Michigan Drunk Driving Appellate Decisions

Case Court Year Case Summary
State of Michigan v Donald Andrew Hamilton Michigan Supreme Court 2002
State of Michigan v Marteez Donovan Laidler Michigan Supreme Court 2012
People v Morse, 325 Mich 270 (1949) Michigan Supreme Court 1949 One of the earliest drunk driving cases in Michigan. Addresses the use of the "Harger Drunkometer."
State of Michigan v Jessica Starr Barkley Michigan Supreme Court 2010
State of Michigan v Michael Robert Doyle Michigan Supreme Court 1996
State of Michigan v Ray Sam Keskimaki Michigan Supreme Court 1994
State of Michigan v Douglas Todd Turrell Michigan Supreme Court 1992
State of Michigan v Miner, 485 Mich 938; 773 NW2d 909 (2009) Michigan Supreme Court 2009 Reversal on appeal of trial court's significant downward departure from Michigan Sentencing Guidelines affirmed; circuit court should have imposed prison sentence on OWI causing death case.
State of Michigan v James Frederick Ohlinger Michigan Supreme Court 1991
Reed v Breton, 475 Mich 531; 718 NW2d 770 (2006) Michigan Supreme Court 2006 Vehicle driven by an intoxicated driver collided with an oncoming vehicle carrying two young men on US-127 near Lansing, killing all three individuals. The issues on appeal in this dramshop action involve (1) the presumption of nonliability under the dramshop act (DSA), MCL 436.1801(8) ; and (2) the adequacy of proofs regarding the driver's alleged visible intoxication under MCL 436.1801(3).