Category Archives: DUI, DWI and OUII

By Atty. Emmanuel Samonte Tipon It is a holiday week-end. You have spent half the night drinking. As you drive home, you see police cars with flashing lights and a long line of cars. It is a roadblock (checkpoint). You want to avoid it. You turn onto a side road. A police car chases you with lights flashing and sirens screaming. What now? Here is an actual case. The Police of Maui, Hawaii, established a checkpoint on Mokulele Highway south of the intersection of Mokulele Highway and Mehameha Loop. Raymond was driving on Mokulele Highway. He passed a sign  “INTOXICATION CHECKPOINT”. He turned onto Mehameha Loop, an isolated, dead end road surrounded by sugarcane fields. A police officer stationed as a “chase car” followed. The officer activated his lights and stopped Raymond who was later charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant (OVUII or DUI), Hawaii…
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