Attorney Richard Stanley Miller's Legal Cases

DUI and DWI

DUI + Driving while Impaired by Drugs - Not Guilty at Trial

Apr 13, 2019

OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict at Trial

J was out driving one night when he saw something in the road that he thought was an animal. He tried to avoid it, but ended up crashing into some parked cars along the side of the road. The owners cal ... led the police who arrived on scene. The cops said that J was out of it, but there was no odor of alcohol, and he said he had not been drinking. Body camera image showed that J's demeanor was strange, his voice slurred and that he performed poorly on the field sobriety tests. The cops then thought he was impaired by drugs and arrested J. J refused the breath test. He said that he hit his head on the steering wheel when he crashed, which was the reason for his disorientation. There was no physical evidence that he had hit his head, nor did he go to the hospital. We cross examined the cops at trial, and pointed out to the jury that they didn't bother bringing in a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) to determine if J were under the influence of drugs. We were able to persuade the jury that because there was no evidence of alcohol or drugs, there could have been another reason for his impairment, such as the head injury. The jury came back not guilty on all charges.

DUI and DWI

Administrative Law hearing - NO Action Granted (meaning NO interlock device necessary in car)

Mar 22, 2019

OUTCOME: No Action Granted

H had been driving down a one way street in the wrong direction and crashed into some cars along the way when she was stopped and arrested for DUI. She refused to take the breath test, despite having a ... very high BAC, which has administrative consequences in Maryland. In order to avoid having her driver's license suspended or revoked, H would need to install an interlock device in her vehicle, which she desperately did not want to do. H claimed that the cops had erroneously marked her as refusing to take the breath test. When she was arrested, the cops put her in the back of their police van to transport her from the scene to the precinct. She was not shackled and was thrown around like a rag doll during the ride. She became motion sick, threw up in the van, when she was taken out of the van, and again at the precinct. She told the officers she was sick, but they still tried to administer the breath test 3 times claiming she was faking it to get out of taking the test. We subpoenaed the officer who arrested her and did a cross examination. We argued that the cop never checked the box on the paperwork indicating that H had no medical condition that would impair the quality of the results. We also argued that she was legitimately ill from the ride over in which the cops failed to secure her. We got a no action granted and H did not have to put an interlock device in her car.

Criminal defense

Assault Charges - Not Guilty Verdict at Trial

Jan 12, 2019

OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict at Trial

W's husband had an ex-girlfriend that refused to let him go, even though he was now happily married to W. In an effort to establish peace, the couple called the ex-girlfriend, who invited them over to ... her house under the premise of having a calm discussion. When W and her husband arrived at the ex-girlfriend's house, she and a couple of her friends came out, surrounded the car and were banging on the roof and cursing at the couple. W and her husband were both frightened and tried to move the car. The ex-girlfriend then called the cops claiming that W tried to run her down with the vehicle. W was arrested. At trial we cross examined all the witnesses and were able to prove that the ex-girlfriend and her friends were the aggressors in this situation. They were yelling, banging on the vehicle, and making threatening gestures. W was trying to get away from the situation, not hit anyone. Also there were no injuries as the vehicle never even made contact with the ex-girlfriend. The jury found W not guilty at trial.

Richard Stanley Miller's Legal Cases (3)

DUI + Driving while Impaired by Drugs - Not Guilty at Trial

Administrative Law hearing - NO Action Granted (meaning NO interlock device necessary in car)

Assault Charges - Not Guilty Verdict at Trial