Minnesota DWI Defense Blog

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Bad news for hemophobiacs:

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled that it is a-ok to arrest someone, haul her off to jail, and tell her:

We want evidence of the crime we think you committed, and we're not getting a warrant. Read More

Happy Monday. Let's start the week with a quick peek at the Minnesota judiciary, circa 2001.

In 2001, in State v. Larsen, 637 N.W.2d 315, Minnesota courts denounced the "legislative bypass" Read More

Ramsay Law Firm is proud to announce that Dan Koewler was recently selected for the 2014 Minnesota "Rising Star" list maintained by Super Lawyers. Read More

In early 1944, Nazi Germany (the polar opposite of a country based on constitutionally guaranteed freedoms) was struggling to retain the territory it had captured, while the Allies were bombing Germany from the skies in anticipation of an amphibious landing for a new battle - the "Second Front". Read More

We the People understand and appreciate that law enforcement's job is to investigate crime by collecting evidence to be used in a criminal prosecution. Read More

Once again, we can see that the legal landscape is reaching one of those tipping points, where everything we thought we knew is turned on its head. Read More

For a driver with a breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) that straddles one of the statutory cutoffs (0. Read More

Every cloud has a silver lining, they say. Read More

For DWI suspects in Minnesota, the right to consult with counsel has no bearing on the voluntariness of their "consent| to give blood, breath, or urine for testing. Read More

Dear 32nd State,

In Missouri v. Read More

It's an iconic scene from a great movie - Mr. Read More

Regular followers of our blog know that earlier this year we were carefully tracking the Minnesota Legislature's proposed changes to our DWI laws. Read More

The attorneys at Ramsay Law Firm have a national reputation to maintain - while we practice our particularly aggressive manner of DWI defense solely for our clients in Minnesota, both Chuck and Dan are authors of well-regarded books and key members of several nationally-renowned organizations. Read More

Winning cases for our clients is nothing new, but this week we won a few based on good ol' science. Read More

Right now in Minnesota, courts' interpretation of DWI law is all over the map â?? the law is uncertain, with more gray areas and questions than black-and-white answers. Read More

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