Arizona Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Arizona or Court of Appeals of Arizona 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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State v. Steelman - 9/13/1978
Defendant, Willie Luther Steelman, was charged in two indictments by a Pima County grand jury with one count of burglary, A.R.S. § 13-302 ; one count of kidnapping for robbery with a gun, A.R.S. §§ 13-491, 492; two counts of...
Pinto v. Superior Court - 7/14/1978
Petitioner brings this special action to challenge the imposition of a sentence imposed for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of A.R.S. Sec. 28-692. Because we believe the point raised merits our...
State v. Bailey - 7/13/1978
Appellants were charged by indictment with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, and transportation of marijuana. After denial of their motion to suppress, they submitted the charge of possession to the court on...
State v. Means - 6/9/1977
Michael Lester Means, hereinafter appellant, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. A motion for a new trial was denied. He was sentenced thereafter to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for...
State v. Lewis - 6/9/1977
Appellant, Essie Mae Lewis, was convicted of possession of heroin in violation of A.R.S. § 36-1002. She appeals, asserting that the trial court erroneously denied her motion to suppress a balloon of heroin.
On November 29,...
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Tarantino - 2/28/1977
The defendant below, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, is appealing from the trial court's granting the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in an action for a declaratory judgment. The Arizona Supreme Court has...
Smith v. Chapman - 12/27/1976
If the evidence shows that the defendant, while under the influence of intoxicants, negligently drove his automobile in such a manner as to be a proximate cause of the collision with the plaintiff's automobile, is the plaintiff...
Hopper v. Industrial Commission - 9/7/1976
On this review of a consolidated award entered by the respondent commission in a workmen's compensation proceeding, the petitioning workman contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the hearing officer's refusal to award...
Fisher Contracting Co. v. Industrial Commission - 8/10/1976
On this review of the respondent Commission's decision awarding death benefits to the respondent widow, the basic issue is whether the injury resulting in the workman's death occurred in the course of his employment. In order to...
State v. Gonzales - 7/27/1976
[27 ArizApp Page 308] Appellant was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, said offense being committed while his driver's license was suspended, in violation of A.R.S. §§...
State v. Wilson - 7/15/1976
[113 Ariz Page 308] Appellant was convicted by a jury of two counts of vehicular manslaughter, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-456(A)(3)(a), and
was sentenced to three to five years imprisonment. He appeals.
He urges...
State v. Gary - 12/18/1975
This is an appeal by Lloyd Emett Gary from a conviction of assault with a deadly weapon, A.R.S. § 13-249. The trial court suspended sentence, placed defendant on probation, and ordered that defendant spend six months in the...
State v. City Court of City of Tucson - 11/18/1975
Petitioner seeks special action relief from an order of the respondent court dismissing a pending prosecution of Mr. Hamm for driving while intoxicated.
The pertinent facts are set forth in the court's order:
"Upon...
State v. Garcia - 11/3/1975
The appellant, Arthur Lawrence Garcia, was found guilty of driving while intoxicated while his license was suspended, revoked or refused and sentenced November 15, 1974, to a term of not less than one nor more than three years in...
State v. Gomez - 10/9/1975
This is an appeal from a trial court order revoking the probation of Benny Macias Gomez and sentencing him to a term of not less than three nor more than four years in the Arizona State Prison. This court has jurisdiction pursuant...
Campbell v. Superior Court - 6/13/1974
Petitioner, the Superintendent of the Motor Vehicle Division of the Highway Department, brought this special action against the Superior Court and one Carlos M. Mendoza, the real party in interest, to set aside the order of the...
State v. Zaragoza - 5/22/1974
Appellant was convicted by a jury of driving a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor during a period when his driver's license had been revoked. The license revocation occurred in June of 1972 after two previous...
State v. Drury - 3/25/1974
This is an appeal from a judgment of the court, sitting without a jury, finding the defendant James E. Drury guilty of second degree murder (§§ 13-451, 13-452 A.R.S.), and from a sentence of not less than thirty nor more than...
State v. Duke - 1/31/1974
This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment of guilt to the crime of second degree murder, §§ 13-451 and 13-452 A.R.S., together with a sentence thereon of not less than ten nor more than twelve years in the Arizona State...
