Michigan Drunk Driving Appellate Decisions

Case Court Year Case Summary
State of Michigan v Victor Gregg Hale Michigan Court of Appeals 2009 ----------------------------------------
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 Soares, 483 Mich 874; 759 NW2d 29 (2009) Michigan Supreme Court 2009 In OWI causing death case, Justice Markman suggests that the presence of a controlled substance (THC) in the blood of a motor vehicle driver-victim may require that a legally intoxicated defendant be acquitted as a matter of law because decedent's intoxication may constitue gross negligence or intervening cause of accident.
In Re Jacob Vieta, A Minor Michigan Court of Appeals 2008 Termination of parental rights after father drunk driving convictions and incarceration.
State of Michigan v Akili Eugene Armstrong Michigan Court of Appeals 2008 ----------------------------------------
State of Michigan v Brandon Howard Castro Michigan Court of Appeals 2008 ----------------------------------------
State of Michigan v Caleb Kelly Westcott Michigan Court of Appeals 2008 ----------------------------------------
State of Michigan v Carlton Matthew Whisman Michigan Court of Appeals 2008 ----------------------------------------
State of Michigan v Christos Zois Schizas Michigan Court of Appeals 2008 ----------------------------------------
State of Michigan v Clifford Charles Disney Michigan Court of Appeals 2008 ----------------------------------------