Recent Case Results
State v. JP
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Not Guilty
Description: The jury found the client not guilty after a trial because the State could not establish the client had actually been driving since she was found sleeping in her parked car.
State v. KK
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The DUI was reduced to reckless driving. There were no witnesses to the client driving, but some evidence showed she may have been. She performed well on the fields and there was no breath or blood test proving intoxication.
State v. LT
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The DUI was reduced to reckless driving by agreement with the officer.
State v. RR
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The DUI was reduced to reckless driving after a motion hearing resulted in key evidence being inadmissible at trial and the officer testified as to some errors made during the arrest.
State v. AS
Practice Area: Multiple DUIs
Outcome: DUI
Description: The client was charged with two DUIs within a single month. One DUI was reduced to Reckless Driving so the second DUI charge was treated as a first offense.
State v. AN
Practice Area: DUI Under 21
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The client was 19 and was charged with DUI and was facing a one year license suspension. The charge was reduced to disorderly conduct and he was able to keep his license.
State v. MA
Practice Area: Multiple DUIs
Outcome: DUI, no jail time
Description: The client was arrested for his 5th lifetime DUI. He avoided jail time by accepting treatment.
State v. FW
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The DUI was reduced because the evidence only showed signs that she had been drinking, but not that she was impaired or less safe to drive.
State v. JG
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The DUI was reduced to reckless driving because there not articulable suspicions to stop the vehicle in the first place.
State v. KE
Practice Area: Drug Possession
Outcome: Dismissed
Description: The possession charge was dismissed after the client agreed to pay a small fine and perform community service. He has a clean record and was able to keep his license.
State v. RL
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The DUI was reduced because the client was over 65 years old, which makes the field sobriety tests less reliable, and there was no other evidence of impairment.
State v. MC
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Dismissed
Description: The DUI was dismissed when the officer could not testify to the reason the client was pulled over and no other witnesses were called.
State v. SK
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The charge was reduced to Reckless Driving because the only evidence of impairment the officer observed – bloodshot eyes and unsteadiness on his feet – could have also been caused by the impact the client suffered during the car accident.
State v. DE
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
Description: The DUI was reduced after the breath test was ruled inadmissible because the officer had inconsistent testimony as to when the implied consent notice had been read.
State v. RF
Practice Area: DUI
Outcome: Reduced
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.