4. Fine - Misdemeanors - up to $2,500.00 with mandatory minimums; Felony upon to $2,500.00 with $1,000.00 mandatory minimum. http://www.bobkeeferlaw.com/library/DUI_Chart.pdf

5. Major rental car companies will not rent vehicles to anyone with DWI/ DUI conviction (length of time varies from 3 to 6 years).

6. Mandatory VASAP course - can never obtain Virginia license unless and until VASAP requirements met.

7. Ignition Interlock device installation will be required on all repeat offenses, all DWI/ DUIs with BAC of .15 or more, and (with some judges) even for a “first” offense under VA law.

8. Creates a prior offense to be used to future sentencing offenses. Virginia has “mandatory minimum” sentencing.

9. DWI/ DUI is the only motor vehicle offense that shows up on NCIC database (national crime information center, Quantico, VA). This is kept by the FBI.

10. 2nd within 5 years carries a mandatory 1 year no restricted license; 3rd or more within 5 or 10 years carries indefinite revocation.

11. Persons convicted of DUI while transporting juveniles shall receive an additional $500 to $1,000 fine and a mandatory minimum period of incarceration for five days.

12. Administrative License Revocation - Upon arrest for DUI, not conviction, a driver’s license will be immediately suspended for seven days if the driver refuses to take the breath test or the results of the breath test indicate a BAC equal to or greater than .08 (greater than or equal to .02 if the driver is under 21 years of age). If the driver is charged with a second offense, the suspension is for 60 days or until time of trial (whichever is less). If the driver is charged with a third or subsequent offense, the suspension is until time of trial.

Driver’s License Consequences

13. License suspension (length varies, depending on prior DUI convictions and dates of those convictions).

14. SR-22 (assigned risk insurance, at higher rates) for 3 years to maintain driving privileges once they are reinstated.

15. Commercial driver’s license will be suspended for 1 year (first offender) or (for any second lifetime DUI conviction) CDL license is revoked for life.

16. If caught driving on a suspended license, car is impounded and you will face new criminal case with mandatory jail time if convicted.

17. If driving on “work permit” (issued for DUI convictions in most cases) outside the approved hours and locations permit revoked and new misdemeanor offense with mandatory jail time, if convicted.

18. Under the Administrative License Suspension (ALS) law, your plastic driver’s license is confiscated at time of DUI arrest and a temporary permit is issued, so you may be deprived of the physical “license” until your case is either dismissed, reduced or acquitted.

Insurance Consequences

19. Increased insurance costs on auto, life, and possibly health insurance.
20. SR-22 (assigned risk) required for 3 years (or only eligible for substandard rate policy).

21. Life Insurance companies will typically deny policy issuance or raise rates (you won’t qualify for best “preferred risk” rates).

22. Health insurance (individual policy) rates can be increased or policy denied.

23. If lose all driving privileges, car may remain uninsured for over 6 months. This will boost your rates upon reinstatement.

24. If in accident that would be covered by worker’s compensation law, claim could be denied if proof of DUI (an illegal act) causing your injuries is proven such that your benefits can be denied.

Travel and Immigration Consequences

25. Total denial of ability to immigrate to some countries (e.g., Canada).

26. Business or personal trips to some foreign countries, such as Canada, blocked or extremely difficult to obtain.

27. Denial of naturalization (not allowed to become U.S. citizen) for 5 years after DUI case is closed out.

28. Possible deportation from U.S. to country of origin, if not a U.S. citizen.

29. “Green” card renewal or work visa renewal can be denied or delayed.

30. If no proper proof of legal residency in U.S.A., you may be detained by a county sheriff or municipal detention office for I.N.S. (federal immigration) pickup.

31. Travel from U.S.A. and back to the U.S.A. can be delayed at customs, or even prohibited altogether.

32. Restriction on being able to ship a hunting rifle to some countries for sporting or recreational purposes, if DUI conviction on record.

33. Second LIFETIME DUI triggers provisions of “The Interstate Compact” – see www.interstatecompact.org Sections 2.105 and the dozen or so subsequent provisions - you may not be allowed to move to new state while on probation.

