Keep reading to see some of the results I’ve obtained for my clients in the past.
Every case is different. The results of someone else’s case should never suggest that the same result is guaranteed in your case.
But these examples of successful DUI cases I’ve defended are provided to give you an idea of what’s possible.
- Speeding on the interstate
- Pulled over by a DUI task force specialist
- “Failed” the sobriety tests and smelled like alcohol
- Refused the breath test
- Jury found client not guilty
- Car parked in a stranger’s yard
- Knocking on stranger’s door, looking for someone who didn’t live there.
- Blew a .17 more than twice the legal limit
- Reduced to reckless driving as part of plea deal
- Admitted to hospital after flipping cart into ditch
- Allegedly admitted to drinking several beers before driving off
- Forensic toxicologist testified at trial that blood sample revealed that BAC was .18
- Jury found client Not Guilty
- Stopped at a roadblock
- Smelled like marijuana, blunt roach in the cupholder
- Allegedly admitted to getting high at work earlier in the day
- Jury found client Not Guilty
- Client found to be at-fault in a rear-end collision
- Trooper finds open beer bottle in car
- Client fails field sobriety tests
- DUI charge dismissed as part of plea deal
- Client pulled over for a broken taillight and driving too slowly in the left lane on a highway
- Client fails field sobriety tests and is arrested
- Breath test machine malfunctions, so client agrees to a blood draw
- After being ready for trial and ready to argue motions to dismiss at jury trial roll calls over multiple years, Solicitor ultimately dismisses case
- Client arrested after a state trooper followed him from inside a gas station out to his car
- Client had prior DUI conviction within past five years
- Based on field sobriety tests, client arrested even though trooper never saw him drive
- I filed a motion to dismiss with the court, which was granted
- Client pulled over for speeding and arrested for DUI and simple possession of marijuana
- Based on what allegedly happened at the jail, also charged with tampering with evidence and felony “throwing fluids” (spitting) on an officer
- All four charges dismissed
- Client passed out in his truck
- Noise complaint due to music from the truck brings officer to the scene
- Client unable to walk or talk once woken up
- Jury returned verdict of Not Guilty
- Client pulled over for traffic violation and equipment violation
- Client fails field sobriety tests and refuses the breath test
- State agreed to reduce the DUI to a 2-point speeding ticket with a small fine as part of a plea agreement, which we accepted
- Client involved in head-on collision in wrong lane of traffic
- Client said “I’m in the wrong,” “I’m going to admit to DUI,” “I’m going to jail, I know that,” and “you know I can’t pass” any field sobriety tests.
- Client went to hospital and his blood test showed a BAC of .228%
- Reduced to reckless driving as part of a plea deal
- Passed out at the wheel at a gas station
- Slurred speech and signs of intoxication on officer’s body camera
- Other guy in the passenger seat, also passed out, had an ounce of weed in his pocket
- Jury found client Not Guilty
- Collision on I-85, originally called in as a hit and run
- Trooper stopped client from finishing sobriety tests “for her own safety”
- Reduced to reckless driving as part of a plea deal
- Client “smelled of alcohol” and admitted to drinking the night before
- BAC came back over the legal limit after a blood test
- I filed motions, cross-examined the trooper, judge threw out the blood test, case dismissed soon after
- Client collided with another vehicle in the middle of intersection
- Could not complete field sobriety tests
- Admitted drinking multiple beers and said he was “in the wrong”
- Blew over the limit on the breath test
- Jury verdict of Not Guilty
- Another driver calls 911 when the client is swerving on the interstate, and the client nearly hits an officer working a traffic stop
- Driver follows client to the gas station at the next exit
- Client backs into another driver at the pump
- Police arrive, discover multiple open containers of beer, and arrest the client for DUI
- Reduced to Reckless Driving as part of a plea deal
- City police observe the client run a stop sign and behave like he is lost
- Client is pulled over, police observe open containers
- After questioning, the client refuses field sobriety testing and is arrested for DUI
- Reduced to a Noise Ordinance ticket, which does not affect driving record, as part of plea deal
- Open Container and stop sign tickets dismissed as part of plea deal as well