Chelmsford, MA
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Chelmsford, MA
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Personal Injury, Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Client is called to police station to retrieve his friend who is arrested for earlier DWI. During bail release officer inquires whether client was drinking and requests field sobriety tests. Client sub ... mits to post arrest breath test .08 BrAC. Lack of evidence of operation. DWI charge dismissed prior to trial.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Client is called to police station to retrieve his friend who is arrested for earlier DWI. During bail release officer inquires whether client was drinking and requests field sobriety tests. Client sub ... mits to post arrest breath test .08 BrAC. Lack of evidence of operation. DWI charge dismissed prior to trial.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Police respond to scene of single car accident where driver reported striking abandoned vehicle left in breakdown lane. Three passengers present as well, but client admits to being driver at time of ac ... cident. Insufficient evidence to confirm client’s admission that he was driver. DWI charge dismissed prior to trial.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Police stop alleged drunk driver for fog line encroachment and wide turn. Client admits to having two beers and submits to field tests. Defense prepared to argue operation of vehicle was not consistent ... with impaired driver. DWI charge dismissed prior to trial.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Police respond to scene of accident where car is crashed into home causing fire. Client found laying on ground in fetal position. Accused drunk driver admits to drinking all day and is transported to h ... ospital for injuries. Defense argues admission alone is not enough evidence to prove impairment by alcohol under circumstances. Not guilty verdict following trial.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Police respond to scene of single car accident. Client admits to being driver and submits to field sobriety tests despite suffering knee injury in wreck. Subsequent breath test .18 BrAC is excluded due ... to government’s failure to establish requisite foundation that breath test equipment is compliant with relevant regulations for certification. Not guilty verdict following trial.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Client is stopped for speeding, 50 M.P.H. in 25 M.P.H. zone. Officer observes client stumble from vehicle and questions driver. Driver admits that he is coming from Christmas Party and that he has had ... too much to drink. Client refuses all field sobriety tests. Defense argues insufficient evidence of impairment without field sobriety tests. Not guilty verdict following trial.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Police stop client for failure to dim high beam headlights and allege he failed standard field sobriety tests. Alleged drunk driver testified that he did consume some vodka drinks before driving but fa ... ilure to dim high beams was result of unfamiliarity with car and poor performance on field sobriety tests was due to his nervousness caused by officer’s inexperience and indecisiveness. Not guilty verdict following trial.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Police stop driver for marked lanes violation on highway. Driver admits that he is driving friend home after visiting “several” local bars. Conduct of field sobriety tests is compromised by training of ... ficer interjecting during testing on darkened noisy breakdown lane. Passenger establishes that driver had only a few drinks and was fine to driver. Any erratic operation was caused by joking, laughing and eating take-out food while driving home. Breath-test results of .12 BAC more than one (1) hour after driving are excluded due to lack of government expert witness to establish BAC at time of driving. Not guilty verdict following trial.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Police respond to parking lot of apartment complex for a report of domestic dispute and find highly intoxicated driver engaged in heated argument with girlfriend in parked running automobile. Driver fa ... ils field sobriety tests and is placed under arrest for DWI. Charge dismissed prior to trial as defense establishes parking lot is part of a gated community requiring access through security entrance, and as such is not a “public way” for purposes of DWI statute. DWI Charge Dismissed.