The Minnesota House and Senate have voted overwhelmingly to tighten, once again, penalties for those accused of a DWI in Minnesota. This new bill, which the governor is about to sign into law, will dramatically broaden the use of the Ignition Interlock device across the State of Minnesota in DWI cases. This includes those whose driver’s licenses have been canceled or revoked under the Implied Consent Law and those who driver’s license is canceled because they are deemed “Inimical to Public Safety, ” (Cancelled-IPS) as well as repeat DWI offenders and even first-time offenders who test .16 or more in a blood, breath or urine test at the police station. See http://tinyurl.com/2wnownw. As you may know, Ignition Interlock is a device attached to the steering wheel that driver’s must blow into to show that their alcohol concentration is below .02, or a vehicle equipped with Ignition Interlock will not start. Stay tuned and check back at Keller Law Offices, your one stop shop for DWI information, at www.dwi-legal.com for more information after Governor Pawlenty signs the Ignition Interlock into law and we get final details.
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Attorney Max Keller Wins Felony DWI Case in MN Supreme Court
Saturday, April 24th, 2010DWI Defense Attorney Max A. Keller of Keller Law Offices scored a big victory for his client in the Minnesota Supreme Court this week. Mr. Keller secured a reversal of the Court of Appeals and the trial court by a unanimous 7 to 0 vote of the Supreme Court. The Court’s opinion in an Anoka County Felony DWI case throws out our client’s felony DWI conviction. Therefore he will no longer be subject to felony probation for 7 years and a possible 42 month prison sentence. See http://www.courts.state.mn.us/opinions/sc/current/OPA080412-0422.pdf Needless to say, Mr. Keller’s Felony DWI client was EXTREMELY happy.
Keller Law Office’s Client Crashes Into House But Avoids Jail Time Due to Skillfull Lawyering
Monday, March 29th, 2010In a 2010 Hennepin County case, Max Keller’s client faced the prosecutor’s wrath because the client had crashed her car into a bystander’s house. The client was still intoxicated at 11:30 a.m. from drinking the night before. Max Keller was able to talk the prosecutor off the ledge and get the sentence reduced from 5 days to 0 days. Max also got the Hennepin County 1-Day program waived because the client was no longer living in Minnesota. The client was very happy. (File # 27-CR-10-3479)