Employment Consequences

34. Automotive franchisees have a “morals” clause in their agreements with manufacturers, so DUI may cause loss of multi-million dollar contract for dealership.

35. If licensed as a broker under federal or state securities laws, can lose ability to be a broker (series 7, series 63).

36. Job applications - must always check the box “yes” when asked about convictions.

37. Professional license applications - any of the “licensed professions” can withhold or delay licensure or initiate revocation proceedings (e.g., State Bar, Medical Board).

38. Employee manual from job may require disclosure to Human Resources department. Then, company official decides on termination.

39. Loss of company vehicle with associated loss of the financial savings from not having to own and maintain another vehicle.

40. Loss of company insurance for company-issued vehicle.

41. Company has contract with Avis or Hertz, but license check on computer shows DUI. Rental companies deny access to vehicles, so cannot perform job duties.

42. Commercial driver’s license may be lost (which can lead to loss of employment.)

43. Concealed weapons permits may be denied (which can lead to loss of employment).

44. Some industries/employers will terminate immediately upon conviction, (e.g., any pharmaceutical sales company, State Farm Insurance employee, companies with a preferred “group” rate with major insurance that is conditioned on having NO EMPLOYEES with a DUI conviction.)

45. Security clearance will be denied or revoked at military bases or similar businesses that “contract” with the U.S. Government on high security clearance (e.g., nuclear power plants).

46. Military superior officers may sanction any service member by denying privileges on the base, and impose other restrictions on duties.

47. Military career may be over or future advancement denied, based on DUI conviction.

48. Personnel in military who are about to be deployed to combat duty (Iraq or Afghanistan) can be pulled out of deployment and may be discharged from military service, possibly by general discharge or even dishonorable discharge.

49. Denial of admission to many professional schools, (e.g., law school, medical school, nursing, physical therapy certification).

50. Pilot’s license can be revoked or withheld for any administrative driver’s license suspension or DUI conviction. Failure to make timely report to FAA can revoke pilot’s license.

51. Teacher can lose job, in certain schools and counties, both private and public.

52. All branches of military will delay your enlistment until all probation is terminated, so delay can affect plans.

53. Doctors or dentists can be suspended from practice until “rehabilitated” for alcohol dependency or drug dependency. DEA permit to dispense medications such as anesthesia or hydrocodone can be withdrawn permanently or for period of time, to be later reconsidered.

54. “Pouring” license to serve alcohol (bartender) can be denied if you have DUI or are on probation for DUI.

55. Union contracts often call for and require reporting of any DUI convictions. Failure to report can cause loss of union membership.

56. CPAs with larger firms are required to report a DUI conviction under the full financial disclosure rules of the federal Sarbarnes-Oxley Act.

57. Cosmetologist license can be suspended for repeat DUI offenders.

58. College sports athlete can lose scholarship for repeated alcohol-related offenses.

59. Pro athlete with repeated DUI offenses can be banned from League unless and until rehabilitated.

Financial Consequences

60. Civil judgment, including punitive damages, if accident related to DUI;

61. Alcohol and drug dependency screening may indicate that treatment is needed, and cost thousands or tens of thousands of dollars to complete.

62. Interest rates for loans, including home loans, may be higher or with high-risk loan company.

63. Inability to rent an apartment in “trendy” area, because tenant considered “higher risk.”

64. Credit score can be negatively affected by a DUI conviction being reported.

65. Cannot buy new car without FULL plastic license in your possession (Homeland Security Act).

66. Restitution -You can be court-ordered to repay DUI-accident related property damages or medical bills to an injured third party - part of probation.

67. VASAP will charge a minimum of $400.00 for educational and probation services. VASAP may require additional counseling for which you will be financially responsible.

68. You will also be responsible for the installation and monthly costs for the ignition interlock device.

Unrelated Legal Consequences

69. Child custody (where divorce pending or already in place) where other spouse uses DUI as “leverage” to obtain or change.

70. Concealed weapons permit may be denied or not renewed.

71. Accident caused by DUI where others are injured or killed, can lead to the person injury claim becoming NON-DISCHARGEABLE in federal bankruptcy courts. This means that your wages can be garnished indefinitely, until full debt is paid in full. See 11 U.S.C.A. Section 523(a) (9).

