Scott Michels was the lawyer that I hired for my case. I appreciated the updates throughout the case, always letting me now what the situation was and how he recommends how it should proceed. Pretty impressed by the way everything was handled with him looking over the videos presented and figuring out the best wag […]
There is a growing trend in Iowa when it comes to OWI investigations, particularly those involving drugs other than alcohol. Peace officers are bypassing the standard implied consent procedures and seeking search warrants for blood instead. It’s not just for situations involving deaths or potentially fatal injuries. Yes, there’s a law authorizing search warrants in […]
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If you read our blog regularly, then you’ve seen several posts this year about GRL Law saving commercial driver licenses from disqualification. This post is no exception. Another CDL saved? That’s right! Our client was asked to submit a breath sample to determine his alcohol concentration. He consented to testing after which time the DOT […]
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. […]
Another result of our relentless pretrial discovery efforts is now on display in Jasper County. After painstakingly reviewing every word of the implied consent video, we discovered that our client asked for an attorney. The officer did not honor this request, but instead requested a breath sample for testing on the DataMaster DMT. Our client […]
To the impaired driving defense attorneys at GRL Law, the name of the game is relentless pretrial discovery. It’s what we do. Essentially, if there’s a defense, then we’ll find it and leverage it to produce uncommon results. A recent OWI Second Offense charge in western Iowa provides a perfect example of this approach. After […]
Iowa provides a limited statutory right to speak with a family member or attorney before submitting to breath testing. Most of the time, the driver must first trigger the right by asking for a phone call. In this case, our client told the officer he had an out-of-state CDL. He asked whether implied consent would […]
The impaired driving attorneys at GRL Law successfully negotiated another resolution to preserve a client’s CDL. After winning the DOT hearing, we leveraged that result by convincing the county attorney to amend the OWI to public intoxication with a minimum fine of $105 and no jail time. The DOT would have disqualified the client’s CDL […]
A Story County client was arrested for OWI and taken to the police station to provide a sample of his breath. While reviewing the body camera footage, the arresting officer read Client the implied consent advisory and told Client he could make phone calls. Client was later asked if he would agree to take the […]
