Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case Missouri v. McNeely (U.S. Supreme Court No. 11-1425), holding that the natural metabolization of alcohol in the bloodstream does not present a per se exigency (meaning emergency) that justifies an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement for nonconsensual blood testing in all …
Chico, CA. Avoid the Eight DUI checkpoints are planned, and Chico Police will be in force in the downtown and south of campus areas through Sunday on the look out for violations primarily related to alcohol use, according to an article by Chico Enterprise Record reporter Almendra Carpizo. According to the article, last year officers …
DUI Checkpoints and Alcohol Enforcement Planned for Cesar Chavez Weekend in Chico. Read More »
Chico, California. The Chico Police Department, Butte County Sheriff, Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC), and other law enforcement agencies are gearing up for unruly crowds that have been known to descend on downtown and south of campus neighborhoods for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, according to Chico Enterprise Record. The glass ban and open container codes will …
CHICO, CA – Low blood alcohol DUI cases lend themselves to plea deals. You had a couple drinks with dinner. On the way home you are pulled over by the police because you were speeding or failed to completely stop at a stop sign. The officer smells beer, wine or liquor. You admit drinking. You …
August 28, 2012 Oroville, CA – The Butte County Board of Supervisors have all but jettisoned a second attempt at a Medical Marijuana Ordinance after a public hearing this afternoon. Board chambers were full, mostly with people opposed to what I refer to as Ordinance 2.0 because it would become the second medical marijuana measure …
Butte County Medical Marijuana Ordinance 2.0 Dead – For Now Read More »
Memorial Day weekend in Butte County, with Chico and Oroville being the largest two cities, seems to always result in several driving under the influence (aka DUI, DWI or drunk driving) arrests. Despite all the warnings about DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols looking for drunk drivers, there have been 18 DUI arrests so far (according …
Arrested for DUI Memorial Day Weekend in Butte County Read More »