72. No “first offender” status available on DUI - prohibited by statute in Virginia.

73. No “youthful offender” statute available under Virginia DUI laws.

74. If repeat offender a, new appearance bond may require meeting certain conditions for you pending the disposition of new DUI, such as installing an ignition interlock system on any vehicle that you drive.

75. If felony DUI conviction, cannot possess any firearms or ammunition. 18 U.S.C.A. Section 922.

Education

76. A college or university may sanction you --- separate from criminal cases --- for using alcohol illegally (either DUI or possession of alcohol) any time offense occurs on campus property. Some colleges go beyond this to include any reported arrest or conviction. Typical sanction is suspension for a semester or quarter, plus possible alcohol or drug treatment classes

77. If recipient of H.O.P.E. scholarship, if for a drug-related crime, results in loss of scholarship, if convicted (DUI or other drug-related criminal offenses) of the drug-related charge (including DUI-drugs).

Inconvenience

78. Can’t rent a car for work or travel; and must pay for cabs or other transit options out of pocket. Expense account will not cover anything but the “contract” rental car vehicle.

79. Pilot’s license revoked or restricted for a period of time, so hobby is embargoed.

80. Internet access to criminal arrests accessible from several websites, including your court’s “docket.”

81. Court records available online (e.g., Google search) so you can be “Googled.”

82. Police blotters in weekly neighborhood newspapers can start neighbors’ gossiping.

83. Having to use a U.S. Passport to cash a check (instead of driver’s license) can create stigma with grocer or other regular service providers.

84. Can be “turned away” from airport at “port of entry” in foreign country (i.e., Toronto) due to DUI showing on record.

85. If you apply to your religious organization for a volunteer position (e.g., Sunday school teacher) expect to sign release forms for a background check. Some churches will reject any person with a DUI.

86. Traveling through airports, where some form of official (state-issued or federal-issued) identification is needed. A passport can take two months to obtain, especially if you do not have your driver’s license as part of your proof of identity in seeking the passport. The immediate confiscation of driver’s license creates a “problem” getting through security, at least in the short term.

87. If called for jury duty, one common question asked of the panel is about “prior criminal convictions, including DUI.”

88. For a “refusal”, this results in a 12 months “hard” suspension, meaning no restricted license—NO DRIVING AT ALL for one full year. However, “winning” your case (by dismissal, redu

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2/25/2009
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Harrisonburg DWI DUI & Drunk Driving Lawyer Bob Keefer: Even Charles Barkley gets charged with DWI DUI & Drunk Driving

Charles Barkley plead guilty to DUI in Arizona. He was .001 short of .15 which requires a 30 day mandatory jail sentence.

Barkley will start his 5 day jail sentence in March.

Barkley should not have agreed to perform the standardized field tests the only purpose of which is to establish probable cause to arrest you for DUI.

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Bob Keefer: Managing Virginia Serious Injury claims from Virginia Auto Accidents

12/28/2008
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Virginia Van Roll Over Lawyer Bob Keefer: Loaded Vans are easy to roll over

Van accidents cause a great deal of death and injury on American roadways. Fifteen-passenger vans typically seat a driver and 14 passengers. They are widely used by community groups, churches, colleges and car pools.

Research conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) determined that the risk of a rollover crash is substantially increased with 10 or more passengers in a 15-passenger van. The reason is that passenger weight raises the vehicle’s center of gravity and causes it to shift rearward. Therefore, the van is less resistant to rollover and is more difficult to control in an emergency situation. Roof top loads also raise the center of gravity and increase the chance of a rollover.

A rollover crash is a complicated event. In studies of single-vehicle crashes, NHTSA determined that over 90 percent of rollovers occur after a driver has lost control and run off the road.

NHTSA identified three fact patterns which led to 15-passenger van rollover accidents.

1. The van goes off a road with an unimproved shoulder such as a rural road. The van will overturn when it strikes a ditch or embankment or crosses onto soft soil.

