Posted on 04/25/2017 3:10:22 PM PDT by equaviator
DOesn't really matter how the drunk got his truck there. Maybe a friend drove him that far, but didn't have time to go the rest of the way. He was sleeping it off, not endangering anyone at the time. I'm sure the state greatly appreciated the revenue you raised for them.
He admitted that he drove it. He admitted everything but thought he should get off because he was wise enough to take a nap before driving home.
“If you’re going to do that, you can do it legally”
Nah, I buy my beer from the store and then take it home.
One thing I have wondered about is if I get pulled over with two cases worth of loose empty beer cans in a partially open bag on the floor, would the cop assume that I’ve been drinking if he smells beer when I’m actually driving sober. Is that probably cause enough for the cop to render field sobriety tests? I hate taking the empties back and am always relieved when I finally have them out of the vehicle and have my deposit money back.
“Not that it makes a (legal) difference, but the article stated that the cops were parked at the end of his driveway, blocking anyone from entering or leaving. He couldn’t have gone into the street if he’d wanted to.”
Yep. Stare decisis stuff. Judges’ broad interpretations of laws created when such over-reach was though-not-of.
For example, the statute for operating with a revoked licence made no mention of limitations...like operating on ones’ own property. A judge in MA noted that in a case....and interpeted it most liberally.
Ed
The law requires proof not speculation. Never mind it’s too hard for most.
I have voiced issues with the governor and down to the county commission as well. As a matter of fact will be speaking on an issue regarding Constitution Rights that have been trod on by the county at a meeting in two weeks. It won’t be the first time and it won’t be the last.
That’s what I said, within the law we found him guilty.
See how that works?
Ed
Thank you for your service to Law and Order in this country. We are losing it because people let the left get away with destroying our liberties and then whine about it but do nothing. Private Property Rights, is a particular target of the Globalists, the believers that the UN should rule the world, and they are determined that Communism be the end all political champion. Some may play around with the “Socialism” argument, but if they read the Communist Manifesto, or know any of the tenets of the long string of monsters who advocated the Communist Regime for the world, they will recognize Communism is not dead, but is the root of all our troubles. Everyone should read Agenda 21. The destruction of American life is spelled out clearly enough for even the most obtuse person to comprehend the agenda.
Thanks for defending our laws as they were written. Activist judges must be removed from the bench or Liberty is doomed.
Northville man can be charged with DUI for drunken driving in own driveway (Supreme Court Update)
Click on Detroit ^ | 07/25/2017 | By Mara MacDonald - Reporter , Derick Hutchinson
Posted on 7/26/2017 10:54:09 AM by Responsibility2nd
NORTHVILLE, Mich. - The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that sitting in a car in your own driveway while drunk constitutes drunken driving.
A Northville man questioned whether he could be ticketed for a DUI in his own driveway after he was found behind the wheel and going in and out of his garage, but not off his property.
The driveway DUI case had been ping ponging between courts and finally ended up in front of the Michigan Supreme Court for a final decision. At issue was a Northville man busted for being drunk and driving in and out of his garage on his own property.
Police were called to the man's home on noise complaints and watched him. They later found his blood-alcohol level to be three times the legal limit.
The court ruled that, yes, the man can be given a DUI in his own driveway.
What the justices had to answer was whether the driveway was generally accessible to other motor vehicles. They overruled a lower court's opinion and said yes.
Yup. It is about furthering a career.
Just ask Nifong.
He’s been to court twice before, and two courts threw the charge out.
This appeal is being made by the state, not the defendant.
But they can’t put a bus stop for school kids at the end of my driveway, right? It would have to be at a street corner, right?
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