The short answer is, “It depends”! If you’re convicted of a DUI in Delaware, there is a mandatory loss of driver’s license. The length of revocation depends upon the blood alcohol content (BAC) and the DUI conviction itself; ...
Read MoreIf you were arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI aka DWI) in the State of Delaware Wednesday, November 27 through Sunday, December 1, 2013, you will find that just about all the law firms are closed. Never fear – the Delaware DU...
Read MoreThe State of Delaware’s news webpage carried a story Wednesday stating that a DUI Checkpoint is planned for the vicinity of Newark, Delaware for this evening, September 6, 2013. The news story also indicated that 11 arrests were made at DUI checkpoin...
Read MoreThe National Transportation Safety Board issued a report on Tuesday recommending that states adopt a new Blood-Alcohol Concentration limit of .05 instead of .08. The recommendation indicated that the NTSB estimates reducing the legal BAC from ....
Read MoreYes. When you are arrested for driving under the influence in Delaware, there are two proceedings that will be brought against you. The first is the criminal proceeding, which will be in Justice of the Peace Court, Court of Common Pleas, ...
Read MoreThe State of Delaware has announced that it will be conducting DUI checkpoints to screen for drunk drivers the weekend of October 19 and 20, 2012. There will be three DUI / DWI checkpoints in Delaware this coming weekend as follows: 1) On Friday, Oct...
Read MoreDelaware’s Office of Highway Safety has announced two DUI checkpoints for Friday, September 28, 2012. One will be located in Harrington, DE and one will be located in Wilmington, DE. For those of you traveling to Dover International Spee...
Read MoreThe State of Delaware erected a giant billboard on I-95 just South of Wilmington to let us all know how many DUI arrests are being made in our little state. When I saw this billboard, I was surprised at the number of DUIs reported. Two thousand ...
Read MoreIn Delaware on Superbowl Sunday 2012, we had two very unpatriotic DUI checkpoints. They are unpatriotic because in America, we are supposed to have freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution. One such freedom is the right to be free from unnecessary ...
Read MoreA DUI checkpoint has been scheduled for today/tonight in Newark, Delaware, according to the News Journal's website Delawareonline. Also scheduled are 113 DUI saturation patrols and 20 aggressive driving saturation patrols throughout the state thi...
Read MoreAs you may know from my blog posts at https://www.schwartzandschwartz.com I believe that DUI checkpoints are an unconstitutional abuse of state power. DUI checkpoints stop all the citizens unlucky enough to be ensnared, regardless of whether they are...
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