Alabama Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Alabama or Court of Appeals of Alabama where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Dalton v. State - 12/30/1999
The appellant, Steven Hoyt Dalton, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, made a felony because it was his fourth DUI conviction, see §32-5A-191(h), Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. He...
State v. Trask - 12/30/1999
The State appeals from the trial court's order granting the motion to dismiss filed by Felicia Louise Trask, the appellee.
The record indicates that on April 5, 1998, Trask was arrested on the campus of the University of South...
Mester v. State - 10/29/1999
ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
The memorandum issued on July 9, 1999, is withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
Nicholas Mester was convicted in the District Court of Blount County of driving under the...
State v. Shaver - 9/17/1999
On March 5, 1999, the Montgomery County Grand Jury indicted Michael Shaver for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), in violation of § 32-5A-191(a), Ala. Code 1975, after having been convicted of DUI on three prior occasions, a...
State v. Thrasher - 9/17/1999
On Application for Rehearing
This Court's unpublished memorandum and Dissenting opinion of September 17, 1999, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
On February 21, 1998, Steven Thrasher was...
Burnett v. State - 9/17/1999
The appellant, Mickey Wayne Burnett, was convicted of three counts of vehicular homicide, violations of §32-5A-192, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him to five years in prison on each count, but split the sentences and...
D.S.S. v. Clay County Dept. of Human Resources - 9/17/1999
D.S.S. ("the mother") and J.B. ("the father") appeal from a judgment terminating their parental rights as to their two daughters, 15-year-old B.B. and 13-year-old A.B. We affirm the judgment as to the mother, but reverse the judgment...
Davis v. State - 9/10/1999
REL: 9/10/99 1972172 Ex parte Davis
This is a death-penalty case. David Eugene Davis pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, capital murder for the deaths of Kenneth Douglas and John Fikes. See Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-5-40(a)(10)....
R.C.M. v. State - 8/27/1999
On December 23, 1998, a delinquency petition charging the appellant, R. C. M., a seventeen-year-old male, with driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), a violation of §32-5A-191(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975, was filed in the Juvenile...
Form-by v. State - 8/27/1999
Ex parte Stanley Form-by
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
On Application for Rehearing
In its application for rehearing the State presents two issues. The State's application is due to...
Moman v. City of Leeds - 6/18/1999
Lester Moman, Jr., appeals his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol, a violation of § 32-5A-191(a), Ala. Code 1975. Pursuant to § 32-5A-300, Ala. Code 1975, the director of the Department of Public Safety, an...
Johnson v. State - 6/18/1999
The appellant, Travis Johnson, pleaded guilty to felony DUI. The indictment charged that he had violated §32-5A-191(a)(2) and §32-5A-191(h), Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and was ordered to pay a fine of...
Washburn v. Town of Blountsville - 5/28/1999
STATE OF ALABAMA --- JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT OCTOBER TERM, 1998-99
On September 28, 1998, Jimmie Ross Washburn was convicted in Blountsville municipal court of reckless driving and of driving under the influence, violation of...
Maples v. State - 3/31/1999
The appellant, Corey Maples, was convicted of two counts of capital murder for 1) the murders of Stacy Alan Terry and Barry Dewayne Robinson II pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, §13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala. Code 1975, and 2) the...
Luckie v. City of Montgomery - 2/12/1999
REL: 2/12/1999 LUCKIE
NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300...
Stinson v. State - 2/5/1999
REL02051999STINSON
THE STATE OF ALABAMA --- JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
John Bruce Stinson appeals from his conviction in Mobile District Court for driving under the influence of alcohol, a misdemeanor. See § 32-5A-191(a)(1), Ala....
Smith v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. - 1/15/1999
Rel: 1/15/1999 Smith v. State Farm
AFFIRMED. NO OPINION. See Rule 53(a)(1) and (a)(2)(F), Ala. R. App. P.; Kent v. Singleton, 457 So.2d 356 (Ala. 1984); and Rule 606(b), Ala. R. Evid.
Hooper, C.J., and Maddox, Almon,...
Blevins v. State - 6/22/1998
Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court (CC-95-280)
The appellant, Michael Blevins, was convicted of the felony offense of driving while under the influence of alcohol (D.U.I.), a violation of § 32-5A-191(f), Ala. Code 1975, and...
HOUSTON v. STATE - 6/19/1998
AFFIRMED BY UNPUBLISHED MEMORANDUM
McMillan, Brown, and Baschab, JJ., concur; Cobb, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with opinion.
I dissent from the majority's holding in Part III of its unpublished memorandum. I...
