Results

After being found guilty in Culpeper General District Court, our client decided to appeal to the Circuit Court. We were able to use the information from the first trial’s transcript to prepare for the new trial in Culpeper Circuit Court. In this case, the officer was not honest about his training in the first trial. We were able to investigate and research the officer’s training to discover the truth. This new information put his credibility in question when looking at the central issue of the case which was whether there was alcohol influence on the client before or after operation of the vehicle. At this bench trial, the judge found our client Not Guilty.

In Prince William County General District Court, our client to go to trial to determine whether or not a judge would find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. During the trial, it was clear from the officer’s testimony that there was an additional set of notes that were not produced. Additionally, these notes appeared to be very important because he was unable to clearly testify on the stand about what occurred with our client without a different set of notes. The defense objected to this testimony on Brady grounds, among other, and at the conclusion of the arguments, the court Dismissed the Case.

In Fairfax County, our client had been working with another attorney. When the client decided to change attorneys, we were happy to step in. In this case, there was a video of the encounter and a blood test. The blood was taken from our client in violation of his 4th Amendment rights without a search warrant and therefore it was not admitted into evidence at trial. The video showed the truth about my client’s speech, ability to walk, ability to complete the field sobriety tests, and my client’s overall sobriety. At the close of all evidence, the judge found our client Not Guilty