United States v. Van Hazel

DECISION, ORDER, AND JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION

GATES, United States Magistrate Judge.

In this criminal action, the government charged defendant Ian E. Van Hazel (“defendant”) with violation of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 20-138.1, driving while impaired (“DWI”), and N.C. Gen Stat. § 20-141(jl), speeding in excess of 15 miles per hour (“m.p.h.”) over the posted speed limit (ie., 70 m.p.h. in a 50 m.p.h. zone), as assimilated by 18 U.S.C. § 13(a). A bench trial of the case was conducted by the undersigned magistrate judge at the 14 November 2006 session of this court sitting in Fayetteville, North Carolina. At…