OWEN v. STATE - 6/19/1998
The appellant, Peter William Owen, was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury in a two-count indictment; one count charged possession of marijuana and one count charged possession of cocaine. He filed a motion to suppress the...
BOLES v. STATE - 5/29/1998
The appellant, Philip Grady Boles, appeals from the summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., which attacked an order of the trial court revoking his probation. The only...
DAVIS v. STATE - 5/29/1998
The appellant, David Eugene Davis, was charged with two counts of capital murder for the deaths of Kenneth Douglas and John Fikes. Count I charged him with murder made capital because two people were murdered by one act or...
HARRELL v. STATE - 4/3/1998
The appellant, Terence Moore Harrell, was charged with operating or being in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a violation of § 32-5A-191(a)(2),
Code of Alabama 1975. On September 8, 1997, he...
R.G. v. CALHOUN CTY. DEPT. OF HUMAN RES. - 3/27/1998
The father appeals from an order declaring his child dependent and transferring custody of the child to the Calhoun County Department of Human Resources.
R.G. ("the father") and K.G. ("the mother") are the parents of C.G. ("the...
INGRAM v. STATE - 3/20/1998
In May 1993, the appellant, William T. Ingram, was convicted of manslaughter and assault in the third degree, in connection with an alcohol-related automobile accident that resulted in the death of Elizabeth Beaird and that injured her...
SCHILLING v. CITY OF TRUSSVILLE - 3/20/1998
James Allen Schilling appealed his conviction for driving under the influence ("DUI") in the Municipal Court for the City of Trussville to the Circuit Court of Jefferson County for a trial de novo. A jury convicted Schilling in the...
J.B. v. STATE DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES - 2/13/1998
In September 1996, the State Department of Human Resources ("DHR") petitioned to terminate the parental rights of J.B. (the "father") and W.N. (the "mother"), the natural parents of T.E.B. (the "child"). After a hearing, the trial...
MOORE v. STATE - 1/30/1998
The appellant, Robert Allan Moore, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), which, because this was his fourth or subsequent DUI conviction, is a Class C felony. See § 32-5A-191 (h), Ala. Code 1975. The trial...
COUCH v. CITY OF SHEFFIELD - 1/9/1998
The plaintiff, Travis Couch, appeals from a summary judgment for the defendants, Richard Lesley and the City of Sheffield, in this action seeking damages under state and federal law in connection with an alleged illegal arrest and an...
STATE v. RAMSEY - 12/19/1997
Robert Allen Ramsey was indicted on two alternative counts of felony driving under the influence of alcohol. See § 32-5A-191(h), Code of Alabama 1975. He moved to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that it failed to charge an...
FORMBY v. STATE - 12/19/1997
The appellant, Stanley Formby, was convicted in 1996 of the felony offense of driving while under the influence of alcohol (D.U.I.), after having been convicted of three prior D.U.I. violations within the past five years, a...
ESKRIDGE v. STATE - 12/19/1997
The appellant, David Eskridge, was convicted in 1996 of the felony offense of driving while under the influence of alcohol (D.U.I.), a violation of §§ 32-5A-191(a) and 32-5A-191(f), Code of Alabama 1975, and driving while his license...
WELDON v. STATE - 12/12/1997
This is a civil forfeiture case.
On October 1, 1996, Jeffery Weldon was stopped for speeding. Weldon was arrested and charged with speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol. Upon a search of Weldon's person, the police...
THOMPSON v. STATE - 11/21/1997
Maurice B. Thompson appeals from the forfeiture of $8,694. The State of Alabama claimed that the money was due to be forfeited because, it said, it had been used, or was to be used, to facilitate a drug transaction. After an ore tenus...
MCDUFFIE v. STATE - 11/14/1997
Pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, the appellant, Sidney Earl McDuffie II, was convicted of the felony offense of driving under the influence of alcohol (D.U.I.), a violation of §§ 32-5A-191(a) and 32-5A-191(h), Code of Alabama...
MAYES v. STATE - 11/14/1997
The appellant, Lyndon Lee Mayes, was convicted in the District Court of Lawrence County of driving under the influence, possession of marijuana in the second degree, reckless endangerment, possession of drug paraphernalia, and illegal...
SHONEY'S - 11/14/1997
Shoney's, Inc. (restaurant), appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of Albert Lee Pasley. This case is before this court pursuant to § 12-2-7(6), Ala. Code 1975.
Albert Lee Pasley filed a complaint against the...
STOKLEY v. STATE - 10/31/1997
The appellant, James Alex Stokley, appeals from the circuit court's refusal to grant certiorari review of the district court's revocation of his probation. Because the procedural posture of this case is quite confusing, a brief...
