DWI/DUI Case Results in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Denton County, County Criminal Court #5

Allegations

Stopped shortly after leaving a bar area, the client was pulled over when an officer said the car moved across lanes too quickly to make a turn. The individual completed field sobriety tests and consented to a blood draw. We challenged the basis for the stop, noting the report did not describe a marked lane violation, and closely scrutinized the administration of the tests and blood procedures. We used these concerns in negotiations to gain leverage. The client accepted deferred adjudication, avoiding a conviction on the record.

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DWI - Third Offense

Location

Collin County, 366th District Court

Allegations

The client was stopped after officers responded to a report of public urination and then alleged minor traffic violations. He declined roadside testing, was arrested, and a blood sample was later taken under a warrant. We obtained the 911 call, dash and body camera footage, the warrant affidavit, and full lab records, and scrutinized the stop, the limited field sobriety testing, and the timing and handling of the blood draw. We also presented mitigation showing interlock compliance, a substance-use evaluation, an impact panel certificate, and strong character letters. Leveraging both evidence concerns and mitigation, we negotiated straight probation on the felony, avoiding prison time.

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Tarrant County, CCC8

Allegations

The client was stopped for minor vehicle movement after leaving a bar and agreed to field sobriety tests despite a prior knee injury. A breath sample at the station reportedly read 0.141. We pulled dashcam and bodycam footage, scrutinized how the roadside tests were administered, and examined maintenance and procedural records tied to the breath device. We also compiled mitigation, including completion of alcohol education and meeting attendance. Leveraging these points, we negotiated deferred adjudication to avoid a conviction.

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Collin County, County Court at Law 1

Allegations

Police were dispatched to check on a person in a parked vehicle that was still running and made contact with our client. He acknowledged having a couple of drinks, attempted field sobriety tests, and was taken for a hospital blood draw. Discovery showed a blood alcohol result around 0.09, and we documented medical issues, including a bad knee and neuropathy medication, that could affect balance and eye testing. We challenged the detention and the reliability of the testing, emphasized the borderline result and full cooperation, and pressed the weaknesses with the state. The case resolved with deferred adjudication, keeping a conviction off the record upon successful probation.

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DWI - Second Offense

Location

Denton County, CCC1

Allegations

Officers stopped our client after a 911 report of erratic driving and for a missing front plate. The client declined field sobriety tests and refused a specimen, so a blood draw warrant was executed. We obtained the dash and body-cam video, the 911 audio, the warrant, and the lab paperwork, and scrutinized the basis for the DWI investigation and the handling of the blood. Meanwhile, the client complied with bond, installed an interlock, and completed counseling. We leveraged these points to negotiate a reduction to a lesser misdemeanor with straight probation.

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Collin County, County Court at Law 1

Allegations

After a late-night traffic stop, the officer claimed to smell alcohol. The client declined field sobriety tests, was arrested, and a blood sample was taken under a warrant. We obtained dash and body-cam video and the full discovery, scrutinizing the basis for the stop, the warrant paperwork, and the blood draw and lab materials. The recordings showed clear speech and cooperation, which undercut the arrest narrative. Leveraging those issues in negotiations, we avoided jail and resolved the case with a term of probation.

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Denton County, County Criminal Court #1

Allegations

Our client was contacted in a parking lot after a caller reported possible intoxication. An officer found the engine on, a passenger ill, and performed roadside tests before arresting and obtaining a warrant for a blood draw that later showed an elevated result. We secured the body cam, which showed the vehicle stationary in park with no brake lights and no admission of driving or intent to drive. We scrutinized how the tests were given and preserved objections to the blood draw process, then presented mitigation. Confronted with these issues, the state reduced the charge to a lesser offense with deferred probation.

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Denton County, County Criminal Court #3

Allegations

After a tip to dispatch about a suspected impaired driver, an officer waited near the client’s residence and initiated contact as the client pulled in. Field sobriety tests were conducted and the client was arrested. He later consented to a blood draw at the station and had no prior record. We pressed for full discovery, including the 911 call, video, and lab materials, and challenged the tip-based stop and lack of observed driving. Through negotiations, the case resolved with deferred adjudication, avoiding a final conviction.

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Denton County, CCC1

Allegations

Police responded to a welfare check in a parking lot and found our client in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that had been running. He later provided a blood sample that came back well above the legal limit. We reviewed the bodycam and reports, challenged whether the state could prove actual operation versus being parked, and scrutinized the blood draw and chain of custody. At the driver’s license hearing we exposed a defect in the blood draw paperwork and used it as leverage in negotiations. The prosecution agreed to reduce the charge to a lesser offense.

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DWI - Second Offense

Location

Denton County, County Criminal Court #5

Allegations

A traffic stop for running a red light led to an arrest for a second DWI. The client admitted to drinking and was put through field sobriety tests despite reporting a foot injury, and a blood draw was later obtained by warrant. We scrutinized the stop and the testing conditions, arguing the injury undermined the results, and gathered proof of the client's counseling, classes, and ignition interlock compliance. After the case was reassigned to a new prosecutor, we re-presented the mitigation and pressed the evidentiary issues. The state agreed to reduce the charge, and the matter resolved with credit for time served.

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Dallas County, County Criminal Court No. 9

Allegations

After a collision with an unoccupied parked vehicle, officers arrived and had our client perform field sobriety tests despite an airbag deployment. The client consented to a hospital blood draw and was arrested for a first-time DWI. We obtained the videos and highlighted how post-crash balance and eye cues can mimic intoxication, undercutting the weight of the tests. On paper the client looked intoxicated, so we pushed for a reduction and, if not, a probationary resolution. The state did not reduce, and we negotiated straight probation, avoiding jail and limiting long-term damage.

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Tarrant County, CCC8

Allegations

Police responded to a crash where the client clipped another vehicle and later wrecked nearby. The client acknowledged drinking, performed roadside tests, and was taken for medical clearance where a consensual blood draw was done. We obtained dashcam, bodycam, the report, and lab records, challenged the reliability of field sobriety testing after a collision, and scrutinized the blood work. We documented that no one was injured and supplied proof of insurance to address damage concerns. With that leverage, we negotiated straight probation on the first-offense DWI, avoiding jail.