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DUI report for February 2008

Monday, March 03, 2008

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By Register Staff

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11 a.m.The Napa Valley Register and napavalleyregister.com publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence — and so-called “wet reckless” convictions — in Napa County.

Arrest information is from the Napa County Sheriff’s Department. Convictions, names and blood-alcohol levels are from Napa County Superior Court.

Convictions include cases in which the person pleaded guilty or no contest to one or more drunk driving charges, or where one or more such charges resulted in a guilty verdict at trial.

Vehicle code violations considered are: driving under the influence (Vehicle Code section 23152), reckless driving while under the influence (23103.5) and causing injury to another while driving while under the influence (23153).

The blood-alcohol levels provided by the court are based on a variety of tests — some taken at the scene of the arrest or county jail, others through a later blood test — and have not necessarily been proven or admitted in court. It is unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle if that person has a blood-alcohol level of .08 or more, according to the California Vehicle Code.

Arrests: 50

Convictions/pleas: 63

Reported blood-alcohol below .10 or unavailable: 15

Reported blood-alcohol between .10 and .19: 34

Reported blood-alcohol between .20 and .29: 13

Reported blood-alcohol between .30 and .39: 1

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5 comment(s)

napavalleyman wrote on Mar 3, 2008 7:36 PM:

" Why does the Register publish names of those arrested, but not convicted, of DUI, considering that 1) everyone in this country is considered innocent until proven guilty, and, especially, 2) the Register's own Comment Guidelines regarding posting of comments state that "Comments implying suspects in crime-related stories are guilty before they have been proven so in a court of law will be deleted"? "

Tim wrote on Mar 4, 2008 5:54 AM:

" clearly it's a double standard they want to keep a tight reign on what we say..but this example shows they won't follow their own guidelines. "

NVR Moderator wrote on Mar 4, 2008 7:57 AM:

" Tim and napavalleyman:
the names in the list are the 63 who had a conviction posted in the previous month. "

mypoint wrote on Apr 2, 2008 9:11 AM:

" OK, we're ready for March DUI's already... "

NVR Moderator wrote on Apr 2, 2008 9:39 AM:

" We will have the March list up as soon as we have the information from the police department.
We publish this list in print the first Monday of each month. "

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