following a thoughtful and well reasoned ruling granting his motion to suppress and throwing out the results of his field sobriety tests and his breath test refusal. At issue was whether the client had […]
Polk County Iowa. Attorney Matt Lindholm recently secured suppression of his clients breath test refusal after showing the prosecutor that the investigation officer denied his client’s request to have an attorney come to the station and only provided him with thirty (30) minutes to secure an attorney via telephone. As a result, the OWI charge […]
