A driving oil intoxicated (DWI) offense can be very expensive for the Missouri driver accused of impairment at the wheel. Depending on someone's driving record, the state may impose heavy fines as part of their sentence. Frequently, drivers trying to decide the best...
There are a variety of ways that people end up facing driving under the influence (DUI) charges. Frequently, drivers make little mistakes at the wheel that give a police officer reason to suspect that they have had too much to drink. Targeted traffic enforcement is a...
Whether you've been through it before or not, it can be terrifying when a police vehicle turns on its flashers and siren to order you to pull over. You comply and watch as the officer steps out of their vehicle and walks toward your door. What happens in the next few...
Sobriety checkpoints are legal and used in Missouri. The reasoning behind this is that it could be possible to use these checkpoints to reduce DWIs in high-risk areas and to lower the risk of collisions on high-traffic holidays. While the Fourth Amendment does protect...
Whenever you go to a party and are hanging out with people who are in college or just starting their careers, some of those parties can get pretty wild. It’s normal for people to drink as they unwind from their stressful school or workdays. While that’s the case,...
Often, the symptoms of a medical malady can make it impossible to carry out the parts of your day that help you pay your bills and enjoy your life. Medicine is one of the ways you can continue to live your life while treating an illness or injury. Unfortunately, many...
If you break the legal limit and have a blood alcohol concentration that is over 0.08%, then you can be charged with a DWI. This is the level at which the court gets to presume that you were impaired, even if you claimed that you weren’t. But what if you have a BAC...
As a general rule, the police need to have a reason to pull over a car. They cannot simply pull someone over because they want to give that person a breath test and see if they are impaired. They need a reason to believe the person is impaired already, or they need...
The legal drinking age in Missouri is 21. However, peer pressure and social settings make underage drinking a common occurrence. What consequences could you face for this? Academic consequences If you are a student, underage drinking could impact your academic career....
Physical evidence, like chemical evidence, can help the state build a compelling criminal case. It is certainly more convincing than eyewitness testimony. When it comes to accusations of drunk driving, breath tests are the most common way for police officers to...
Travis Noble is a graduate of the National College for DUI Defense at Harvard University, and he lectures at seminars nationwide on DWI/DUI topics. He is the lawyer whom other lawyers consult to defend their DWI clients. Most importantly, he has a track record of successfully defending some of the toughest DWI cases in Missouri and beyond.
