Riccola Voigt has been a pro yem judge in Grant County Justice Court, in Canyon City, Oregon. Riccola was previously a criminal defense attorney, representing clients in criminal, probation violation, contempt, civil commitment, dependency, and juvenile delinquency proceedings.
Riccola has a sociology degree from the University of Texas at Austin and earned her law degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. In law school, Riccola served as the law review literary and senior editor and clerked for the U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division and for a U.S. District Court Judge. In 2010, she graduated as Valedictorian, and her law review note, Recovery Planning, Science and Flexibility Under the Endangered Species Act was published.
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Learn about the penalties for a first, second and third OWI/DUI conviction in Iowa.
Read about how Oregon defines "driving under the influence of intoxicants" (DUII) and the penalties you'll face for a first, second, and third DUII conviction.
Find out how Illinois defines "driving under the influence" and the penalties you'll face (fines, jail time, and license suspension) for a first, second, and third DUI conviction.
In New York, penalties are generally less severe for Alcohol-DWAI convictions than for DWI, Drug-DWAI, and Combination-DWAI convictions.
Nebraska's implied consent law and the consequences you'll face if you unlawfully refuse to take a blood, breath, or urine test when stopped for driving under the influence.
In Illinois, if you get pulled over for a DUI and the officer asks you to take a blood, breath, or urine test, do you have to take one? What happens if you refuse? Implied Consent Illinois law requires you to take a breath, blood, or urine test if you are arrested for a DUI.
Under Iowa’s implied consent law, a person who operates a motor vehicle is deemed to have given consent to a chemical test of breath, blood, and/or urine if there are reasonable grounds to believe the person was “operating while intoxicated” (OWI).
In Indiana, if you get pulled over for an OWI (Operating While Intoxicated) and the officer asks you to take a blood, breath, or urine test, do you have to take one? What happens if you refuse?
Under Colorado’s expressed consent law, any person who drives a motor vehicle on the streets and highways of the state is deemed to have given consent to a breath, blood, saliva, and/or urine test.
Subject to some exceptions, Arkansas prohibits possessing open containers of alcohol in a motor vehicle. Read about how an open container violation is defined and the penalties for a violation.