WAREHOUSE FURNISHING v. FARMERS FURNITURE - 10/10/1997
Warehouse Home Furnishing Distributors, Inc., d/b/a Farmers Furniture ("Farmers Furniture") is a Georgia corporation that sells furniture, jewelry, and appliances. It operates 10 stores in Alabama, all of which provide financing if the...
R.K.D. v. STATE - 9/26/1997
The appellant, R. K. D., was convicted of knowingly possessing "obscene matter containing a visual reproduction of a person under the age of 17 years engaged in any act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual excitement,...
SPANGLER v. STATE - 9/26/1997
The appellant, Charlecy Dean Spangler, was convicted of promoting prostitution in the second degree, a violation of § 13A12-112, Code of Alabama 1975. She was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and was ordered to pay a fine of...
STEINER v. STATE - 9/26/1997
Janis Rodgers Steiner was convicted in Baldwin District Court of driving under the influence of alcohol, a violation of § 32-5A-191(a), Ala. Code 1975. She appealed to Baldwin Circuit Court, and a jury found her guilty of driving under...
DAVIS v. STATE - 9/26/1997
On November 19, 1996, Jerry Thomas Davis was convicted of driving under the influence (CC-96-168) and speeding (96-169), violations of §§ 32-5A-191(a)(2) and 32-5A-171(3), Ala. Code 1975, respectively. For his conviction of driving...
TIMS v. STATE - 9/26/1997
The appellant, John Wendell Tims, was convicted of one count of murder, two counts of assault in the second degree, and seven counts of assault in the third degree. He was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for the murder...
MCDANIEL v. STATE - 9/26/1997
The appellant, Walter Todd McDaniel, was convicted in St. Clair District Court of several traffic offenses, including driving under the influence of alcohol, a violation of § 32-5A-191, Code of Alabama 1975. This case comes to us on a...
MCNEELY v. DIR. - 9/12/1997
In March 1996, the Department of Public Safety revoked Gerald Scott McNeely's driver's license. The Department based the revocation on McNeely's failure to disclose his 1982 DUI conviction in North Carolina when he applied for an...
FAULK v. MOTORS INS. CORP. - 9/5/1997
This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the insurer, Motors Insurance Corporation (MIC), in an uninsured/underinsured motorist case.
On Saturday, May 22, 1993, Troy C. Faulk entered into negotiations with...
MEININGER v. STATE - 5/23/1997
Stephen Philip Meininger was convicted of violating Ala. Code 1975, § 32-5A-191(a)(1), because he was driving when his blood alcohol level was 0.10% or more. He was sentenced to 15 days in the county jail; his sentence was suspended,...
GREENE v. HANOVER INS. CO. - 5/23/1997
Johnnie Greene sustained injuries in an automobile accident. His vehicle was involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by Scott James Vance. Greene filed this action against Scott's employer's insurance carrier, Hanover Insurance...
HANNERS v. HANNERS - 5/23/1997
The parties were divorced by the Houston County Circuit Court on September 1, 1994. The divorce judgment incorporated the terms of an agreement entered into between the parties. The agreement provided that the mother would have custody...
BEXLEY v. STATE - 4/18/1997
Following a trial de novo in circuit court, the appellant, Elbert W. Bexley, was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). He was sentenced to five days in jail. The sentence was suspended, and he was fined $500. ...
WOODS v. STATE - 4/18/1997
The appellant, Gregory Eugene Woods, was convicted of child abuse, a violation of § 26-15-3, Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary and was also ordered to pay a $500 fine and a victim's compensation...
CUMBIE v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY - 3/21/1997
Phillip Lynn Cumbie appeals from his conviction and sentence for driving under the influence, pursuant to the City of Montgomery Code ch. 1, § 1-9 (1980). We affirm.
The testimony at trial showed that at approximately 3:00 a.m....
FINLEY v. STATE - 3/21/1997
The appellant, Brandon Shane Finley, was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, a violation of § 32-5A-191, Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, which sentence was suspended. His driver's license...
MACEWAN v. STATE - 2/28/1997
Angela Moore MacEwan was convicted of capital murder, specifically the murder of a child under the age of 14, in violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(15), Ala. Code 1975, in connection with the death of her two and one-half year old daughter,...
J.L. v. STATE DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES - 1/31/1997
The Shelby County Department of Human Resources (DHR) petitioned the juvenile court, seeking permanent custody of B.W. and T.L., who are half-sisters, sharing the same biological mother. The court had previously found the children to...
