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Our client and his friend were out one night drinking at a bar. As they were leaving, our client was trying to stop his friend from getting into a fight so he kept pulling him back. This caught the attention of the officers and they approached them to talk. Our client kept interjecting, which irritated the officer and he decided to arrest him for public intoxication. When being handcuffed, our client kept asking why he was being arrested and began to slightly pull away. The officers then charged him with resisting search or transport. After discussing the case with the DA [...]

Our client decided to take his employer’s car home during his lunch break and unfortunately on the way back he had a minor accident. He did not have permission from his employer to take the car so he was charged with a State Jail Felony of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. And on top of the felony charge, he was also hit with an ICE/Immigration hold. Our client had been in the United States since he was a child so he did not want to get deported. I immediately contacted his employer to get his position on what he [...]

Our client was seen by Crowley Police Officers leaving a bar and subsequently weaving between his lane of traffic. Our client was pulled over for failing to maintain a single lane. He admitted to having 5 alcoholic beverages. Once ordered out of the vehicle, our client performed 3 roadside field sobriety tests; failing two of them and passing one. He was then arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). Our client consented to having his blood drawn. His test came back as a .14 blood alcohol concentration (BAC). During cross examination of the State’s chief forensic toxicologist, our attorney was [...]

Our client came in contact with Keller Police Officers at a party. The police officers watched her drive away and then later pulled her over for suspension of underage drinking. Officers quickly turned the detention into a DWI investigation. Our client failed all three field sobriety tests. During trial, the Police Officers admitted on the stand that if it wasn’t for the .11 breath test, they would have only given our client a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) ticket. Our attorney emphasized issues with the breath test machine and was able to convince the jury that the .11 breath [...]

Our client was walking with her friend across the street and were stopped by an Arlington Police Officer. He came in contact with her while she was sitting in her car. The officer ordered her out of the vehicle and arrested her for the jaywalking violation. Our client asked the officer if he would retrieve her prescription medication out of her car so she could take it with her to jail. The officer searched our client’s vehicle for the prescription drugs and found a single white pill not inside a prescription bottle. He then charged our client with possession of a [...]

Our client side-swiped another vehicle in front of a police car, then was attempting to pull over to a safe location, and the Fort Worth police officer accused her of failing to stop at an accident. Once pulled over, the police officer asked her if she had been drinking. She admitted to 5 drinks. She was asked to step out of the vehicle and performed four roadside field sobriety tests. She failed all four tests. She refused to provide a blood alcohol specimen. A warrant was issued for her blood sample. The sample came back as .17 (which is over [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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.