The defendant was stopped for weaving in and out of traffic and speeding 75 in a 35 zone. After noticing signs of impairment, a DUI officer was called to the scene. The defendant stated \"I\'m sorry, I shouldn\'t be driving while intoxicated\". Roadside exercises were performed on video, and the defendant had difficulty. The defendant agreed to a breath test and blew .130, .127. After winning a motion to exclude the breath test results, the case went to trial. DUI charge and all traffic infractions dismissed by the Judge, during trial.
The defendant was stopped for weaving in and out of traffic and speeding 75 in a 35 zone. After noticing signs of impairment, a DUI officer was called to the scene. The defendant stated \"I\'m sorry, I shouldn\'t be driving while intoxicated\". Roadside exercises were performed on video, and the defendant had difficulty. The defendant agreed to a breath test and blew .130, .127. After winning a motion to exclude the breath test results, the case went to trial. DUI charge and all traffic infractions dismissed by the Judge, during trial.
Defendant was pulled over for weaving in and out of their lane. Defendant refused breath test. Found not guilty by a jury.
The Defendant was charged with Fleeing and Eluding a law enforcement officer when he ran from police on two occasions on his motorcycle. Both the client and another witness made statements that the defendant was at fault for running from the police. Because the case involved a mandatory year license suspension as well as a felony conviction, the Firm prepared the case for trial. The Firm was able to convince the state attorney’s office to drop the felony charge with no license suspension and no conviction of the charge of disobeying a law enforcement officer.
The defendant was stopped by officers for making an illegal u-turn into oncoming traffic. The officers noticed that the defendant had an odor of alcohol, red bloodshot watery eyes and a flushed face and lost his balance while exiting the vehicle. The defendant admitted to the officers that he was coming from a party and admitted consuming several beers. He performed poorly on roadside sobriety exercises and refused the breathalyzer test. Acquitted by jury in 20 minutes on 3/05/2007.
The defendant was stopped by officers for making an illegal u-turn into oncoming traffic. The officers noticed that the defendant had an odor of alcohol, red bloodshot watery eyes and a flushed face and lost his balance while exiting the vehicle. The defendant admitted to the officers that he was coming from a party and admitted consuming several beers. He performed poorly on roadside sobriety exercises and refused the breathalyzer test. Acquitted by jury in 20 minutes on 3/05/2007.
The defendant was stopped for speeding 92 mph in a 45 mph zone, after noticing signs of impairment, the defendant was asked to perform roadside exercises on video. The defendant admitted to drinking 1 beer, then later stated 2-3 beers at a bar. After the arrest, the defendant was a again placed on video and when asked if he was \"under the influence\", he responded\" I would say so, don\'t know\". He then refused the breath test. Acquitteed by jury of DUI, speeding charge was also dismissed.
Facts: The officer was sitting in his car at a stop light waiting to turn when a small car driven by the defendant drove by so fast that the officer’s vehicle literally “rocked”. The officer drove after the suspect and pace clocked the vehicle going 70 in a 45 mph zone. The vehicle slowed down to 65 and then sped back up to 70 miles per hour. After activating his emergency lights, the vehicle did not slow down initially, changed lanes without signaling then braked heavily and stopped in a turn lane just before the entrance to the Walgreens driveway. After asking the driver to move her vehicle, she pulled into the access drive and stopped her car giving the officer no room to pull past her. The officer had to use his P.A. system again to inform her that she needed to pull up further. Upon contact with the driver, he smelled a noticeable odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her facial area. The driver continued to apologize and kept stating that she just wanted to go to bed. The officer stated that she had bloodshot glassy eyes, slightly slurred speech, dilated pupils and her eyelids were fluttering. The driver admitted to having 2 glasses of wine and taking 2 pills without a prescription for them. The officer also claimed that the driver argumentative and sarcastic with him during the field sobriety exercises. According the officer, on the walk and turn exercise, the driver took 12 steps on the way down and 21 on the way back intead of the instructed 9. She also started early several times and after taking the 21 steps on the way back, she turned to the officer and asked if she should keep going? She would not count even though she was instructed several times to count out loud. The driver was eventually taken into custody for Driving Under the Influence and a breath test was requested to which the driver refused. RESULT: The state dismissed the DUI prior to trial.
The defendant was pulled over by an officer for performing an illegal turn. Thereafter, the officer noticed the defendant to have an odor of alcohol, bloodshot watery eyes and slurred speech. The defendant admitted he was coming from a bar and had consumed a couple of drinks. The defendant performed poorly on roadsides and the original officer\'s observations were confirmed by the DUI Task Force. The defendant refused the breath test. Acquitted by a jury on 2/28/07.
The defendant was stopped for speeding 92 mph in a 45 mph zone, after noticing signs of impairment, the defendant was asked to perform roadside exercises on video. The defendant admitted to drinking 1 beer, then later stated 2-3 beers at a bar. After the arrest, the defendant was a again placed on video and when asked if he was \"under the influence\", he responded\" I would say so, don\'t know\". He then refused the breath test. Acquitteed by jury of DUI, speeding charge was also dismissed.
The defendant was involved in a severe one car accident that caused a tremendous damage to three lawfully parked vehicles. This accident was observed by civilian witnesses. An officer arrived on scene and began an investigation and noticed that the defendant was responding strangely to simple questions about the accident. For example, the defendant told the Officer that nothing happened and handed the officer a credit card when asked to provide her drivers license. The officer noticed that the defendant was having great difficulty standing and that her speech was slurred. The defendant was also in possession of two water bottles filled with vodka, but the officer testified that her breat in no way smelled of alcohol. The defendant performed roadside sobriety exercises so poorly that they were stopped for her safety and the defendant refused the breath test. Four counts of DUI with Property Damage were all dropped by the State after the Judge Granted our Motion to Suppress the Defendant’s Arrest for Lack of Probable Cause. The entire case was dismissed.
The defendant was stopped for going 71 MPH in a 55MPH zone. The officer noticed that the defendant had a moderate odor of alcohol on her breath, bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, and staggered while walking. The defendant admitted to being at 2 bars prior to the stop and having 2 beers. The officer requested that the defendant perform Field Sobriety Exercises. The officer’s conclusion was that the exercises were done poorly and he arrested the defendant and charged her with DUI. At the station, the defendant stated “I didn’t take the test last time and I am not going to take it this time” as she refused to provide a breath sample. The case proceeded to trial where a jury found the client not guilty after deliberating for 5 minutes.
