Cedar Rapids DUI and Criminal Lawyer: What you need to know during Covid-19
While personal court appearances are severely limited in Cedar Rapids criminal prosecutions, including DUI cases, defendants are still being
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David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
CV19 emergency: Iowa high court issues new rule
Courts in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and Iowa, generally, must deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Here's how the Iowa Supreme Court and S
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Mar 16, 2020
- 2 min
Iowa high court issues coronavirus order
The Iowa Supreme Court has issued an order to limit the spread of coronavirus in the execution of the court's duties. Find out how it wi
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Feb 28, 2020
- 5 min
Cedar Rapids DUI Lawyer Checklist: What now?
It's go time now that you're out of jail after an OWI (DUI) arrest in Cedar Rapids or Iowa City. Contact us to go through this check
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Jan 31, 2020
- 4 min
Iowa Supreme Court: DNR can patrol Lake Panorama
January 31, 2020—today, the Iowa Supreme Court decided State v. Meyers, holding DNR officers may enforce boating laws on Panorama, Macbride,
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
Iowa high court tosses 80 pounds of pot
The Iowa Supreme Court suppressed 80 pounds of marijuana b/c a deputy could not justify prolonging a traffic stop to search a car.
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Sep 10, 2019
- 3 min
Looking for the best DUI lawyer: let's talk
Seeking the best DUI, or, OWI, lawyer for your Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, or other Iowa community drunk driving prosecution can be daunting. S
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Jun 1, 2019
- 2 min
Cedar Rapids Criminal Lawyer: top reasons for police officer to request sobriety tests in OWI traffi
After an officer has conducted a Cedar Rapids or Iowa City traffic stop, they are on the lookout for multiple signs that will escalate the s
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Jun 1, 2019
- 2 min
Cedar Rapids Criminal Lawyer: top reasons police use to justify OWI traffic stop
Officers constantly look for purportedly impaired drivers. They use traffic violations to justify stops to smell, hear, and see how alcohol
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
DUI Trainers: cite legal conduct to justify OWI stop
The National HIghway Traffic Safety Administration, or, NHTSA, teaches police to cite to legal conduct like varying speed or driving under t
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Apr 19, 2019
- 2 min
How long can Cedar Rapids Police follow motorist?
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, OWI (DUI) clients and potential clients often ask how long police can follow a motorist under suspicion of DUI. Here'
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Apr 2, 2019
- 2 min
Iowa high court: minimum court costs apply even on dismissed counts
Iowa high court says sentencing judge can divide up court costs and apply court costs according to convictions and dismissed counts, but min
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Mar 15, 2019
- 2 min
Iowa High Court: Confirmatory Drug Test Required for Guilty Verdict
Meyers decision stands for proposition that a confirmatory drug test of a urine sample is required to try and convict a defendant of the con
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Mar 15, 2019
- 2 min
What is impairment in an Iowa OWI?
Impaired driving is the new Cedar Rapids OWI buzzword for the accusation that someone is under the influence either when they are below .08
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
Iowa OWI Evidentiary Breath Test Decision
Cedar Rapids OWI (DUI) Lawyer David A. Cmelik Law PLC explains what refusal means for the evidentiary Datamaster DMT test in an Iowa OWI pro
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
Is portable breath test really voluntary?
Cedar Rapids OWI (DUI) lawyer and attorney David A. Cmelik Law PLC explains how the PBT, or, preliminary breath test, is less voluntary than
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Oct 30, 2018
- 3 min
High Court: Iowa DOT officers cannot make "citizen's arrest"
State's argument that DOT vehicle enforcement officers could, before amendment to statute, conduct traffic stops and make arrests falls
David A. Cmelik Law PLC
- Oct 22, 2018
- 2 min
Iowa Supreme Court overturns 3X habitual offender drunk driver sentence calling it illegal
In Noll, Iowa Supreme Court reverses 3X third offender OWI sentence reserved for habitual felons holding habitual felon statute does not app
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