Michigan Drunk Driving Appellate Decisions

Case Court Year Case Summary
State of Michigan v Touchette Michigan Court of Appeals 2008 Corroborated tip created reasonable suspicion for traffic stop given accurate description of defendant's vehicle, the number of passengers, and the direction in which it was traveling further established reliability and veracity.
State of Michigan v James Richard Large Michigan Court of Appeals 2004
State of Michigan v Emmet Allen Luberda Michigan Court of Appeals 1998
State of Michigan v Alexander, Docket No. 286661, unpublished, November 19, 2009 (2009) Michigan Court of Appeals 2009 Honey Badger went screaming down the highway at 100 mph, hitting numerous cars along the freeway. He was trying to drive to Lansing to see his girlfriend and "[p]eople would not get the [expletive deleted] out of my way. They were trying to keep me from seeing her so I had to push them out of the way." Trial court judge's departure from minimum sentence affirmed where the court gave clear reasons. "[Y]ou've been suspended drivers license [sic] over 20 different times. I mean, you should have never, ever even been behind the wheel of a car. And then you get--you get behind the wheel of a car and you're taking PCP, and apparently you are so--you are so high on drugs that you then engage in a pattern of driving that starts on I94 in Washtenaw County where you begin ramming cars. And frankly, you're all over the road. I mean, you're ramming them in the right lane, you're ramming them in the left lane." (And yes, Honey Badger appealed this case to the Michigan Supreme Court, but it was also denied.)
State of Michigan v Arthur Raisanen Michigan Court of Appeals 1982
State of Michigan v Kurtis Lee Dean Michigan Court of Appeals 2005
State of Michigan v Christopher Michael Makielski Michigan Court of Appeals 2011
State of Michigan v Donald Richard Greig Michigan Court of Appeals 2000
State of Michigan v David John Schneider, Iii Michigan Court of Appeals 1988
State of Michigan v Chad Everett Leist Michigan Court of Appeals 1996