Not Guilty Verdict!
2/4/2010
Case Type: OUI/DUI
Background:
-Portland, Maine
Today the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in an OUI/DUI trial. My client was stopped for speeding. The Deputy testified at trial that he observed my client to be extremely drunk. He claimed his speech was slow, that he was avoidant with him and smelled a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. He also said my client told him that he drank 3 beers and was a 3 on a scale from 1-10 (with 10 being fall down drunk and 1 being no beers sober). In light of these facts he requested that my client exit his vehicle. The officer claims that my client was extremely off-balance when he got out of his vehicle and that my client failed the field sobriety tests. My client refused to take a test explaining to the officer that was not drunk and that he did not trust the machine. At one point in the trial the officer blurted out that he was right 99.9% of the time when he pulled someone over for OUI/DUI and they failed the field sobriety tests. Well, he was wrong this time because the jury found my client not guilty.
Result:
THe jury deliberated for nearly an entire day before returning with a verdict of not guilty.
