Michigan Drunk Driving Appellate Decisions

Case Court Year Case Summary
State of Michigan v Larry Eugene Wilcox Michigan Supreme Court 2010
State of Michigan v Andrew Russell Wood Michigan Supreme Court 1995
State of Michigan v Daniel Bruce Brown Michigan Supreme Court 1994
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.
State of Michigan v Derror, 474 Mich 886; 704 NW2d 704 (2005) Michigan Supreme Court 2005
State of Michigan v Derror, 475 Mich 316; 715 NW2d 822 (2006) Michigan Supreme Court 2006 Marijuana metabolite qualifies under Michigan's "any amount" law. This was a terrible decision that was later overturned by the Michigan Supreme Court in People v. Feezel 486 Mich. 184, (2010).
State of Michigan v Schaefer, 471 Mich 923; 689 NW2d 230 (2004) Michigan Supreme Court 2004
State of Michigan v Barbee, 470 Mich 283; 681 NW2d 348 (2004) Michigan Supreme Court 2004
State of Michigan v Lamont King Michigan Supreme Court 2000
State of Michigan v Robert James Roseberry Michigan Supreme Court 2002 Untimely collateral attack on a prior convictions cannot provide a basis for relief to OWI 3rd enhancements IF (but ony if?) Defendant pleads guilty to the new offense with the benefit of counsel. Dissent is very strong and relies on Burgett v Texas, 389 U.S. 109; 88 S. Ct. 258; 19 L. Ed. 2d 319 (1967), and United States v Tucker, 404 U.S. 443; 92 S. Ct. 589; 30 L. Ed. 2d 592 (1972).