Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa. Three Vehicular Homicide charges were dismissed against GRL’s client less than a month before trial was set to commence. GRL’s client was accused of Vehicular Homicide by Reckless Driving after a vehicle he was driving was struck by a train. The three occupants of the vehicle were tragically killed in the […]
Winterset, Madison County, Iowa. GRL has been warning anyone who will listen NOT to disclose prescription medications to law enforcement during a traffic stop. This most recent GRL NFG demonstrates precisely why this is. GRL’s client provided a breath sample of .037 but disclosed that he was taking his non-controlled substance medication. The urine test […]
A unanimous Guthrie County jury returned the first NFG of the year yesterday following a two-day OWI trial. It took just under 30 minutes for the jury to say GRL’s client was not guilty. Two seasoned Guthrie County Sheriff deputies testified that they believed the driver was intoxicated based on their training and experience. And […]
In the process of saving a CDL from being disqualified, the impaired driving attorneys at GRL exposed a potential flaw in the implied consent advisory for commercial motor vehicles. The advisory provides that commercial driving privileges will be disqualified if the drivers tests over 0.04 for alcohol or refuses testing while operating a CMV. However, […]
West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. What started as an Operating While Intoxicated, was resolved with an amendment down to Public Intoxication. GRL’s client was stopped for speeding. He politely declined to submit to field sobriety testing and further politely declined to submit to the DataMaster breath test at the station. Lacking evidence of impairment, […]
Corning, Adams County, Iowa. Prior to a hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress evidence, defendant offered to plead to an amended charge of Reckless Driving with the requirement of completing the operating while intoxicated weekend class. The prosecution would have none of it choosing instead to go forward with the hearing. At the hearing, the […]
Johnston, Polk County, Iowa. What started as an arrest for Operating While Intoxicated progressed to felony offense of Involuntary Manslaughter, but was ultimately resolved with a traffic citation for Failure to Yield Upon a Left-Hand Turn. GRL’s client experienced a roller-coaster ride of emotion following a tragic car accident. Client was initially suspected of being […]
Altoona, Polk County, Iowa. Operating While Intoxicated 2nd Offense amended to Public Intoxication on day of hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Suppress Evidence. License suspension avoided! Good things happen when defendants announce “ready to proceed.”
Boone County, Iowa. A client for GRL attorney Matt Lindholm (aka The Wolf), recently had his operating while intoxicated charge dismissed. The client was charged with OWI after law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant and took a sample of his blood for chemical testing. A motion to suppress was filed challenging the admissibility of […]
Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa. For the second time this year, a Judge ruled that an Adair County Deputy’s stop of a motorist was constitutionally invalid when he followed GRL’s client for miles, claiming that the vehicle weaved within its lane but mysteriously failed to activate his in-car video camera. The Constitution requires that for an […]
