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Police Officers Stop Defendant without Reasonable Suspicion - Case Dismissed
According to the offense report, police officers pulled client over for DWI because there was a 911 call that said our client's vehicle was being driven by an intoxcated driver. Through our investigation, however, that was a misrepresentation of the call to 911. The 911 caller actually relayed to the police that he observed a driver of a vehicle that was - get this - weaving in his lane and the caller thought the driver may be intoxicated or on his cell phone. Isn't that what we all do when we drive, weave within our lane. Driving is by its nature a contolled weave.
Houston Police officers found our client and pulled him over. The problem - there was no reasonable suspicion for the stop. The prosecutors agreed and the DWI case was dismissed.
If you or somone you know needs a Houston DWI lawyer, call the Hosuton DWI attorneys at Johnson, Johnson & Baer, P.C. at 713-222-0400.
Houston Police officers stopped client in the early morning hours on a Saturday morning for speeding. Client is a waiter at an upscale Galleria area restaurant and had been working all night. After all patrons had left the restaurant, client had a few drinks with his co-workers. Client then left the restaurant and was pulled over by Houston Police Officers a short time later for speeding. After the police questioned client, they decided to have him perform field sobriety tests. The police officers determined that he had not performed the best on the police exercises and arrested him for Driving While Intoxicated / Drunk Driving. The Houston police took client to the station and asked him for a breath test. Being compliant, client took the test and registered a .10 - over the legal limit. The State wrote the following on the dismissal, “State will not be able to extrapolate Defendant’s alcohol level at time of driving and Defendant performed well on Standardized Field Sobriety Tests.” If you or someone you know needs a Houston DWI lawyer, call the Houston DWI attorneys at Johnson, Johnson & Baer, P.C. at 713-222-0400. Dane Johnson is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Harris County prosecutors today dismissed a Houston man's DWI case because they determined the police officer did not provide enough evidence to convict the defendant. According to the police report, the client was driving on the wrong side of the road and almost had a head-on collision with the Houston police officer. The officer turned his patrol car around and stopped the client. Understandably, the police officer was quite upset that the client had almost had a head-on collision. The officer then performed field sobriety test on the suspect and arrested him for DWI / drunk driving. Jordan Lewis was able to show prosecutors the errors that the officer had committed while giving the field sobriety tests and ultimately convinced them to dismiss the DWI. If you or someone you know needs a Houston DWI lawyer, call the Houston DWI attorneys at Johnson, Johnson & Baer, P.C. at 713-222-0400. Dane Johnson Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist
Defendant and his wife were in an verbal altercation and wife called the police. Police arrive on the scene - Defendant is not there. While police are speaking to wife, the defendant drives by the house and she quickly points the car out to the police. Police stop the vehicle and conduct a DWI investigation.
Ultimately, the police arrest the defendant for DWI. After transporting him to the police station, the defendant takes a breath test that registers a .13 breath alcohol concentration.
After a suppression hearing about the stop, the Judge concludes that the police did not have reasonable suspicion to stop the client and suppresses all evidence in the case.
Houston DWI lawyer Jordan Lewis successfully handled the case. If you or someone you know needs a Houston DWI attorney, call the attorneys at Johnson, Johnson & Baer, P.C. at 713-222-0400.
According to DWI task for officer JL Aquilar, Client was stopped for drag racing another vehicle and speeding on Westheimer in West Houston. Aquilar claims client had a strong odor of alchol, glassy eyes and slurred speech. Aguilar had client perform field sobriety exercises and claims client failed those tests. Client was then arrested for driving while intoxicated, taken to jail and asked to take a breath test. Client refused the breath test.
Through his hard work and diligence and after 5 months of court appearances, Alan Baer convinced the prosecutor to dismiss the DWI for insufficient evidence.
If you or someone you know has been arrested for DWI, call Houston DWI lawyer Alan Baer at 713-222-0400. Our Houston, Texas DWI attorneys have handled hundreds of DWI case.
Conroe Police arrested our client for a felony DWI. However, a strange turn of events occurred. Since the arrest of our DWI client, the officer is now under indictment for falsifying a DWI offense report.
As a direct result of the cop's indictment, our client's felony DWI case has been dismissed. It sure will be interesting to see what happens to this DWI cop's case.
DWI cases are dismissed for many different reasons. If you or someone you know needs a Texas DWI lawyer, call the Texas DWI attorneys at 713-222-0400.
Jordan Lewis successfully defended a .18 breath test case by demonstrating to prosecutors that the state mandated statutory warnings that an officer is required to give a defendant before requesting a breath test were not given properly. After convincing the Harris County prosecutor that the breath test was going to be inadmissible, the government dismissed the Houston, Texas DWI case.
If you or someone you know need a Houston, Texas DWI lawyer, call the DWI attorneys at 713-222-0400.
Fort Bend County jurors were deadlocked in a DWI trail this week after three days of trial. The Defendant in the case was stopped for allegedly not using his left turn signal at a light.
Upon questioning by the deputies, it was determined that the defendant had been at gentleman's club and had been drinking. According to the deputies, defendant was unable to answer basic questions and arrested him for Driving While Intoxicated / DWI / Drunk Driving. Defendant refused all field sobriety tests and refused to take a breath test.
Dane Johnson - Houston DWI lawyer
A jury panel was waiting in the hall just before jury selection was to begin when a Houston, Texas prosecutor decided to throw in the towel and dismiss the Houston DWI case. Houston DWI attorney Alan Baer was instrumental in pursuading the prosecutor to dismiss the case.
Client was pulled over for speeding as he exited the freeway. According to the officer, client performed poorly on the field tests and was arrested. The officer then offered the client the choice to take a breath test on the brethalyzer or not - client declined the offer and was given a free ride downtown. The officer then had the client do the tests again at the station. Officer claimed he did poorly again.
Due to his persistence and willingness to try the lawsuit, Houston DWI lawyer Alan Baer was able to get a last minute dismissal on the case.
Jordan Lewis obtained another dismissal for a client that took a breath test with results of .17 and .18. Despite having a breath alcohol level of over twice the legal limit, Mr. Lewis convinced the State prosectuor to dismiss the Harris County DWI case.
Client was origianlly pulled over for speeding in Northwest Houston by the Cypress Police. The Cypress Police conveniently did not have a video for the field sobriety tests that they did at the scene. Client fully cooperated and did the field exercises again at the station and did not appear intoxicated. Client then took a breath test with the above results.
Houston, Texas DWI Lawyer Jordan Lewis was able to expose some problems with the breath test and the way the test was given that rendered the results inadmissible. Because the police were left with only the video that looked good for client, the State was forced to dismiss the case.