Trial Day Dismissal for Houston DWI Client with Bad Knees

After 5 different prosecutors looked at the Houston DWI case, the last district attorney to review it decided to dismiss the case while the jury was in the hall. 

Client was stopped by a Harris County Sheriff Deputy in the early morning hours.  After smelling alcohol on his breath, the officers asked him to do field sobriety tests.  Before doing the tests, client told the officer that he had extremely bad knees.  However, the officers performed the tests and scored the tests just like they would for someone that did not have any medical problems. 

As you may expect, client did not "pass" the field exercises according to the officers and they arrested client and took him to the jail.  While at the jail, the officers asked him to give a breath test and he refused.

During the time when the case was pending trial, we obtained the medical records related to client's knee injuries and provided them to the district attorney's office.  It was not until the day of trial (actually the 3rd trial setting in the case) that the attorney for the state filled out a dismissal.

If you or someone you know is charged with a DWI, call the Houston DWI lawyers at 713-222-0400.  Having a quality Houston DWI attorney can be the difference in winning or losing your DWI case.