State v. Dunn - 1/8/1974
This case involves the questions of whether the use of the "short-form" complaint in a post-arrest situation is proper, and whether a trial de novo in Superior Court in a matter initially heard in Phoenix City Court constitutes an...
State v. Sanchez - 12/6/1973
This is a certification of two questions pursuant to Rule 346 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A.R.S., in force and effect at the time this matter was considered.
The two questions are certified as follows:
"1....
State v. Gowans - 10/1/1973
This is an appeal by the State from an order of the Superior Court of Pima County granting defendant Gowans' motion to suppress evidence discovered in the trunk of his car during an inventory search of his automobile. The Court of...
State v. Garcia - 4/1/1971
Appellant, Joe Flores Garcia, appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of possession of marijuana and a sentence of five to seven years imposed thereon. Appellant will be referred to hereafter as defendant.
After...
Fitzgerald v. Maricopa County - 2/11/1971
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury's verdict in favor of defendant Maricopa County and the entry of directed verdicts in favor of the other defendants. The primary questions for review concern the giving of a...
Campbell v. Superior Court - 1/15/1971
Respondent, Frank Eugene White, (hereinafter referred to as respondent), was arrested for driving upon the public highways of Arizona while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of A.R.S. § 28-692. The...
State v. Johnson - 1/14/1971
Defendant Wilbert Martin Johnson was informed against, tried by jury, and convicted of the crime of robbery. From the judgment of conviction and sentence he appeals.
The defendant first urges that the trial court committed...
Campbell v. Superior Court - 12/12/1969
This case comes before the Court on a petition for writ of certiorari to test the validity of a writ of mandamus issued by the Superior Court. Said peremptory writ directed the petitioner, David Campbell, as Superintendent of the...
Burrage v. Superior Court - 10/6/1969
On April 8, 1969 we granted a writ of mandamus in this action and indicated that our written opinion would follow.
Defendants, each of whom was 19 years of age and indigent, were arrested and charged with unlawful possession...
Massengill v. Yuma County - 7/1/1969
County of Yuma, State of Arizona; Travis Yancey, Sheriff of Yuma County; and Earl W. Keenum, petitioners in this case -- hereinafter referred to as defendants -- petitioned for and have been granted a review from a decision of the...
State v. Clark - 12/6/1967
The defendant, Richard Clark, appeals from a conviction of second degree murder rendered in the Superior Court of Maricopa County, and from the imposition of a sentence of not less than twelve nor more than twenty years in the...
State v. Arce - 9/13/1967
The jury returned its verdict finding Adolph Mereno Arce "GUILTY OF RESISTING ARREST, OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE, as charged in the Information". The defendant came on for sentence on 27 June 1966. The minute entry of that date reads, in...
Modig v. Superior Court - 4/29/1966
Petitioner Carl Modig was convicted of drunk driving on May 31, 1961, and appealed to the superior court in Cochise County. He took no further action in the matter, acting on the assumption that prosecution of the case was...
State v. Chalmers - 2/24/1966
Defendant was charged with the following criminal offenses: (1) Murder for the killing of Adeline Huerta; (2) Murder for the killing of Rosalina Apodaca; (3) Manslaughter for the killing of Adeline Huerta by driving an automobile...
Rothweiler v. Superior Court of Pima County - 1/20/1966
Charles Rothweiler, petitioner herein, was tried and convicted in the City Court of Tucson of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, a violation of A.R.S. § 28-692, as amended. Petitioner appealed the...
Rothweiler v. Superior Court of Pima County - 6/14/1965
The petitioner is an accused under A.R.S. § 28-692 [Driving Under the Influence], convicted in the City Court of the City of Tucson who has appealed such conviction to the superior court. The respondent is a Judge of the...
State v. Tucker - 12/14/1954
Purportedly under the authority of Section 44-2401, A.C.A.1939, the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Division 8, Judge Henry Stevens presiding, has certified six questions to this court.
By direct information the state...
State v. Johnson - 12/14/1954
By a direct information, containing two counts, Walter A. Johnson, defendant (appellant), was charged by the county attorney of Yavapai County with traffic violations punishable under the Motor Vehicle Code, Laws of 1950, 1st S.S....
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