2. The driver is tired or speeding. A fatigued driver is more likely to fall asleep and lose control. Excessive speeds could cause the van to slide sideways, leave the roadway and leave the tires on soft soil.

3. The driver overcorrects the steering when a wheel dropping off the pavement.

80 percent of people killed in rollover crashes in 15-passenger vans were not wearing seatbelts. Seat belt use is especially critical because many people die in rollover crashes when they are partially or completely thrown from the vehicle. The risk of death or serious injury can be greatly reduced in a rollover crash by the use of seat belts.

Since most rollover crashes involve single vehicles they are often preventable.
NHTSA offers the following tips for drivers to minimize the risk of a rollover crash and serious injury or death:

1. Do not lose control. Avoid driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Avoid driving while tired. Slow down for adverse road and weather conditions.

2. Drive cautiously on rural or other roads that have unimproved shoulders. Be careful not to run off the road.

3. If your wheels drop off the roadway, or pavement, gradually slow down and steer back onto the roadway when it is safe to do so.

4. Maintain your tires. Keep tires are properly inflated with adequate tread. Bad tires cause your van to slide sideways on wet or slippery pavement. Improper inflation will cause handling problems and could cause catastrophic tire failures like blowouts.

5. When a 15-passenger van is not full ride in the seats in front of the rear axle.

6. Over 15 people should never be allowed to ride in a 15-passenger van.

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Bob Keefer: Staunton Waynesboro Augusta County Virginia VA DWI DUI & Drunk Driving Lawyer representing those charged with DWI DUI & Drunk Driving in Staunton Waynesboro Augusta County Virginia VA

9/14/2009
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Bob Keefer: Staunton Waynesboro Augusta County Virginia DWI DUI and Drunk Driving Lawyer: Even police officers get charged with DWI DUI and Drunk Driving.

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5/10/2009
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Bob Keefer: Harrisonburg Rockingham County Virginia VA DUI DWI & Drunk Driving Lawyer: Even Baseball Players get charged with DWI DUI & Drunk Driving

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Bob Keefer: Virginia DWI DUI & Drunk Driving Lawyer representing people charged in Virginia with DWI DUI & Drunk Driving

2/7/2010
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Bob Keefer: Virginia DWI/DUI Lawyer: Even NFL Bengal Linebacker Rey Maualuga gets charged with DWI/DUI.

NFL Bengal Linebacker Rey Maualuga gets charged and convicted of DWI/DUI. He makes the classic mistake of talking to the police officer and engaging in the extremely prejudiced roadside gymnastics. Give the police your license and registration and then ask for a lawyer. Answer there questions with "I want a lawyer. If I am not under arrest please let me go. I do not consent to any tests except under dui implied consent."

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12/5/2009
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Another college football player punished before trial for a DWI charge: Carlos Dunlap

Carlos Dunlap suspended from perhaps the biggest game of his college career as punishment for being charged, not convicted, of DUI.

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11/6/2009
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Diabetics get mistaken for Drunks by Virginia's breath tester

Virginia to Diabetics: We Don’t Care

Research indicates that as many as one in seven drivers are diabetic. This figure includes drivers who may be affected but do not have an official diagnosis. Despite this fact, Virginia’s latest breath tester can’t tell the difference between diabetes and intoxication. Now, diabetics who drive in Virginia are being wrongly convicted of DWI. Worse, it appears that Virginia knew about this problem at the time it ordered the machine… and chose to cover it up.

When Virginia initially requested bids for a new evidentiary breath test device to determine blood alcohol content it correctly required the machine to distinguish among alcohols. This requirement was intended to prevent wrongful convictions. When the manufacturer Virginia wanted to hire admitted that its product could not meet this specification, officials quietly dropped the requirement but nonetheless trained operators, taught judges and represented to prosecutors that the machine performed as specified.

Drinking alcohol is called ethanol. Diabetics naturally produce another type of alcohol – isopropanol – in certain stages of the disease. Even though Virginia’s breath tester is only supposed to measure blood alcohol content of ethanol it registers isopropanol on the breath of diabetics. This reading results in false evidence which in turn results in wrongful DWI convictions.

