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University of Houston Executive's DWI case Dismissed University of Houston Executive's DWI case Dismissed

Houston, Texas - An executive at the University of Houston had her Houston DWI case dismissed after a jury deadlocked during deliberations.

When jurors were deadlocked after more than 8 hours of deliberations, a Harris County prosecutor decided to dismiss the Universtiy of Houston executive's DWI case.  Dane Johnson, a Houston DWI Lawyer, handled the case.

The executive was pulled over in downtown Houston for driving the wrong way on a one way street.  Houston's DWI task force officers had client perform field sobriety tests and the officers determined that the UH executive was intoxicated and arrested her.  They transported her the the police station where she refused to provide a breath sample.

Bothe officers testified that in their opinion, client was intoxicate.  The jury deliberated for over 8 hours and could not come to a unanimous decision.  The Judge then declared a mistrial.  Prosecutors had the choice to try the case again or dismiss the case and they decided to dismiss the DWI.

Dane Johnson is a Houston DWI Attorney and can be reached at 713-222-0400.


Thursday, October 01, 2009 Filed underCategories:in  DWI/DUI  |  Houston, Texas DWI  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)