State v. J.J.
Jul 07, 2016OUTCOME: DUI Per Se - Not Guilty after Jury Trial
Decorated military officer with 13-year career on the line. Ran a stop sign and blew over the legal limit. Jury acquitted after a 10-minute deliberation.
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OUTCOME: DUI Per Se - Not Guilty after Jury Trial
Decorated military officer with 13-year career on the line. Ran a stop sign and blew over the legal limit. Jury acquitted after a 10-minute deliberation.
OUTCOME: DUI - Dismissed in total
DUI less safe with refusal of state administered test. Challenged refusal. State offered DUI plea, then offered reckless plea. Our investigation revealed the arresting officer was no longer employed as ... a law enforcement officer. Requested a hearing, and ex-officer didn't show. Case dismissed.
OUTCOME: DUI-Drugs - reduced to reckless driving
DUI with polysubstance prescription drug use. Terrible field sobriety tests, including a walk and turn that curved around the officer rather than as a straight line. Shortcomings of performance due to ... other medical conditions. Reduced to reckless driving after extensive motions.
OUTCOME: DUI 0.17 BAC - Reduced to reckless driving.
Military member stopped after 911 call. Blew a 0.17 on breath test. Challenged breath test, and state offered reduction before hearing due to their inability to produce proper certificates of inspectio ... n for the machine.
OUTCOME: DUI - Dismissed in total.
Client charged with DUI, felony theft of a motorcycle, criminal attempt to commit a crime, improper registration, no insurance. Client stopped his vehicle to check on a wrecked and abandoned motorcycle ... . Unfortunately, the motorcycle had been previously stolen, and a screwdriver had been used in place of a key. Police believed client had stolen the bike. Arrested for multiple offenses, including DUI. While in handcuffs, the officer had to respond to another scene, delaying portions of the investigation. After talking through the investigative process with the prosecutor, the case was dismissed in total.
OUTCOME: DUI-Drugs - Dismissed
Client charged with seven counts of DUI drugs, failure to maintain lane, and drugs not in original container. Head-on collision with multiple injuries in the opposing vehicle. State Trooper failed to a ... ccount for possibility of concussion. Medical Doctor agreed. State relented, dismissing all charges except for failure to maintain lane.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty after jury trial
Obstruction case. My client had a long history of run-ins with law enforcement. This history showed mightily when my client chose to take the witness stand during trial and called all of the officer's ... involved a number of choice words. Despite those difficulties, the jury acquitted of all charges.