Posted by: MinnesotaLawyers.com
Officer Fails to Make Observation Sufficient to Conduct Field Sobriety Tests
POSTED: 9:29 a.m. CST April 24, 2007
BLOOMINGTON- A Bloomington Law enforcement officer stopped a vehicle after it entered interstate 494 when the vehicle failed to signal its lane change and crossed over a lane line. The driver stopped his vehicle...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
Client acquitted when we showed officer lied...
STATE v. J.K. (State Court of Carroll County)
Our client was followed after leaving a local bar and stopped because he touched the center line a couple of...
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Posted by: Brabazon Law Office, LLC
3rd offense reduced to 1st !
PROBLEM: Client in Oconto County was charged with his...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Federal Bank Fraud/Money Laundering Victory
Attorney Mitch Stone represented a real estate investor who was indicted in a 16 count federal indictment for conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering based on almost 4 years of real estate transactions. One of the...
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Posted by: LAW OFFICES OF BARRY I. BESSER
MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED ON A 3RD TIME DUI WITH .27 BLOOD ALCOHOL
Generally, judges are reluctant grant Motions to Suppress, as they don't like to see a case get dismissed. What is a Motion to Suppress? This is where we try and show that the police officer didn't have probable cause to either...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Effective Cross Examination
Client stopped after witness alleges he was traveling in excess of 70 mph and swerving in and out of the median. Client performs field exercises and fails according to arresting officer. Client is arrested and agrees to breath test...
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Posted by: Brabazon Law Office, LLC
5th Offense Reduced to 3rd Offense!
PROBLEM: Client was charged with an OWI 5th (a felony), facing the following minimum and...
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Posted by: MinnesotaLawyers.com
DWI Dismissed Based on Tainted Evidence
POSTED: 4:00 p.m. CST August 15, 2005
* Names Changed to protect Client Confidentiuality
MINNEAPOLIS-- Police testified that the...
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Posted by: Brabazon Law Office, LLC
Saved Defendant's Drivers License
PROBLEM: Former client (he entered a plea of guilty to his first OWI and promised he would never drink and...
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Posted by: Fagan, Fagan & Davis
DUI with a 0.22 Breath test - GONE, and the suspension too!
Our client was speeding. No question about it. The officer stopped him and obtained an admission of drinking alcohol. Client did the field sobriety tests - every one the officer requested, including giving a...
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Posted by: Raymond B. Lail Attorney at Law
Jury Found Client Not Guilty
I represented Mr. Ray Leonard Jr. who was charged with DUI, Speeding and Weaving. We jury tried the case and Mr. Leonard was found not guilty of all three charges. While preparing for trial it came to our attention that the...
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Posted by: Brabazon Law Office, LLC
Please Read After You Read Stories
Although the examples provided are all true problems brought to us by our clients and true results, each case is...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
Client charged with driving under the influence of marijuana tested positive in urine test and got reckless driving when we showed...
STATE v. J.T. (Superior Court of Polk County)
Our client was charged with driving under the influence of marijuana to the extent he was less safe. During a...
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Posted by: David Rosenbloom, P.C.
Never Plead Guilty Before Discovery!!!! Submitted by David Rosenbloom of Rosenbloom & Pietryga.
A twenty-one year old university student charged with possession of marijuana, possession of paraphenalia, 92 mph in a 75 mph zone, and DUI. Student was ready to plead guilty. We begged for a fax of the arrest and booking sheet. In...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Medical Marijuana Case
Our client was driving from California to Florida for Bike Week in Daytona when he was stopped in a small town in Florida. The officer searched his car and found a large quantity of marijuana. Our client had a legal marijuana...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Hand Sanitizer DUI Case
The client was at a Jaguar football game on a Sunday night. He left and was routed over a bridge that lead to an area he was unfamiliar with. Due to a confusing intersection he ran a red light. The arresting officer stopped him and asked...
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Posted by: MinnesotaLawyers.com
Illegal Seizure results in Dismissal
(Names Changed to Protect Confidentiality)
Police testified that Mary Jo Ellsbeth was called in by a passing motorist who observed her driving erratically. Law enforcement was given the address when Ms....
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Sleep Apnea
The client was arrested when he was found stopped at a stop light asleep behind the wheel with the engine on and the car in gear. It was 11:30 pm. The officer awoke him and had him do field sobriety tests. The client tried to...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Client Found Not Guilty despite confession
Client was leaving a bar in Orange Park Clay County when he backed into another car. Since he barely touched the other car he did not stop and continued on his way out of the parking lot. Unfortunately 2 police officers had just pulled...
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Posted by: Brabazon Law Office, LLC
Marijuana DUI? DISMISSED!!!
