Chelmsford, MA
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Chelmsford, MA
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Personal Injury, Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Defense wins Motion To Suppress. Police stop client for alleged seat belt violation (passenger in bed of truck) and illegally elevated 4×4 suspension. Defense proves no violation of seat belt law or Re ... gistry rules for truck suspensions. Stop deemed illegal. Charge dismissed.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Defense wins Motion to Suppress utilizing police cruiser video. Court agrees that police officer lacked sufficient facts to stop defendant. Client drove onto double yellow line four times without cross ... ing it on rural winding road. Driver only crossed double yellow line when cruiser’s blue lights were activated.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Not Guilty verdict following jury trial. During traffic stop client tells police officer he drank seven beers. Defense presents evidence and testimony that consumption took place over several hours and ... client was not impaired by alcohol at time of stop.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Client found not guilty following Superior Court jury trial. Prosecution cannot establish identity of the perpetrator. Defense presents evidence that client was wrongly singled out for prosecution with ... out further investigation of other available suspects.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
N.H. resident has driving privileges suspended in Massachussetts following plea to OUI , under 21 charge. Months later stopped by N.H. police and charged with Operating After Suspension. Court finds cl ... ient not guilty at trial. Defense rebuts presumption that client received notice of suspension of his N.H. driver’s license from the N.H. Department of Safety.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Defense wins motion to suppress at trial. Arresting officer stops client for crossing double yellow line once and straddling lane markers through two (2) intersections over one mile stretch of road. On ... ly clues of intoxication after stop are an odor of alcohol and admission by client of having “one drink”. Court agrees that arresting officer did not have sufficient facts to allow traffic stop to continue and request driver to exit car for field sobriety tests.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Defense wins motion to suppress at trial. Defense argues stop, seizure and arrest of client at sobriety checkpoint roadblock illegal. State cannot prove selection of defendant from flow of traffic foll ... owed Court approved roadblock operational plan. Complaint charging DWI 1st Offense dismissed.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Defense secures not guilty verdict at trial in May 2002 on complaint charging Drving While Intoxicated (drugs). Following first trial State serves new alternative complaint charging transportation of c ... ontrolled drugs, which carries loss of license penalty. Defense files and prevails on Motion to Dismiss new complaint for violation of Double Jepoardy protection.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Client is stopped after making two wrong turns on one way streets in front of Police cruiser. After trial, Court takes view of scene to confirm defense argument that location of field sobriety testing ... is uneven crumbling pavement. Arresting officer forced to admit the client passed “most accurate” of three standard field sobriety tests.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Defense wins Motion for Required Finding of Not Guilty during jury trial. Prosecution rests but fails to present evidence that the defendent’s impairment was due to alcohol consumption despite other ev ... idence of intoxication.