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May 26, 2016

App helps man get drunk driving conviction tossed

  • The Oh Crap! App has been downloaded to more than 100,000 phones.
  • By RYAN J. FOLEY
    Associated Press

    IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa man's use of a smartphone application to get legal help in the middle of the night proved key in getting his drunken driving conviction overturned.

    Davenport police violated Craig Hermann's rights during his 2014 arrest, when a breath test showed that his blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit, the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.


     
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