Client is involved in a one vehicle accident. Police on scene smell odor of intoxicants and burnt marijuana. Police escort client to hospital to submit to blood draw. Although client had a legal amount of alcohol in...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
DUI Road Block Case Ends In No Conviction
Our client was stopped at a DUI road block in St. Johns County in the city of St. Augustine. The first officer said he noticed our client had bloodshot watery eyes and an odor of alcohol on his breath. Our...
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Posted by: Fagan, Fagan & Davis
Client wouldn't take what they were offering - after trial December 2006, he got exactly what we offered them, and not one bit more.
Tony couldn't resist a burnout in his muscle car to impress his buddy. The Chicago PD didn't exactly appreciate his driving, even if they loved his car. So he was arrested for DUI. His first attorney thought it was a loser of a case,...
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Posted by: MinnesotaLawyers.com
Failure to Provide Sample in DWI Case Dismissed
* Names Changed to protect Client Confidentiuality
MINNEAPOLIS-- Marsha Zelnar was driving home from her office Christmas party when she stopped her vehicle on Black Dog road near...
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Posted by: Brabazon Law Office, LLC
Felony Avoided! Minimum Jail!!
PROBLEM: Client was charged with an OWI 5th (a...
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Posted by: Fagan, Fagan & Davis
0.18 Breath - suspension, DUI and all other charges gone!
Our client was stopped September of 2005 for weaving and speeding 33mph over the limit (almost twice the speed limit in this case). She admitted drinking, cooperated with the officer and took all offered roadside tests including the...
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Posted by: The DUI Guys
DUI Reduced To A Speeding Ticket
Diligent preparation and a courageous client led to a favorable resolution last week. At 5:30 PM, the night before trial, the prosecution called to try to negotiate a plea and avoid trial. Our client had already declined a...
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Posted by: Fagan, Fagan & Davis
Roll over accident! 0.27 breath alcohol! Suspension? Dismissed.
The Chicago police officer was fairly green, or at least inexperienced in DUI enforcement. He filled out our client's Notice of Suspension and handed it to him. Sort of. Totally absent from the form was any...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
Client arrested on basis of anonymous tip failed sobriety test. Motion to dismiss granted...
STATE v. C.W. (Superior Court of Haralson County)Our client was arrested just outside Tallapoosa after a Georgia State Patrol officer stopped him on the basis of what sounded like an anonymous tip. He did...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
DUI charges dismissed against client when we showed officer didn't mention client's good behavior in his report...
STATE v. B.B. (State Court of Carroll County)
This gentleman was followed from the bar. The officer followed him almost all the way across...
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Posted by: Law Offices of Fred A. Thompson, PC
Review all reports provided through discovery very carefully and create timelines.
On January 18, 2006 I was with a DUI1 client at a MVA Hearing alleging he blew a .08 or higher (he blew .14). The reports submitted into evidence by the MVA indicated he blew into the intoximeter twice and singned the Advice of...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
Client walked away from his 3rd DUI in 5 years when we showed officer had only the most rudimentary training in field sobriety training...
State of Georgia v. B.M. (Superior Court of Haralson County)
The client, who had two prior DIU's in the past five years, was stopped for only having one...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Client avoided 4th DUI and serious jail when our motion to suppress was granted...
My Client drove his motorcycle to a bar with his wife on the back. After a few drinks he noticed it was about to rain so he drove the motorcycle home to get the truck. On his way back to the bar he was stopped by a DUI Enforcement...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Hydroplaning/Airbag Defense
Our client was driving home from a Jaguar football game the same night Hurricane Katrina was passing by Florida. The outer bands produced several rain storms in Jacksonville throughout the night which left the roads wet and...
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Posted by: Law Offices of Rodd A. Tschida
Officer's Garage Entry Results in DWI Dismissal (Associated Press, 5/27/04)
Haase v. Cmsr. of Pub. Safety, 679 N.W.2d 743 (Minn.App.2004) (police officer's entry into driver's closing garage violates driver's fourth amendment privacy expectations, district court reversed).
From the Associated...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
2nd DUI reduced to reckless driving because we went to court prepared for a trial prosecution didn't want...
State of Georgia v. R.H. (Douglas County Superior Court)
The Defendant was charged with DUI-prescription drugs. She, in fact, was taking phenobarbital,...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
Prosecutor dismissed client case a week before trial on fear of a trial...
STATE v. D.W (Superior Court of Paulding County)The Defendant had played golf in Kentucky most of the day and was driving home through rural Paulding County when he was stopped and...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
Client walked away from a DUI charge when we showed elevated diesel exhaust caused the high reading...
