Attorney Glenn Smith Valdez's Legal Cases

DUI and DWI

State v. Joshua T.

Jan 08, 2016

OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict after less than 15 minutes of Jury Deliberations

Charged with Driving While Intoxicated, Joshua had waited an hour or two before driving after drinking. Stopped for weaving, Joshua explained to the officer that he had a damaged sway bar on his Jeep. ... Joshua was arrested and breath tested. His result was .08 - the legal limit in New Mexico. At the jury trial, Mr. Valdez pointed out the so called "failed field sobriety tests" were as likely a result of the cold test conditions as alcohol, and hammered the known error rate for the Intoxilizer 8000.

Criminal defense

State v. Michael Z.

Aug 07, 2014

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict of Not Guilty: Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon x2 , Kidnapping, Child Abuse x 2, Tampering with Evidence

Michael was arrested and charged with kidnapping, aggravated battery, tampering with evidence and child abuse as a result of an accidental shooting during a citizen's arrest of a juvenile Michael caug ... ht breaking into his truck at 4:00 am. Michael seized the offender, who fought with him and Michael's gun went off in the struggle. Neither Michael or the juvenile realized he has been hit. Michael continued with the arrest, taking the juvenile into custody, and immediately called the police. When, during the course of the interrogation of the juvenile by police, officers discovered he had been hit in the arm by the shot, police immediately turned Michael into a suspect, arresting him and taking him to jail. It took over a year and a half before a jury finally heard the evidence, and did the right thing: not guilty on all counts.

DUI and DWI

State v. J. M.

Jun 27, 2014

OUTCOME: Jury Verdicts of Not Guilty of DWI/DUI & Failure to Maintain a Traffic Lane

Arrested and charged with Driving while Intoxicated and failure to maintain her lane, Jaymie was facing serious consequences. A complete investigation showed that not only did Jaymie not leave her lan ... e, but that the white line the Officer claimed she had driven on, Did not even exist! After the officer was cross examined about his changing story, exposed by his own video recording, and revealed to have earned over $40,000 dollars in overtime as a result of his DWI arrests, the jury was less than impressed with the state's case. Proof that the breath testing device the officer used with Jaymie malfunctioned shortly after, proved to be the nail in the coffin for the state.

DUI and DWI

State v. Christina S.

Jun 02, 2014

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict of Not Guilty of DWI, Deferred Sentence with Dismissal for Driving the Wrong Way on a One Way Street.

Charged with driving the wrong way on a one way street and DWI, Christina performed her field sobriety tests very well. A thorough cross examination of the officers demonstrated that the One Way street ... was poorly marked, making her mistake a common one for drivers in that area. Proof that the first breath machine malfunctioned and that the results on the second were questionable, resulted in a not guilty verdict on the DWI charge.

Criminal defense

State v. Leonard H.

May 21, 2014

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict of Not Guilty of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Leonard was falsely accused by the mother of his daughter of Aggravated Assault with a deadly weapon for arming himself with a shotgun when the former girlfriend appeared at his home unannounced in the ... company of her new and much larger boyfriend. After years of threats from his ex to have some one "kick his ass," "teach him a lesson," and "beat him down," Leonard was leery of what she might do. Leonard, who is 5'4" was more than shocked when she appeared at his bedroom window unannounced and he looked out and saw her muscular and nearly 6' boyfriend motioning to someone to come around the side of his home. As he had a right to do, Leonard retrieved his shotgun, went to the door and discovered that his Ex had decided to drop off their daughter for an unscheduled visit. When his daughter entered the home, the ex began to argue with Leonard, who simply closed the door and locked it. Enraged by his refusal to listen to her, the Ex called sheriff's deputies who arrested him, despite the facts that he never set foot out of his home, never pointed the weapon at anyone and that the weapon was empty with a trigger lock device rendering it unusable. A three day Jury Trial resulted not only in a not guilty verdict, but a letter from the jury blasting the deputies conduct.

Glenn Smith Valdez's Legal Cases (5)

State v. Joshua T.

State v. Michael Z.

State v. J. M.

State v. Christina S.

State v. Leonard H.