An ancient expression about the measure of a society’s morality is how it treats the sick. Diabetics have enough challenges without the threat of wrongful DWI conviction. Join me in challenging Virginia to cease this shameful practice.

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8/22/2009
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Bob Keefer: Woodstock Virginia VA DWI DUI & Drunk Driving Lawyer: Deputy does not get fired for perjured testimony to convict DWI defendants.

Polk County Florida prosecutors have dropped DWI charges against over 50 suspects due to Deputy Tex Thomas' admissions that he used canned facts and failed to wait the mandatory 20 minutes to ensure accurate breath test results. If the 20 minutes is not followed the suspect may receive an inflated BAC number due to mouth alcohol.

Thomas was not fired and prosecuted for perjury but he was taken off the DUI enforcement squad. I.

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2/28/2009
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Virginia DWI DUI & Drunk Driving Lawyer Bob Keefer: Virginia's new Law making failure to use ignition interlock a separate offense.

VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTERAn Act to amend and reenact § 18.2-272 of the Code of Virginia, relating to penalty for driving without an ignition interlock. [H 1805]Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-272 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-272. Driving after forfeiture of license.

A. Any person who drives or operates any motor vehicle, engine or train in the Commonwealth during the time for which he was deprived of the right to do so (i) upon conviction of a violation of § 18.2-268.3 or of an offense set forth in subsection E of § 18.2-270, (ii) by § 18.2-271 or 46.2-391.2, (iii) after his license has been revoked pursuant to § 46.2-389 or 46.2-391, or (iv) in violation of the terms of a restricted license issued pursuant to subsection E of § 18.2-271.1, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor except as otherwise provided in § 46.2-391, and is subject to administrative revocation of his driver's license pursuant to §§ 46.2-389 and 46.2-391. Any person convicted of three violations of this section committed within a 10-year period is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Nothing in this section or § 18.2-266, 18.2-270 or 18.2-271, shall be construed as conflicting with or repealing any ordinance or resolution of any city, town or county which restricts still further the right of such persons to drive or operate any such vehicle or conveyance.

B. Regardless of compliance with any other restrictions on his privilege to drive or operate a motor vehicle, it shall be a violation of this section for any person whose privilege to drive or operate a motor vehicle has been restricted, suspended or revoked because of a violation of § 18.2-6.31, 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266, 18.2-268.3, 46.2-341.24, or a similar ordinance or law of another state or the United States to drive or operate a motor vehicle while he has a blood alcohol content of 0.02 percent or more.

Any person suspected of a violation of this subsection shall be entitled to a preliminary breath test in accordance with the provisions of § 18.2-267, shall be deemed to have given his implied consent to have samples of his blood, breath or both taken for analysis pursuant to the provisions of § 18.2-268.2, and, when charged with a violation of this subsection, shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 18.2-268.1 through 18.2-268.12.

C. Any person who drives or operates a motor vehicle without a certified ignition interlock system as required by § 46.2-391.01 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and is subject to administrative revocation of his driver's license pursuant to §§ 46.2-389 and 46.2-391.

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1/27/2009
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Harrisonburg DUI DWI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Even Chief Investigators for the Attorney General get charged with DWI DUI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8g7TNsWz8w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo8mN5KFXCM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWrpdmET64Q&feature=related

Chris Browning, Chief Investigator for the Alabama Attorney General Troy King, was arrested for DUI on January 24, 2009 for DUI.

Browing had been the AG's chief investigator since January 1, 2007.

Browning had previously been chief of police for Fairhope.

Browning will not receive special treatment according to the AG's office.

I guess they eat their own.

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1/19/2009
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Charlottesville DWI DUI Lawyer Bob Keefer: The Intoxilyzer 5000's result can be increased by excess moisture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luBSmSqjgtY

Virginia is finally getting rid of its "dated, unstable & unreliable" Intoxilyzer 5000s. The patent application for this gadget was filed in 1983. The processor was the one used to run "Pong".

Good riddance. I am sorry that so many innocent people were branded with the DUI before it was retired. I am also sorry that the EC/IR II is no more accurate according to the Virginia government.

