State v. E.G., Davidson County
Jan 01, 2013OUTCOME:
Client was found asleep behind the wheel in front of his girlfriend's house. Based on an anonymous call, Metro Police arrived at the scene and began a D.U.I. investigation. After running client's crimi ... nal history, they found two prior D.U.I. convictions and charged him with Third Offense D.U.I. Because of client's prior D.U.I. convictions, the police forced him to submit to a blood test. After pointing out that the mandatory blood draw constituted an illegal search by the police, the Assistant District Attorney agreed to reduce the charge to a D.U.I. First Offense with the statutory minimum punishment, which enabled client to avoid 118 days in jail.
