Minnesota DWI Defense Blog

Ramsay Law got a victory in a recent case. Our client was wrongly imprisoned due to health conditions. We secured secured his release. Read More

The state's breath alcohol machines are calibrated using a single blood/breath conversion factor of 2100. This number may overestimate your true blood alcohol levels. Read More

Field sobriety testing is riddled with problems. research shows that these tests can produce false positives, wrongfully implicating sober drivers of driving under the influence. Read More

There’s a massive problem with the state’s roadside breath machines, also known as preliminary breath testers (PBTs): They're not calibrated accurately. Read More

We won back our clients' driving privileges in cases involving improper breath testing protocols and a malfunctioning alcohol test machine. Read More

Improper blood sample collection can lead to inaccurate blood alcohol test results. A judge overturned a license revocation due to improper collection of blood. Read More

The state breath alcohol lab continues to hide exculpatory information about DWI defendants. Read More

Minnesota plans to waste $17.7 million on unscientific roadside THC testing and drug recognition "experts" instead of using basic police work to catch truly impaired drivers. Read More

More judges are starting to see through the state’s source code charade. Read More

The state crime lab mislabels controls in the breath alcohol lab, leading to inaccurate readings from the DMT breath machines. Read More

The state alcohol lab's refusal to follow quality assurance guidelines raises concerns about the accuracy and reliability of blood alcohol test results in Minnesota. Read More

Ignition interlock devices aren't specific to ethyl alcohol. If you've been on a low-carb diet, you may get a false positive. Read More

The state refuses to follow scientific guidelines when calibrating their breath alcohol machines. Read More

The state is hiding calibration data. We need more transparency in forensic science. Read More

The state testing labs don't keep up with the latest science of alcohol testing. But we do—we act as independent auditors for the state crime lab. Read More

Last week, we had TWO major victories for our clients! Here’s how we did it. Read More

There's a major flaw in breath alcohol testing that nobody is talking about: hematocrit levels. Higher hematocrit = higher breath alcohol. Read More

We had 4 wins last week. Here's how we won one involving our client's inability to provide a sample. Read More

The state uses the wrong partition ratio to certify its breath alcohol machines, even though the scientific literature has been telling them otherwise for over 40 years! Read More

Improper dry gas reference material is being used by officers with the DMT breath alcohol machine, and the state is covering up the problem. Read More