Community | July 16, 2009 | 4 comments

Cops orders drunk teenager to drive, then arrests him for drunk driving.

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_drunken_concert_goer

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MADISON, Wis. – An Illinois teen knew he was too drunk to drive home after a Dave Matthews Band concert south of Milwaukee. So he fell asleep in his car, only to be awoken by a state trooper. Travis Peterson, 19, of Dixon, Ill., said even though he told the officer he was drunk and sleeping it off, the trooper ordered him to leave because the lot was being cleared.

Once out of the parking lot, Peterson was arrested for drunken driving. He was subsequently found guilty and ordered to spend 60 days in jail.

A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday commended Peterson for doing the right thing by trying to sleep it off, and said the trial court was wrong not to let him argue that police had entrapped him.

The state had argued successfully at trial that people who choose to drink too much can't argue they've been entrapped when stopped for drunken driving. The 2nd District Court of Appeals disagreed.

"Drinking alcohol to excess, while inadvisable and unhealthy, is not unlawful by itself," the appeals court said.

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So what do you all think? Personaly this spounds like a clear cut case of entrapment. The kid was doing the responsable thing by sleeping it off and the cop wakes him up, knows the kid is drunk and orders him to drive.
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4 comments // Cops orders drunk teenager to drive, then arrests him for drunk driving.

  • TaGgInUrBlOcKuP
  • simplecj
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      simplecj  

    • I was at a party that the cops showed up to. They wanted to talk to everyone inside, so I came to the front door with my whiskey and coke in-hand. They didn't even ask for an ID, they simply refused to let me go back inside and told me to go home.

      I told them I was drunk and not going anywhere and they told me that wasn't their problem and again ordered me to leave.

      Luckily the neighbors two doors down were also partying and let me out back to hop the fences and get back to my party.

      I mean seriously, they send a drunk person out on the roads rather than let them back into the small party??

      I'm glad this kid won in appeals court.

    • 2 years ago
  • Bushido
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      Bushido  

    • The police officer gave an unlawful order by telling the kid to drive. The cop should have had the kid call his parents. At the most, the officer could have only had the car towed.

      It does seem to be a case of entrapment.

    • 2 years ago
  • sickinjersey
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