Recebt Case Results
State v. VT
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving because there was no probable cause to arrest – the officer smelled alcohol on the client's breath and he admitted to drinking, but there were no field sobriety evaluations and no evidence he was impaired.
State v. FT
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The officer and prosecutor both agreed to reduce the charge and the client was able to keep his job as a commercial truck driver.
State v. DT
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI dismissed
Description: The charge was dismissed because the officer never observed the client driving.
State v. LH
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI dismissed
Description: The client was stopped for speeding and arrested for DUI after refusing to submit to field sobriety tests. The officer testified at a motion hearing that he smelled alcohol but that the client was steady on his feet and did not have slurred speech.
State v. KD
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving because the only evidence was the officer's statements that she had bloodshot eyes and an odor of alcohol on her breath. There was no less safe driving and no breath test.
State v. ER
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI
Description: The charge was the client's 6th DUI arrest. He was able to enter treatment and avoid any jail time and perform community service in place of a fine.
State v. TF
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving because the field sobriety tests would not be admissible at trial because the officer told the client he would be arrested if he refused to perform the evaluations.
State v. DP
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving because of lack of evidence. The blood test would not be admissible at trial because the officer failed to accommodate the request for an independent test.
State v. FJ
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: Probation Violation
Description: The client was facing the remainder of his probation period being revoked for a second DUI arrest while on probation for his first DUI, but terms were agreed upon to keep him out of jail.
State v. RB
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI dismissed
Description: Client was arrested for DUI after being stopped for avoiding a roadblock. The judge found that turning into a neighborhood 100 feet before the roadblock was not suspicious.
State v. GW
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving because the only evidence was the officer's statements that the client had swerved out of his lane and smelled of alcohol.
State v. DE
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The client was suspected of DUI and performed several field sobriety tests. He passed 2 of the tests and performed poorly on another, but did not appear intoxicated on the video. The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving.
State v. AH
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The client was in an accident and left the scene. A description of his car was reported to police and he was found at a gas station nearby with several friends. The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving because it could not be proved that he was the driver at the time of the accident.
State v. FK
Practice Area: Drug possession
Outcome: Dismissed
Description: The charge was dismissed because the search of his car was questionable. The officer claimed to have smelled marijuana from across a 2 lane roadway and subsequently stopped the client's vehicle.
State v. CB
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The client's poor performance on field sobriety tests was due to a pre-existing inner ear condition that caused poor balance and a prior hip surgery.