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, […]
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 […]
Carroll, Carroll County, Iowa. A commercial vehicle driver’s driving privileges were spared and the Operating While Intoxicated accusation was dismissed outright after it was discovered that the preliminary breath test (PBT) log did not comply with Iowa requirements. A preliminary breath test device is the breath test that law enforcement requests out on the road, […]
As part of our pretrial discovery process, GRL Law routinely scrutinizes the contents of PBT logs. Why? Because record keeping errors can prevent the PBT from triggering implied consent. If there’s a defect in the implied consent process, then the driver’s operating privileges won’t be revoked. The breath test or refusal may also be inadmissible […]
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 […]
Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. GRL Law’s investigation revealed that the arresting officer failed to keep his Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) devise properly calibrated and documented as required by Iowa law. The officer based his request for a breath sample at the station upon the PBT test result. Failure to comply with the calibration, documentation […]
On September 3, 2020 the Cerro Gordo District Court amended a 20 year-old charge of OWI to reckless driving after GRL Law was retained to do what we do best: uncover and leverage every possible defense to our client’s benefit. In this case, the initial call to dispatch came from a reserve officer who reportedly […]
Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa. GRL Law’s client was charged with Operating While Intoxicated and faced a 6 month license suspension and up to one year in jail. During the discovery phase of the case, GRL Law uncovered that the initial investigating and arresting officer was not a certified police officer in the state of […]
