The Medlin Law Firm - Gary Medlin
Speeding and Weaving through Traffic – Found Not Guilty
Our client was leaving The Gaylord Texan Resort after his date on Valentine’s day and was pulled over by Grapevine Police Department for weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed in a Porsche. Grapevine police officers ran our client’s criminal background and saw his prior DWI conviction. Our client was asked if he had been drinking and he said “no.” The police officers stated that they smelled the odor of alcohol. Our client was ordered out of the vehicle and asked to perform field sobriety tests. Our client was not willing to cooperate with the [...]
.14 Breath Test/Alcohol Concentration – Found Not Guilty
Fort Worth police department pulled our client over for driving the wrong way down a one-way street. The officers asked her if she had been drinking and our client admitted to a few beers and a few shots. This initiated the investigation of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). Our client failed all 3 field sobriety tests and was then arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). At the police station, our client cooperated and agreed to take a breathalyzer test. She blew a .146 and .147 (which is almost double the legal limit). During a two-day trial in Tarrant County, Texas, [...]
DWI with Car Accident, Grapevine TX – Found Not Guilty
Our client flipped his vehicle on the highway coming from Grapevine, Texas. Officers arrived at the scene and required our client to perform field sobriety tests in front of his flipped over vehicle to make sure the accident was visible to any potential jurors in the dashcam video. Our client admitted to the Grapevine police department that he had consumed alcohol before driving. We went through jury selection three different times to ensure we had the best six jurors for our client’s case. During trial we were able to point out flaws in the police officer’s investigation and holes in the [...]
Felony Drug Case, Tarrant County – Reduced To Misdemeanor
Our client was arrested for felony possession of controlled substance (cocaine) under 1 gram and unlawful carry of weapon (UCW) in Tarrant County, TX. After discussing the holes in the DA’s case involving a potential illegal search of our client; they agreed to reduce the felony charge down to a misdemeanor and dismissed the gun charge.
Unlawful Carry Weapon By Gang Member, Fort Worth – Dismissed
Our client was in Fort Worth for a motorcycle rally and was wearing the cut of a particular gang that is considered an organized criminal organization. He was pulled over for failing to signal at a stop sign and was later arrested for unlawful carry of weapon (UCW). The only reason the carrying of the gun was considered unlawful was because of the alleged participation in a criminal street gang. We convinced the DA that merely wearing a cut belonging to a potential criminal street gang was not enough to document our client as a gang member without any other proof. [...]
Assault, Fort Worth – Case Dismissed
Our client was arrested for assault bodily injury to a family member. She was accused of punching her boyfriend. After only two Fort Worth, TX court appearances, we convinced the DA to dismiss her case without her having to do any classes, community service, probation, or pay any fines or court costs.
Possession of Dangerous Drug, Parker County – Dismissed
Our client has a heart condition that requires him to take multiple prescription drugs. He does not usually keep the pills in the prescription bottle with the label on it. He was parked on the side of the road messing with his cell phone. Officers pulled up behind him to do a motorist assist in Parker County, Texas. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer saw empty beer bottles in the rear seat passenger floorboard and asked our client if he’d been drinking. He said “no”. They ordered him to step out of the car and searched his vehicle. Officer found [...]
Medlin Client Falsely Convicted Exonerated After 21 Years
On Wednesday, a State district Judge exonerated 44-year-old John Earl Nolley for the 1996 murder of Sharon McLane. Nolley was released after 19 years in prison in May 2016 but was not declared innocent until a Texas judge signed an order following the emergence of new evidence. The order qualifies Nolley for state compensation. Legal Efforts Leading To Exoneration Nolley’s conviction was based on two jailhouse snitches and circumstantial evidence. Gary Medlin, an attorney at Medlin Law, worked with The Innocence Project to call key evidence into question. The integrity unit at the organization revisited files on informants and was [...]
Not Guilty by Jury: Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Charge
Our client worked in air conditioning service and repair. He was stopped for a traffic violation and admitted to having a couple of drinks earlier. He did terribly on the DWI sobriety tests and looked to the police and prosecutors to be very intoxicated. He was arrested and charged for DWI.At trial, we were able to show that the client had some injuries and a bad back, was overweight and that the field sobriety tests were not fair for him since there was no way he could look normal on those tests. The jury quickly found our client not guilty of [...]
Not Guilty by Jury After Blowing .14 with Breathalyzer Test
Our client was stopped for a traffic violation and admitted to having a few drinks earlier. The client did okay on the field sobriety tests, but was arrested and submitted to a breathalyzer test – the result was .14. We were able to show the jury how unreliable the breathalyzer is and how the particular breathalyzer machine used on our client had some problems. The jury found our client not guilty.
