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Jan. 22, 2018
Recently, a change in law went into effect that greatly expands a person's ability to have prior convictions or pleas of guilty expunged from their criminal record. Expungement is the process which allows a person with a conviction to have the record of that conviction removed from their criminal record.
Read MoreJune 16, 2017
On June 13, 2017, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, in B. C. McMillin v. Director of Revenue, No. WD79818, ruled that in a civil driver license suspension case where the driver is operating a scooter under the influence of alcohol, Section 302.505 is not applicable. It only applies to "motor vehicle" as defined by Section 302.010(10).
Read MoreJune 9, 2017
On June 6, 2017, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, in R. R. Williams v. Director of Revenue, et al, No. ED104052, ruled that in a civil driver license suspension case where the driver is over the age of twenty-one, "Section 302.505 does not require an officer to have reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop." It only requires proof that there was probable cause for the arrest for an alcohol-related offense.
Read MoreMay 26, 2017
On May 23, 2017, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, in J. E. Bright v. Nia Ray, Director of Revenue, et al, No. ED104934, ruled that expungements of an arrest, plea, trial or conviction of an alcohol-related driving offense under RSMo 610.130 , formerly RSMo 577.054, are limited to those cases in which Defendants actually plead guilty to or are convicted of an alcohol-related driving offense.
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