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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

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

January 31, 2020—today, the Iowa Supreme Court decided State v. Meyers, holding DNR officers may enforce boating laws on Panorama, Macbride,

Defendants sometimes mistakenly believe that a drunk driving conviction in the State of Iowa "falls off" their record, or, is auto

Officer Friendly will use this pretext to stop motorists he or she sees as a potential OWI (drunk driving) suspect.

You know it well. The lonely chair, next to the desk. On the desk there's a computer looking thing. That's the Datamaster DMT.

The Iowa Supreme Court finds police did not have to constitutionally justify conversation with stopped DUI driver

The Iowa Legislature, in Senate File 589, has approved, and the Governor has signed into law, a criminal law bill that allows expungements o

The National HIghway Traffic Safety Administration, or, NHTSA, teaches police to cite to legal conduct like varying speed or driving under t

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, OWI (DUI) clients and potential clients often ask how long police can follow a motorist under suspicion of DUI. Here&#39

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

Impaired driving is the new Cedar Rapids OWI buzzword for the accusation that someone is under the influence either when they are below .08

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

Cedar Rapids OWI (DUI) lawyer and attorney David A. Cmelik Law PLC explains how the PBT, or, preliminary breath test, is less voluntary than

Iowa high court decides sobriety testing in patrol car sally port, or, garage, is not "place of detention" to trigger right to a p

In Noll, Iowa Supreme Court reverses 3X third offender OWI sentence reserved for habitual felons holding habitual felon statute does not app

Iowa Supreme Court reverses OWI (DUI) conviction after police stop a van driver who was merely related to someone suspected of ditching a ca

Iowa's high court upholds suspicionless stop of parked motorist at roadside as long as court finds officer genuinely only wanted to rend

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law sweeping changes to require all OWI offenders to install ignition interlock devices in cars they

In Iowa, a motorist may raise a “prescription drug defense” if they have take the prescription without alcohol and according to medical inst