Houston Criminal Defense Case Results

Key Case Results

DWI – NOT GUILTY!
State of Texas v. JC

Client pulled over for speeding and weaving from lane to lane.  Failed the sobriety tests and became belligerent with the officer after being placed in handcuffs.  Refused to do any interviews or tests in the jail, and continued to scream at officers.  Jury believed my theory that the tests were compromised by clients age and physical condition, and that anger does not equal intoxication.

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DWI 2^nd – NOT GUILTY!
State of Texas v. JM

Client pulled over for illegal turn and not using his signal.  Officers claim he smelled like alcohol, had an open container, and failed his sobriety tests.  Breath test was .098 which is over the legal limit.  The state’s own experts admitted upon my questioning that my client could have been under the legal limit at the time of driving.  Jury understood that alcohol in the vehicle was not in my clients body.

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DWI – NOT GUILTY!
State of Texas v. AV

Client pulled over for changing multiple lanes with no signal.  Officer claimed she smelled a strong odor of alcohol.  Client “failed” all sobriety tests, and blew a .096.  The jury understood that the breath test machine was not reliable and that the officers administration of the sobriety tests was flawed.

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DWI 2^nd – BLOOD SUPPRESSED DURING TRIAL!
State of Texas v. TJ

Police come into contact with client after a concerned citizen called 911.  Officer admitted under my questioning that he lied in his affidavit to get a search warrant to draw my client’s blood.  Judge suppressed all blood evidence.  Under the circumstances, the State dismissed the case during trial.

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DWI 2^nd – ALL EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED DURING TRIAL!
State of Texas v. BM

Officer claimed that my client was failing to maintain a single lane and was driving illegally by going 50 mph in a 60 mph zone.  Under questioning the officer admitted that range of error on the radar could mean that my client was going 56 in a 60 (which is not illegal).  And while client did leave her lane, you see on the video that she did not do so in a dangerous manner (which is required under Texas law).  Judge followed the law, suppressed the stop, which makes all evidence afterwards illegal evidence.  Left with nothing, the State dismissed the case during trial.

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Assault – Family Violence – NOT GUILTY!
State of Texas v. ED

Client peaked through a window and caught her husband cheating.  Husband claims she broke the window and threw multiple shards of broken glass at him and his mistress.  Client claims all she did was try to get into the window and husband pushed her out, causing her injuries.  Jury saw all of my clients injuries and realized that the husbands story just did not match the physical evidence.  While client had deep cuts on her legs and back (from being pushed out of the window onto the glass), she did not have one scratch on her hands.

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Assault – Family Violence – NOT GUILTY!
State of Texas v. HG

Client’s wife called 911, screaming and crying that she had been assaulted.  Wife claimed husband hit her multiple times in the face.  Wife later changed story and told truth that she was lying (did not appear at trial).  The jury saw through the lies.  Even though the 911 tape portrayed a terrified wife, the photos of her showed no injuries on the night in question.