Clackamas County Circuit Judge Robert D. Herndon sentenced Katie Warren, 22, to five years in prison and suspended her driver’s license for life, in February of this year.

Ms. Warren, who is from Milwaukee, was on a rafting trip down the Clackamas River with friends. She had been drinking all day and became separated from them. She then asked Chester Raimer, 48, for help finding her friends. After her friends were found Ms. Warren offered to drive them all, including Mr. Raimer, back to Milo McIver State Park. She hit a tree, while speeding and driving erratically, in the park. Mr. Raimer was killed and Ms. Warrens' three friends were all injured.

Her blood alcohol level, 0.2, was twice the legal limit.

"She couldn't be put behind bars long enough to satisfy me," said Bobbi Diedrich, the mother of Raimer's six-year-old son. "She does not deserve any leniency whatsoever." "I don't hate you," said June Raimer, Chester Raimer's mother. "I don't feel sorry for you either," Raimer said. "I forgive you ... all of us sometimes need forgiveness." None of Ms. Warrens' friends, which were injured in the crash, appeared in court.

"When a decent person makes a terrible mistake and takes a life, we are all kind of left unsatisfied that the punishment never fits the crime," said Clackamas County Circuit Judge Robert D. Herndon.

Ms. Warren was convicted of criminally negligent homicide, assault and driving drunk.

The Oregon Court of Appeals recently considered an appeal in the case of State v. Bevan, CFH060312 (Or.App. 2010), which centered around the validity of the vertical gaze nystagmus field sobreity test. The test had been used as evidence against Curtis Bevan and the appeals court accepted his argument that the test was not reliable enough to be admissible.

A police officer using a LIDAR device spotted Mr. Bevan speeding and began to follow him. He pulled Mr. Bevan over on a side street and asked for identification. Mr. Bevan did not have a license or proof of insurance, and the officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol on his breath when he spoke. Mr. Bevan admitted he had drunk two beers that night and a search of the car revealed two empty beer cans.

A 31-year-old woman was sentenced in the controversial DUI cases that maimed two pedestrians in January of 2009.

Zoe Hoeltzel had previously been unable to apologize for the event, causing much speculation regarding whether she accepted responsibility. Just before she was to be sentenced, Hoeltzel finally issued an apology for striking down two individuals outside a nightclub over a year ago, causing each to lose a leg. Her apology was not well-received.

An underage Eugene man was charged with various traffic violations including DUI in an injury accident Sunday afternoon.

The accident injured 63-year-old Candace Lee Chitty. She was heading east on Highway 126 when he was struck head on by 19-year-old Jacob A. Curtis. Chitty was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. Curtis was also taken to a hospital by ambulance with minor injuries.

2010 marks the passage of new legislation in Oregon affecting driving while on a cell phone, texting or driving under the influence.

First, Oregon joins the growing list of states making it illegal to drive while talking on a cell phone without a hands free device. Doing so will result in a ticket up to $142. Drivers can use hands-free devices, which some say are just as dangerous as actually talking on the phone. Drivers can also be on the telephone if they are required to do so by their job.

The Oregon Supreme Court will hear from Attorney General John Kroger and the state's chief public defender, Peter Gartian, in an argument that debates whether blood can be drawn in an Oregon DUI case without a warrant.

The case before the Court actually involves Thomas Gregory Machuca. He was in an accident on June 1, 2005, and was taken to a local hospital. Police determined there was sufficient evidence for a DUI charge. At that point, an officer went to the hospital where Machuca was admitted and read him the implied consent law before drawing his blood.

David Leonard Adelman, son of Houston Rockets coach Rick Adelman, was sentenced to 5 days in jail and 3 years probation following his DUI charge.

David Adelman is the head basketball coach at Lincoln High School in Portland. There, he has been a controversial figure. In fact, his arrest occurred when a private detective hired by the parent of one of his players reported the coach for drunken driving.

The angry parent of a member of David Adelman's high school basketball team set up a sting operation to have the man arrested for DUI.

Rick Adelman is the current head coach of the Houston Rockets and a former player. His son David also coaches, but at the high school level. David Adelman is the head coach of the basketball teach at Lincoln High in Portland, Oregon. He was arrested for DUI last February and now facing his trial.