The drunk driving lawyers at GRL Law routinely advise people what to do during a traffic stop. For example, you should provide your license, registration and proof of insurance upon request. And, if the officer asks you to step out of your car, then follow those directions. But when it comes to field sobriety tests, […]
Wayne County, Iowa. Attorney Matt Lindholm (aka The Wolf) recently obtained a NFG (Not Friggin Guilty) verdict from a Wayne County jury for a client facing an OWI second offense charge. The client was charged following a roll over accident. At trial officers testified that the client’s speech was slurred, he had blood shot eyes, […]
Colin saved us! I can’t say enough nice things about him. He helped us with an issue with our college son related to underage drinking that could have ended badly without Colin’s help. He was able to provide us a great strategy and then executed it seamlessly. Highly recommend him and his firm.
The impaired driving defense attorneys at GRL get results. A recent case in Mitchell County demonstrates how effective we can be when the stakes are highest. We recently took over a case from another attorney after the State refused to budge on a felony OWI and trial looked inevitable. After unpacking it, we discovered several […]
Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa. OWI 2nd Offense arising out of an accident, dismissed outright after court granted defendant’s motion to suppress evidence. GRL dug into the case and determined that the preliminary breath test calibration logs did not comply with Iowa’s requirements. Additionally, a close review of the video recordings from the police station proved […]
Ringgold County, Iowa. A GRL client recently had an OWI charge amended to reckless driving. The amended charge was the result of Attorney Matt Lindholm finding a way to get the client’s breath test refusal suppressed. The client requested an opportunity to place a phone call to secure bond for his release prior to deciding […]
Polk County, Iowa. A GRL client recently got an Operating While Intoxicated charge dismissed following a ruling by the court throwing out the breath test refusal. Attorney Matt Lindholm was able to secure the dismissal for the client after showing that the preliminary breath testing device used in the case did not comply with Iowa’s […]
Johnson County, Iowa. A GRL client recently had his operating while intoxicated charge reduced to public intoxication. Attorney Matt Lindholm filed a motion to suppress on the client’s behalf arguing that he was never informed about his right to confidential communications following the request for privacy on his phone calls. Iowa Code Section 804.20 provides […]
The state recently moved to amend a charge to public intoxication from OWI in a North Iowa case involving a test refusal. Why the amendment? The drunk driving attorneys at GRL Law were prepared to show that our client, a lifetime smoker, never refused testing. Instead, the officer deemed her to have refused after a […]
The drunk driving lawyers at GRL Law successfully negotiated yet another resolution to preserve a client’s CDL. After winning the DOT and suppression hearings, we leveraged those results by convincing the county attorney to amend the OWI to public intoxication and reckless driving with no jail time. The DOT would have disqualified the client’s CDL […]
