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Another Drunk Driving Conviction ? With No Driving

By Lawrence Taylor

Yesterday I posted about a Minnesota appellate court’s mind-boggling ruling that driving was not required to be arrested and convicted of drunk driving.  For those who think this was an isolated moment of judicial insanity, consider the latest wisdom from the appellate bench: State’s Highest Court Rules In Drunken Driving Case Hartford, CT.  Mar 24 – Drunken people don’t actually have to drive their cars to be charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. The court’s 5-0 ruling came in the case of Michael Cyr, who was arrested in Manchester in February 2005 in a parking lot near a bar. He had started his car remotely and then sat in the driver’s seat intoxicated, but never put the key into the ignition and didn’t drive anywhere...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on March 27, 2009 (boomark / email).