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1/16/2009
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Charlottesville DUI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Even Sam Shepard gets charged with DWI DUI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZjLsyFzDlA&feature=related

On January 3, 2009 around 2AM, Sam Shepard, actor, playwright and Pulitzer Prize winning writer, was charged with DUI in Illinois.

Shepard was stopped for speeding which is not a NHTSA clue for impaired driving.

Shepard's reported breath alcohol content was more than twice the .08 level.

Shepard has appeared in Black Hawk Down, Swordfish, and the Pelican Brief.

Shepard lives with Jessica Lange and their two children.

Sam Shepard DUI Mugshot

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1/7/2009
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Waynesboro DUI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Even Chargers Wide Receiver Vincent Jackson gets charged with DWI DUI

Vincent Jackson, a 25 year old NFL Chargers receiver was charged with DUI in early January, 2009.

The team announced that despite the charge he will play in Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game at Pittsburgh.

Jackson also faces charges that by driving drunk he was violating his probation for a 2006 DUI conviction.

Jackson claims that the blood test will prove his innocence.

Jackson is among the best young receivers in the NFL.

Despite his abilities, this DUI arrest may cause his team to consider letting him go.

This attitude of conviction before trial is wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl8rBmnovaA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zJbCddlon0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcxDwZ73TsI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs8UE9qK5AE&feature=related

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1/2/2009
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Luray DWI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Even Judges get charged with DUI DWI

Judge John F. Kelly, a 65 year old Pima Superior Court Judge, was charged with DUI on December 5, 2008.

Judge Kelly had the misfortune to spell of alcohol at a sobriety checkpoint.

Judge Kelly had demonstrated no signs of impaired driving; he just smelled like he had consumed alcohol.

Judge Kelly’s blood test came back 0.063, a result below the .08 bac legal limit.

The prosecutor has moved to dismiss the charge and I am certain that is appropriate; however, would the state be so quick to dismiss against an ordinary innocent civilian.

I hope so.

I also hope that Judge Kelly remembers how innocent people get arrested for DUI in the new zero tolerance world of DUI enforcement.

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12/31/2008
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Harrisonburg DUI DWI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Even Police Officers charged with Felonies are presumed innocent unlike those accused of DWI DUI

Lieutenant Hendrickson, a 47 year old Newport News Police Lieutenant, has been charged with several sex charge felonies in York County, Virginia.

Police Lieutenant Hendrickson was charged on Monday, December 29, 2008 with felony abduction with intent to defile, abduction, penetration with an inanimate object, and misdemeanor sexual battery.

Police Lieutenant Hendrickson is being held at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail since the Court decided not to release him on bond given the seriousness of the charges.

Police Lieutenant Hendrickson has been a member of the Newport News Police Department for almost 23 years.

The police department has placed Hendrickson on leave with pay.

I am sure that Police Lieutenant Hendrickson deserves to keep his job with pay while charges are pending and to be treated like he is presumed innocent until proven guilty; however, I just wish ordinary citizens charged with misdemeanor DUI got the same presumption of innocence.

See Videos concerning Newport News:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aVm5PMTcz4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1C1KRLwC1w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYzlEG8KXOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra6oH7Dr-y0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGg6DKCC70g

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12/31/2008
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Harrisonburg DWI DUI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Shenandoah Valley law enforcement agencies will have lots of police on the roads for New Years

First Sgt. Bryan Hutcheson of the Virginia State Police will have extra state police patrols out to catch drunken New Years parties who choose to drive.

In 2008 17 people have died on Harrisonburg and Rockingham County roadways.

First Sgt. Hutcheson pledged to do what he could to prevent impaird driving that could lead to injuries or death.

The Rockingham County Sheriff Department also announced that they would have increased patrols for New Years Eve.

Harrisonburg Police will also employ saturation patroling to give incentives to party goers not to drive impaired.

See State Police Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbFQzgVkvIQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLrkf3aSnm8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDJ5nIMxSZs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLzyH4SED68&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKO97yIXSSA&feature=related

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12/28/2008
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Spring Hill DWI DUI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Even a Deputy Sheriff gets charged with DWI DUI

Jason Chance, a 31 year old Wicomico Sheriff’s Deputy was charged with DUI after he struck a parked car.

