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Director Must Show Reason for Arrest, Not Reason for Stop

On June 6, 2017, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, in R. R. Williams v. Director of Revenue, et al, No. ED104052, ruled that in a civil driver license suspension case where the driver is over the age of twenty-one, "Section 302.505 does not require an officer to have reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop." It only requires proof that there was probable cause for the arrest for an alcohol-related offense.

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Expungements Not Available Merely for DWI Arrest

On May 23, 2017, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, in J. E. Bright v. Nia Ray, Director of Revenue, et al, No. ED104934, ruled that expungements of an arrest, plea, trial or conviction of an alcohol-related driving offense under RSMo 610.130 , formerly RSMo 577.054, are limited to those cases in which Defendants actually plead guilty to or are convicted of an alcohol-related driving offense.

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