LANFORD v. CITY OF SHEFFIELD - 1/17/1997
This case presents the issue of whether a city prisoner, injured while working as a "trusty," is an employee of the city under Alabama workers' compensation law.
On September 7, 1994, Mike Lanford began serving a jail sentence...
STATE v. GRANTLAND - 1/9/1997
ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
This court's opinion of December 19, 1995, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor:
The petitioner, the State of Alabama, through the attorney general's office, filed...
[T] COFIELD v. STATE - 12/20/1996
AFFIRMED BY MEMORANDUM. NO OPINION.
TAYLOR, P.J., and PATTERSON and McMILLAN, JJ., concur;
COBB, J., dissents with opinion.
The admissibility of the I-5000 test depends on whether the appellant was actually charged by...
THORNELL v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY - 12/20/1996
The appellant, Thomas C. Thornell, was convicted in Montgomery Municipal Court for driving under the influence ("DUI") pursuant to the Montgomery Municipal Ordinance No. 125-79, which incorporates by reference § 32-5A-191, Code of...
WALKER v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY - 12/20/1996
The appellant, Leon David Walker III, was convicted in Montgomery Municipal Court for driving under the influence ("DUI") pursuant to the Montgomery Municipal Ordinance No. 125-79, which incorporates by reference § 32-5A-191, Code of...
GWARJANSKI v. STATE - 12/20/1996
ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
The opinion of October 11, 1996, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
Paul Jeffrey Gwarjanski was convicted in Montgomery District Court for driving under the...
CLICK v. STATE - 12/20/1996
The appellant, Jimmy Shane Click, was indicted for the capital murder of Ginger Roberta McClure, which occurred during the late evening hours of July 24, or early morning hours of July 25, 1990....
JONES v. STATE - 12/20/1996
Paul Jones was convicted on November 3, 1995, of three counts of sodomy in the first degree, three counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, and three counts of sexual abuse, second degree. The offenses underlying the convictions...
JOHNSTON v. STATE - 11/1/1996
The appellant, Sidney Wallace Johnston, was indicted on charges of felony driving under the influence (D.U.I.) under § 32-5A-191(f), Code of Alabama 1975; misdemeanor D.U.I. under § 32-5A-191(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975; and driving...
DAWSON v. STATE - 11/1/1996
The appellant, Homer Gene Dawson, was convicted of four counts of distributing a controlled substance, a violation of § 13A-12-211, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 35 years in the state penitentiary. ...
STATE v. PARKER - 9/27/1996
James Gregory Parker was indicted for felony driving under the influence, and because it was a fourth or subsequent conviction within a five-year period, the offense was enhanced to a Class C felony. See § 32-5A-191 (f), Code of...
STATE v. BROOKS - 9/27/1996
The State of Alabama appeals from the trial court's order granting Leibert Levoy Brooks's pretrial motion to suppress evidence of Brooks's prior convictions in a prosecution against Brooks for two counts of driving under the influence...
LUCAS v. CITY OF TUSCALOOSA - 6/26/1996
The City of Tuscaloosa, the appellee, filed a motion in this court seeking to dismiss the appeal by the appellant, James Lucas, from his conviction in the municipal court for driving under the influence of alcohol, a misdemeanor. The...
TOMLIN v. STATE - 6/21/1996
Phillip Wayne Tomlin was convicted of the capital murders of Ricky Brune and Cheryl Moore, made capital because they were accomplished by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct. See § 13-11-2(a)(10), Code of...
M.W.B. v. STATE - 5/24/1996
M.W.B. appeals from an order transferring him from the juvenile court to the circuit court to be tried as an adult on three counts of vehicular homicide.
The attorney general asks that we remand this case for the circuit court to...
LOYAL AMERICAN LIFE INS. v. MATTIACE - 5/24/1996
The defendant, Loyal American Life Insurance Company, Inc., appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Sue M. Mattiace. The jury found that Loyal American had breached a life insurance contract and had...
STONE v. STATE - 5/10/1996
The appellant, Larry Douglas Stone, was found guilty in the district court on charges of driving a vehicle while pulling a boat trailer with improper lights and also with driving under the influence of alcohol (D.U.I.). On appeal to...
BRELAND v. FORD - 5/3/1996
James Breland, an Alabama State Trooper, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding $2,000,000 in compensatory damages to Gene Kelvin Ford in Ford's action against Breland seeking compensation for personal injuries Ford...
MEININGER v. STATE - 4/19/1996
The appellant, Stephen Philip Meininger, was convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol (DUI), a violation of § 32-5A-191(a)(1), Code of Alabama 1975, because he was driving when his blood alcohol level was 0.10% or...
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