DUI Conviction Affirmed: State v Edmonds

The driver blew through a stop sign. An officer was watching the intersection and the violation was videotaped. After the driver was stopped, he turned out to have other problems. A jury convicted him. He appealed claiming the officer stopped him without reasonable suspicion. The decision of the Jury was upheld.
Read about the case at:
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/edmondsscottylynnopn.pdf

CCA Judge Smith arrested for DUI

Appellate Judge Jerry Smith has been arrested for DUI in Knoxville. Like all offenders he is entitled to a presumption of innocence. Judge Smith has been a tremendous public servant for many years, both in the Judiciary and as an Assistant Attorney General. However, no one is above the law. Whoever an offender may be, if guilty, the offender in our State recieves the same sentence, fine, license suspension and help as anyone else.
Read about the pending case in the Knoxville News Sentinel:   http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/24/state-appellate-judge-charged-with-drunken-on/?partner=popular
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/25/no-administrative-action-for-now-against-judge/

Following too closely

The Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed a drug conviction in which a Drug Task Force officer stopped a pickup for following a car too closely. The Memphis officer, Kevin Perry, did a very good job of describing the violation and referred to the Rules of the Road, which the Court cited. The Rules indicate that a driver must leave a 2 second gap between his vehicle and the one in front to permit the following vehicle to brake to a stop safely.
Read about the case, which also involved a drug dog issue at:
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/demcovitzopn.pdf

Cracking down on repeat DUI offenders-Texas Style

The story in the San Antonio paper tells of a recently arrested 12th offender. He was given a bond of $150,000 with conditions including a SCRAM unit, a GPS, an ignition interlock and an in home breath test device. He is also required to take pills 3 times a day that cause naseau if alcohol is consumed. He was ordered into treatment. The suspect got convicted for the first time when he was 25 years old. He is now 61. Alcohol has consumed his life. The authorities in San Antonio have apparently had enough.
Read about it at:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Cracking-down-on-repeat-DWI-offenders-3500679.php

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Synthetic Drugs Delivered. Woman Arrested

This woman accepted the delivery of synthetic drugs from FedEx. She is now in jail. Fed Ex had alerted the police, who came along to catch her in Bristol. They also searched her house. The total recovered was over 1,000 packages of this poison. Read about it in the Johnson City Press at:

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=99838

DUI Arrests Increase

The TBI Report concerning Crime in Tennessee shows that a total of 26,340 people were arrested for DUI in 2011 which is an increase from the 24,154 arrests made in 2010!