RAMSAY & DEVORE: NEWS FROM 2006 • Colorado Man Arrested for Drunk Driving Files Suit and Wins
Colorado Municipal Judge, John Wilder, was arrested on Nov. 30th 2001 on charges of driving under the influence. Wilder says he was falsley accused and filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the trooper who arrested him. He won nearly a million dollars. Click here for the story printed in the Denver Post.
• Ramsay to Speak at DWI Continuing Education Seminar
The Minnesota Society of Criminal Justice, the premier Minnesota criminal defense lawyers organization, is bringing our national DWI defense seminar home to Minnesota. For more than 25 years the group has traveled around the country presenting the best DWI seminar in the country. Now, the MSCJ brings the seminar back to Minnesota on Friday, June 16, 2006 at the Northland Inn.
Ten of the group's leading members will be speaking on the following topics:
Minnesota DWI: 101 -- (Jeffrey Sheridan)
Legislative Update 2006 -- (Peter Timmons)
Case law Update 2005-06 -- (Rachael Goldberger)
Pending DWI/IC Challenges -- (Charles Ramsay)
The Things They Didn’t Teach in Law School -- (Jeffrey Ring)
Victorsen’s Revival -- (Jeffrey Sheridan)
Refusals -- (Sam McCloud)
Intoxilyzer Source Code Litigation -- (Doug Hazelton)
DWI Voir Dire Techniques -- (Rick Mattox)
Closing Arguments -- (Jerry Strauss)
• AP: Many Defendants' Cases Kept Secret
Associated Press Writers Michael J. Sniffen and John Solomon
WASHINGTON - Despite the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of public trials, nearly all records are being kept secret for more than 5,000 defendants who completed their journey through the federal courts over the last three years.
• Attorney General Hatch Fights Right to Lawyer
The Minnesota Constitution gives Minnesotan’s the right to consult an attorney before deciding whether to submit to an alcohol test. Our Supreme Court held that we have this right fifteen years ago. But now the Office of the Attorney General is advocating that the right to counsel be taken away. Click here for the rest of the story.
• Welcome to Our New Associate Attorney
We at Ramsay & DeVore would like to welcome to the Criminal Law department, our new attorney Sharon R. Osborn. She completed her Political Science/ History undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota/ Twin Cities. Prior to entering the legal field she worked in management in the research industry. Sharon received her J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law. After graduation she served a term at the Minnesota Court of Appeals as a judicial clerk for the Honorable R.A. (Jim) Randall.
Sharon is talented, hard working, spunky, and very excited to help you with your legal needs! Welcome Sharon!
• Ramsey County Judge's Ruling Secures Complete Acquittal for Our Client
Recently a judge in Ramsey County, Minnesota threw out the stop and arrest of our client ("JA"), holding that a City of White Bear Lake Police Officer did not have reasonable suspicion to stop JA's vehicle.
All criminal charges were dismissed.
• PI Attorney's Speak at MTLA Seminar
In February 2006, Denise Fullerton and Thomas Bennerotte presented on Pierringer Releases and Covenants Not to Sue at the Releases Deskbook Seminar for Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA). Denise and Tom are frequent faculty members of such seminars, presenting on a variety of topics for Continuing Legal Education courses throughout the year.
• Hall of Famer Carl Eller Arrested for DUI
Mr. Eller looks like he could use our help. Since he refused to take the alcohol test, he may want to check out our article printed in the Star Tribune. Click on the link below to see the article we wrote about the unconstitutionality of the test refusal law. Click here for the article.
• Breath Tests: DUI Device is Challenged
Posted on Fri, Feb. 10, 2006: A computerized breath test used by law enforcement across the state is under scrutiny, putting hundreds of drunken-driving cases in jeopardy. Click here for the rest of the story...
• A Featured Article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
"Refusal to take an alcohol test may be grounds for losing a license, but it shouldn't be grounds for a conviction..." Attorneys Chuck Ramsay and Joe Bollettieri had an article featured in the Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 edition of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
• A Division in Standards?
Divide is growing over roadside sobriety tests. Standards have police, scientists, and lawyers at odds. Click here for the rest of the story...
• (1/25/06 - KTRK/DEER PARK, TX) - A Pasadena police officer has been accused of driving drunk in his patrol car. Now he could lose his job.
abc13 KTRK TV/KTRK DT HOUSTON
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=3845814
Around 2pm Tuesday Deer Park police were called to Dublin Street when a resident noticed a Pasadena police car with two flat tires. According to police, the unit was being driven by Nicholas K. Bell, 24. Bell is a three-year veteran of the Pasadena Police Department. Bell reportedly struck a curb and a traffic sign along west X Street in Deer Park. He returned to the patrol car in his own pickup with two spare tires. Police say Bell appeared intoxicated. He refused to take a field sobriety test or a breath test and was arrested. Bell was charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to comply upon striking a fixed object. Bond was set at $500 on each charge. Pasadena police internal affairs are investigating. Bell has been relieved of duty and will remain on suspension pending the outcome of the investigation. He faces the possibility of indefinite suspension from the employment and temporary suspension of his driver's license.
(Copyright © 2006, KTRK-TV)
• Update on Goodbird/Hofer Adoption Case
(Click Here for original story)
Cynthia J. Miller -- January, 2006
"Christian Good Bird Hofer’s adoption was finalized last week by a Lincoln County judge after living with his adoptive family, Shannon and Bonnie Hofer, for more than three years and almost as many years spent in litigation. After the court set the matter for an October 2005 trial date, the parties reached an agreement which allows Christian to maintain limited contact with his birth mother and birth siblings. An adoption hearing is one of the few times that cameras are allowed in the courtroom so immediately following the hearing Christian was busy posing for pictures with his family, the judge, the guardian ad litem and the attorneys who helped make this adoption possible. Although this became a litigious matter soon after adoption proceedings began in October 2002, at the end, all of the parties came together and were able to reach a mutual decision in the best interest of this child, a goal always aspired to by those of us working in family and juvenile court matters, but not always reached. As the attorney representing the adoptive parents for the last one and one-half years, it was both professionally and personally gratifying to know that my contribution to this case will allow Christian the opportunity to have a stable life with the Hofers and maintain contact with his birth family." |
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