Felony DWI Dismissed after Cop Indicted
Remember the Conroe Police Officer that was indicted for falsifying a DWI offense report? Well good news for our client that was arrested by this officer - his felony DWI case was dismissed yesterday.
Our client had absolutely nothing to drink and looked and sounded absolutely sober on the video. He was still arrested and charged with Felony DWI, had to make a bond and hire a Texas DWI attorney. Additionally, he had the ongoing worry of having a felony DWI hanging over his head for several months.
I don't normally write on this blog about our victories. However, I think it is important to show just how easy it is to be arrested for a DWI / DUI. All the cops have to do is say they smell alcohol and that you have not passed the field exercises and you as a citizen, are off to jail. Fortunately in this case, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office saw through this officer's BS. Based on our years of experience, this calling the officer on his shenanigan and outright lies is the exception, not the rule.
You ever caught a cop lying either in his report or on the witness stand?
It is amazing to me just how easy it is to be not only arrested for a crime in the US in the sense that it can literally only take one person's totally unverified say so, but also to how easy it is for someone's opinion without verification to legitimately form the basis for a conviction as is the case for a DUI charge. You know what they say an opinion is like a derriere in that everyone has one.
-Justin J. McShane, Esquire, Pennsylvania DUI Attorney
Sadly, the general public doesn't seem to realize how common it is for cops to lie. I blogged about the most blatant case I've come across. The shocking thing was just that it was so easy to prove.