DWI

Sep 12, 2025

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in DWI case over collection of blood

The case involves a woman charged with a misdemeanor for DWI. At issue was whether the collection and testing of her blood was legally admissible.

May 8, 2020

Criminal Law: DWI-Consensual Encounter-Reasonable Suspicion

Where a defendant, who was convicted of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, challenged the trial court’s refusal to suppress evidence and statements, the initial contact between the defendant and the arresting […]

Apr 13, 2020

Criminal Law: DWI-Closing Argument-Beer Bottle Demonstration

Where a defendant challenged a guilty verdict in a driving-while-intoxicated case, direct and circumstantial evidence supported the reasonable inference that the defendant was intoxicated while driving, and the trial court […]

Feb 21, 2020

Criminal Law: DWI-Physical Evidence of Intoxication

Defendant was arrested for DWI, but her blood alcohol concentration was determined to be .07 percent. The trial court entered judgment for defendant, finding that there was no substantial evidence […]

Feb 19, 2020

Court affirms man’s driver’s license revocation

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has upheld the license revocation of a man arrested for DWI at a Belton Taco Bell after ruling his driver’s license showed he’d […]

Dec 30, 2019

Criminal Law: DWI-Sufficiency of Evidence

Defendant appealed from his DWI convictions, arguing that the trial court erred in not granting judgment of acquittal because the state failed to prove defendant was intoxicated at the time […]

Nov 22, 2019

Criminal Law: DWI- Persistent Offender-Illinois Offense

Where appellant, who was convicted of driving while intoxicated, challenged the trial court’s finding that he was a persistent offender, the Illinois offense for which the appellant was convicted in […]

Sep 18, 2019

Criminal Law: DWI-Blood Test-Consent

Where a defendant in a drunk-driving case challenged the admission of her blood-test results after she tried to specify where and by whom her blood was tested, the defendant did […]

Sep 5, 2019

Criminal Law: DWI-Miranda-Custody

Where a defendant challenged his conviction in a DWI case arguing that his incriminating statement was elicited without a Miranda warning, a reasonable person would not believe he was in […]

Jul 31, 2019

Inebriated driver settles with family injured in crash for $1.5M

A boy severely injured by an inebriated pickup-truck operator settled a suit against the driver and his insurer for a total of $1.35 million. The settlement was the largest of […]

Jul 22, 2019

Driver’s License: DWI-“Operation”

Where a driver was passed out in the driver’s seat of a running car that he had driven to its parked spot, and the trial court found that probable cause […]

Jun 26, 2019

Intoxication is physical – not mental – condition, Western District rules

In a case of first impression, the Court of Appeals Western District ruled June 18 that a two-year-old statutory revision does not block expert witnesses from testifying about a DWI […]