Webster County, Iowa- A GRL Law client was charged with OWI 3rd offense, a lifetime 5th OWI offense. GRL attorney Grant Gangestad filed a motion to suppress evidence in the OWI prosecution based upon an illegal and unconstitutional traffic stop of the client’s vehicle. After reviewing the video, the prosecutor agreed to amend the charge […]
Adair County, Iowa. Attorney Matt Lindholm recently secured a favorable resolution of an OWI charge when it was determined that his client had requested to speak privately on the phone. This request for privacy was ultimately denied by the officer and the client was never informed that he could speak privately in person with an […]
Polk County, Iowa- A GRL Law client was stopped for alleged erratic driving. Officers requested that he complete field sobriety tests, but the client politely refused the tests. The client then submitted to a PBT and was taken to the station for further testing. The client supplied a breath test which was over the legal […]
Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. GRL Law discovered that the preliminary breath test calibration logs for Floyd County Sheriff’s Office did not comply with the Iowa requirements and had not complied for many months. Because of this, we were able to save the full and commercial driving privileges of two separate clients and also successfully […]
Madison County, Iowa. Unfortunately motor vehicle accidents are a common and often result in serious injuries or death to those involved. One such case was recently handled by attorney Matt Lindholm where his client was hit and killed while riding his motorcycle. The driver of the other vehicle had crossed the center line after having […]
Crawford County, Iowa. Matt Lindholm recently informed the court that he was “ready for trial” on an OWI second offense charge. Over the weekend prior to the start of trial, the county attorney offered to reduce the OWI second offense charge to reckless driving and public intoxication. This offer was accepted by Matt’s client thereby […]
Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa. Not Guilty on another 20 charges brings the total of NFG’s in one case to 61. After a jury returned Not Guilty verdicts on 41 counts of Harassment in the First Degree, the prosecutor still pressed on with the remaining 20 counts of simple misdemeanor Harassment in the Third Degree. Those […]
Polk County, Iowa- A GRL Law client was charged with Theft 4th degree of building materials from a construction site. The alleged complaining witness was only identified in the reports by a first name. GRL Law attorney Grant Gangestad was able to track down the witnesses in this case and was able to prove that […]
Polk County, Iowa- A client who was attempting to enter the Grandstand at the Iowa State Fair was arrested for public intoxication by undercover officers. The client was calm and polite, but did not provide the officers with any additional information other than what was required of him. After successful negotiation with the prosecutor, the […]
The State cited our client for using a smart phone while driving a commercial motor vehicle. We were prepared to defend the case on the merits when the county attorney realized our client was not using the phone for communication or texting but rather the GPS app. The State moved to dismiss the day before […]
