Missouri updates violent crime sentencing guidelines
The passage of Missouri’s Senate Bill 600 changes the classification and sentencing of certain felony offenses. For example, an increase in complaints of vehicles reportedly stolen has resulted in lawmakers elevating carjacking to a Class A Felony. Previously, an individual alleged to have carried out a carjacking faced an armed robbery charge. The Senate bill,...
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4 factors that affect your blood alcohol content level
If you consume alcohol and drive a vehicle with a blood alcohol content level at or above 0.08, you could face charges for DWI. The Governors Highway Safety Association states that it is illegal to drive with a BAC level at or above this point in Missouri and every other state in the country except Utah. There...
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Can you expunge your Missouri DWI conviction?
For many people, driving while intoxicated (DWI) charges are a source of embarrassment and stress. Some people become so anxious about the prospect of going to court over a DWI that they simply plead guilty to the charge in the hop of reducing the penalties they face and the amount of work they must miss...
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Possible DWI defense strategies
Driving while under the influence of alcohol has the potential to affect your life in many ways. Not only can it result in an accident that causes serious injury to you and/or others, it can lead to an arrest and a variety of consequences. A thorough understanding of possible DWI defense strategies will help you...
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DWI charges and probable cause to stop a car
Maybe you’re facing DWI charges and you were drinking. You’re not contesting that. What concerns you about the way you got arrested, though, was that the police never had a reason to stop your car in the first place. Remember, officers cannot make random stops. They can’t decide to pull over all the cars that...
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Job-related problems and DWI charges
There are a lot of different reasons why a driver may be pulled over for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Sometimes, a person may not even be intoxicated at all, but they may be behaving erratically on the road for some other reason. Or, a law enforcement official may be biased or...
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