The DUI charge was dropped and Deputy Chance pled guilty to negligent driving and failure to stop after an accident.

Sergeant Chance has resigned after a seven year career with the Sheriff’s Department; he was a decorated officer and a former school resource officer.

Chance was tested hours after the crash and he blew a .04 breath alcohol result.

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12/28/2008
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Spring HIll DWI DUI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Even New York Yankee Pitcher Joba Chamberlin gets charged with DWI DUI

Joba Chamberlin is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees.

On October 18, 2008, Chamberlin drank in a Lincoln Nebraska strip club, got into an argument with a Red Sox fan and then was stopped for speeding in his BMW.

Of course, speeding is not a NHTSA clue of impaired driving; however, once the officer smelled alcohol on Chamberlin he was going to jail.

Let’s hope he gets a good DUI lawyer.

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12/26/2008
Bob Keefer
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Waynesbor DWI DUI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Virginia cited as one of the five toughest states on persons accused of DWI DUI

In a November, 2008 news conference, Mark V. Rosenker, National Transportation Safety Board’s acting chairman, said that half of the country’s 17,000 alcohol related deaths in 2007 involved hard core drunk drivers.

Rosenker did not explain that alcohol related did not mean caused by an intoxicated driver.

Rosenker did not explain that the government has tried to conceal the actual 2007 death toll of 6,000 people, including drunk drivers, killed by drunk drivers.

NTSB has recommended eleven measures to stop drunk driving including regular sobriety checkpoints, lowering the blood alcohol content for a second offense and limiting plea bargains in DWI cases.

Rosenker did not explain that sobriety checkpoints impinge upon the liberty of innocent people while being one third as effective in stopping drunk drivers as roving patrols.

Rosenker did not explain how lowering the blood alcohol content for second offenders was necessary to stop hard core drunk drivers who drive with high BACs.

Rosenker did not explain how the Courts would handle trials for all DWI defendants when common sense negotiations were prohibited.

Virginia is one of five states that have adopted enough of the steps to be endorsed by NTSB.

http://decp.org/documents/pdfs/WhatNew/DWI_Court_Hotsheet_December.pdf

See DWI related videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKfwK2JJeG8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqPfcqJh2-Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWTfSmFaOg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q_Vp51fLOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvZwYglAuY&feature=related

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12/15/2008
Bob Keefer
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Virginia DWI DUI Lawyer Bob Keefer: See my book on How To Choose a Virginia DWI DUI Lawyer

Click the link below:

http://www.keeferlawfirm.com/docs/How%20to%20choose%20a%20va%20dui%20lawyer.pdf

See video interviews with my friend, Bubba Head, a great Georgia Lawyer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q_Vp51fLOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gitJqPwXbnw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGsEMorKqdk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvZwYglAuY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Myh-mPmsQ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ANs4ReI94

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqPfcqJh2-Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpifudccBYE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZdwM7amqP4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVc_C7BX1Fc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y_ABPxa7Wg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoV4VqAdN5U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcrX3C5uSEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWUNZS8V1Z0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz9WPLYdckc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6h9FUMk3tY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18umWRQNrk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxOP1WOXgek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKrYiFHGaNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wwFaaY_tI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtAOI3r2YJY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ6JZUkZYJY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_awNI_BrRY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1lZ_0VEgpc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW_jCc8745s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5aMPX_XqU4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iCCKpc-8xI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VkMHKco42w

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12/8/2008
Bob Keefer
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Harrisonburg Driving Under the Influence Lawyer Bob Keefer: Even Austin Police Officers get charged with DWI DUI

Vernon Stevenson, an Austin Texas police officer, was suspended for 45 days after he registered a .224 and .226 on a breath tester following a DWI arrest.

Stevenson also agreed to be fired if he committed a similar offense with a year. He will also be subject to random alcohol testing for two years.

I am sure Stevenson deserves to keep his job; however, I wish the same consideration when to the mere citizens who get arrested for DWI even without .22 blood alcohol contents.

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11/28/2008
Bob Keefer
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