Minnesota Supreme Court rules that DWI's are valid even if car is parked
January 21, 2010
Minnesota: The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld Daryl Fleck's 2007 DWI conviction that he received while sleeping drunk in a parked car. Justice Alan Page released a statement declaring that Fleck could still be convicted because the circumstances indicated that he had been operating the vehicle. Fleck received a 4 year prison sentence in 2007.[1]
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