Recent Case Results
State v. KV
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI Dismissed
Description: The client was charged with DUI. Charges were dismissed after a motion hearing challenging the officer's reason to approach her vehicle while legally parked in a lot after business hours. Officer did not have reason to approach her car.
State v. FN
Practice Area: Marijuana Possession
Outcome: Dismissed
Description: The client was charged with possession less than one ounce. Charges were dismissed after a motion hearing challenging the officer's stop of his vehicle. Officer did not have reason to stop a vehicle after observing him stop and pick up a pedestrian on the side of the road who was believed to be a prostitute.
State v. KO
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving after it was determined that the field sobriety tests and breath test results would not be admissible at trial because the officer used coercive tactics and forced the client to submit to the testing.
State v. LU
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Local Ordinance
Description: The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving after it was determined that the blood test results would not be admissible at trial because the client was hearing impaired and the officer did not accommodate his need for an interpreter before reading the Implied Consent Notice.
State v. MF
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI dismissed
Description: The charge was dismissed because the judge determined at a motion hearing that the officer did not have probable cause to arrest for DUI. The client was involved in an accident that had a reasonable explanation unrelated to intoxication and did not perform any field sobriety tests.
State v. RP
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI dismissed
Description: The charge was dismissed after the judge determined the stop was illegal because the officer acted on a "hunch" that the client was involved in illegal conduct while parked at a business after hours.
State v. WB
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI
Description: The client had multiple prior DUI offenses and the evidence was against him. He was not sentenced to any jail time and was able to get a limited permit to drive to work.
State v. TR
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The client submitted to a breath test and blew 3 times the legal limit. This was her second DUI in 5 years and she was facing significant jail time and a 3 year license suspension. An investigation revealed the officer had not properly advised her of implied consent and coerced her into performing field sobriety tests.
State v. BG
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: Not Guilty
Description: The officer approached the client because he was arguing with his wife at a gas station. The officer smelled alcohol and the client passed multiple field sobriety tests. The jury found him not guilty because there was no less safe driving act and no other evidence of impairment.
State v. PL
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI Drugs reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The client went through a road block and a drug-sniffing dog alerted at his vehicle. Drugs were found and the client was suspected of DUI drugs. He submitted to several field sobriety tests but refused a blood test. The charge was ultimately reduced.
State v. CF
Practice Area: DUI / DWI
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving
Description: The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving because the officer gave the client misleading advice on whether to submit to breath testing. He told the client that he would release her if she blew under the legal limit.
State v. HT
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The DUI was reduced to Reckless Driving. The client was stopped at a roadblock and refused to perform field sobriety tests and any tests.
State v. VD
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Dismissed
Description: The DUI was dismissed when it was found that the roadblock was not set up under proper procedure.
State v. YF
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
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. GR
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The DUI was reduced because the client actually performed well on the field sobriety tests but was in a bad accident and had a high breath test result.