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Our client was out on his boat with friends when his boat was stopped for a vessel safety check. The Officer said he smelled alcohol coming from our client. The Officer then asked our client to conduct a seated battery of tasks and our client agreed to perform the tasks. The Officer later arrested our client for Boating Under the Influence (BUI). This client had 2 prior DUI’s and the State wanted him to go to jail for 60 days in this case. Our client could not afford to do that — he had a job and a family, and most importantly, learned from his past mistakes and felt he did not do anything wrong in this case. Despite that, the State persisted with seeking 60 days jail so we set the case for trial. We worked on the case for months to demonstrate that our client was innocent, presenting the State with video evidence as well as evidence from the police reports tending to show that our client was not guilty of BUI. Finally, at the last court date before trial, the State conceded and dropped the Boating Under the Influence charge and our client did no additional jail time.