A town justice in Albany County has denied a request to vacate a 1992 drunk driving conviction because of a state regulation adopted in 2012 that subsequently prohibited the defendant from ever getting his driver’s license back.
Read More »Brian Kolb charged with DWI after penning warning to constituents
Brian M. Kolb, R-Canandaigua, the top Republican in the New York State Assembly, was charged New Year’s Eve with driving while intoxicated in his state-issued vehicle. A week earlier he wrote a newspaper column warning citizens against getting behind the ...
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Read More »Monroe County has seventh highest DWI conviction rate
New 2017 DWI conviction data shows that the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office again is among the top prosecutors statewide. The Monroe County DA’s Office leads the state out of all large, upstate counties in percentage of total DWI convictions. ...
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Read More »DWI charges dismissed on speedy trial grounds
A Monroe County Court judge has dismissed drunk driving charges on speedy trial grounds. The defendant, Danie Washington, was arrested Sept. 16, 2015, and charged with two counts of driving while intoxicated. When he was arraigned on a felony complaint ...
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Read More »Cuomo: New York cuts backlog of DWI tests at state labs
ALBANY — New York state is making progress on a backlog at the state crime lab relating to evidence in impaired driving cases. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that investments in new equipment and the hiring of additional lab technicians ...
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Read More »New York police issue more than 33,000 tickets in DWI crackdown
Police in New York state issued more than 33,000 tickets during a two-week holiday crackdown on drunken and impaired drivers. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign ran from Dec. 16 through Jan. ...
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Read More »Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio charged with DWI
ROCHESTER — A Rochester City Court judge was ticketed Saturday morning on a drunken driving charge. Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley said Leticia Astacio was charged after being stopped by New York State troopers on Interstate 490. Astacio, who was elected ...
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Read More »Fourth Department – DWI: Dahlgren v. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
Appellate Division, Fourth Department – DWI – Relicensing – A2 Restriction Dahlgren v. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles CA 14-01050 Appealed from Supreme Court, Chautauqua County Background: The petitioner commenced an article 78 proceeding seeking to ...
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Read More »Post-Bills game arrests
New York State Police issued 42 traffic tickets, including three for driving while intoxicated, Sunday in its DWI saturation patrol to coincide with the Buffalo Bills home game in Orchard Park. The DWI tickets were issued to men from Erie, ...
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Read More »Court of Appeals — DWI — Defense Expert: People v. Fratangelo
New York State Court of Appeals DWI — Defense Expert BAC —Jury Charge People v. Fratangelo No. 108 Judge Smith Background: The defendant was charged with DWI after being found to have a BAC of .09 percent at the time ...
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Read More »Man charged twice with DWI for 2 accidents
ONEONTA — State police said they twice charged a 31-year-old man with driving while intoxicated for accidents that occurred just hours apart at the same upstate New York fast-food restaurant. Troopers said Zachary Boynton of Oneonta drove his car into ...
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Read More »Buffalo city snow plow driver charged with DWI
BUFFALO — Authorities said a city of Buffalo snow plow driver was drunk behind the wheel of his plow when he hit a building and a taxi cab. Buffalo police told local media outlets that 47-year-old James Evans was driving ...
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