San Antonio DWI Talk: Criminal Background Check

May 23rd, 2009

For this San Antonio DWI blog, we’re going to discuss investigating someone’s background.  A background check can offer insight into someone’s past as well as helping you to locate other people. Whether you need assistance in finding a distant family member or friend or simply want to investigate into someone’s past personal or professional background, you can perform a criminal background check for assurance that you know who you are dealing with.  Many websites have tools at their disposal that allow for a quick cross reference search on public records and documents to collect all data available on the person you want to look into.

This data and information collected from a thorough search can provide you with the information necessary to make an intelligent decision regarding a person because you have more pieces to the puzzle.  Obviously, it is very important that you feel confident into any personal or business relationship you enter into so looking up Criminal Records is a precautious  but often necessary step in taking prudent measures that can save headache down the road.

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Mandatory DWI Blood Tests in Texas

March 10th, 2009

Currently, the Texas statutory law is that if one refuses a breath or blood test for blood alcohol content (BAC).  However, some counties are attempting to implement a system where this is allowable.  The justification is that this would reduce the number of trials for DWIs.  An underlying reason may be a desire for more convictions for those that are intoxicated behind the wheel.

What needs to be addressed however is that such local rules are not only against Texas law, but also against the Constitutional rights of every American against unlawful searches and seizures.  If reaching into a pocket or bag can be an unlawful search, what would courts say about piercing the skin and withdrawing blood?  Moreover, with that question remaining, wouldn’t this increase litigation in the interim while lawyers fight the constitutionality of mandatory blood tests?

Ultimately, mandatory blood withdrawal for DWI suspicions will most likely fail in Texas.