State of Georgia v. D.S. (Carroll County State Court)
The Defendant was stopped for allegedly failing to maintain lane after leaving a local restaurant. On...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
DUI Accident Case - Not Guilty Verdict
Our client was driving home after drinking wine in March 2004. It was getting dark and she was unfamiliar with the area. She was looking for her exit when the car in front of her stopped for a red light. She could not...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Federal Criminal Cases
Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A. handles Federal Criminal Defense cases in addition to to DUI cases. Cases involvong white collar crimes and drug cases in federal court sometimes involve our clients who we...
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Posted by: Fagan, Fagan & Davis
DUI with 0.20 B/T dismissed. Defendant stood to lose his license for a very long time.
September 2006, in the Markham courthouse in Cook county, my clients 0.20 B/T DUI was dismissed. D.C. had a prior DUI and was ineligible for supervision. This meant if found guilty at trial, he faced semi-permanent loss of his driving...
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Posted by: Law Offices of Steven R. Hunter
Client blew over .2 and walked when I detected technicality...
Client was stopped for DUI and blew over .2 and was issued a ticket. He failed all physical tests completely. The evidence against him was overwhelming.
After I reviewed the ticket, I noticed the date on the ticket is wrong. The...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
All evidence against client were suppressed and he walked when we showed client was not mirandized...
State of Georgia v. A.H. (State Court of Carroll County)
Nineteen year old client allegedly involved in traffic accident was taken into custody by city...
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Posted by: MinnesotaLawyers.com
Bloomington Man's DWI license revocation rescinded and DWI charges dismissed
BLOOMINGTON- In 2005, Law enforcement officers received a call that a vehicle was parked along a curb in a residential neighborhood and that a man was passed out on the sidewalk area near the vehicle. After...
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Posted by: Fagan, Fagan & Davis
DuPage county DUI (0.13 B/T), Reckless Driving, Fleeing & Eluding and many other charges - all DISMISSED January 2006. Suspension - rescinded!
The officer drove up to my client as he was standing near his car, and boy was he ticked. That car had just led him on a high-speed chase and the officer was convinced it was my client who was driving! Just one problem with that - he...
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Posted by: Brabazon Law Office, LLC
1st Offense Success
PROBLEM: Client from...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Client's Drug Trafficking Conviction Wiped Out
Our client was arrested by ICE (the criminal investigation arm of US Immigration and Customs). The Government sought to deport our client for a crime that he had been convicted of more than 15 years ago. He immediately had...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
Defendant was acquitted after we showed flu like symptoms are the cause of higher readings...
State of Georgia v. L.H. (Carroll County State Court)
The Defendant was stopped for speeding at approximately 4:00 P.M. on a Friday afternoon. After...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Motion Granted DUI Dismissed
Client was driving his motorcycle home after consumming a couple of glasses of wine. He was stopped for speeding. When our client took his wallet out to get his license some other cards dropped out of the wallet. He picked up some but...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
PILOT AQUITTED OF DUI SAVES JOB
Our client was a former Navy fighter pilot who had just been honorably discharged and was flying for a commercial airline. He was driving home after a night out with friends when he saw the blue emergency lights in his rearview mirror. He...
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Posted by: Law Offices of Lawrence Tackett
Defendant turned down the best offer to win this case
Joe B. got off work at 6:00 pm on Friday. He and his work buddy split a 6-pack of Busch tallboys and went to play dominoes. Joe drank three of the tallboys and then left to go visit his mother.
From 8:30 to...
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Posted by: Brabazon Law Office, LLC
NOT GUILTY!!
Client was run off the road and ditched his car. He walked to a tavern to drown his sorrows. Hours later, calls his girlfriend and asks her to pick him up at his car. He walks to his car to remove some personal...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
Client's two 1994 DUI Convictions Overturned
Our client had a permanent DUI license suspension because of 5 DUI convictions. He had been clean and sober for over 10 years and was in line for a promotion that required a valid drivers license. He came to our firm for help. We...
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Posted by: Allen M. Trapp, Jr., P.C.
Client facing 3rd DUI walks by mere threat of motion to suppress...
State of Georgia v. D.F. (Superior Court of Douglas County)
The client was stopped by police because he was leaving a cul-de-sac where new houses were...
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Posted by: Stone, Taylor & Associates, P.A.
DUI Case Results in No Conviction.
Client was driving on a busy 4 lane road in Jacksonville at night. She changed lanes into the left turn lane only to realize she needed to turn at the next intersection. She moved back into the thru lane without...
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Posted by: Scott Moore, Attorney at Law
Arguing the Law
Often arguing the law is the best option. Sometimes it is the only option.I have three pending cases where the facts are not favorable to an acquittalbut there exists legitimate legal issues ripe for argument. One case...
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