DWI/DUI Case Results in San Antonio, TX

Charge

DUI - Minor (Class C)

Location

Bexar County, San Antonio Municipal Court

Allegations

During a traffic stop for speeding, officers conducted field sobriety tests and requested a breath sample. The client blew about 0.04, below the 0.08 per se limit, but was cited for DUI as a minor. We demanded the dashcam, bodycam, and breath-testing records and scrutinized the basis for the stop and the evaluation. While discovery was pending, we implemented a mitigation plan, including completing an alcohol education program and addressing license issues. Armed with that leverage, we negotiated deferred adjudication.

Charge

DWI - First Offense

Location

Bexar County, County Court-at-Law 11

Allegations

Our client was stopped late at night for alleged speeding and running a red light after leaving a bar. The officers noted glassy eyes but both said they did not smell alcohol. The client attempted part of the field tests, explained a balance condition, then declined further testing and refused a breath test. A blood draw was later obtained by warrant. We demanded dashcam and bodycam footage and prepared suppression arguments based on the prolonged detention and lack of odor. When the state could not produce the key video and faced our challenges, it dismissed the case.

Charge

DWI - First Offense

Location

Bexar County, County Court-at-Law 12

Allegations

Stopped after a brief lane deviation while a passenger was getting sick, the client admitted to a couple of drinks and was given field sobriety tests. Dash and bodycam showed a clean walk-and-turn, a one-leg stand that was mis-scored, and the officer repeating the eye test before arresting. A voluntary blood draw later came back just over the enhancement threshold. We challenged the stop and the testing, contested the license suspension, and presented mitigation through classes and character letters. After sustained negotiations, the case was resolved by deferred adjudication, keeping a conviction off the record upon completion.

Charge

DWI - First Offense

Location

Bexar County, County Court at Law 14

Allegations

The client was stopped while driving back to a hotel after a work function and was unsure why the stop occurred. The officer reported signs of intoxication and conducted two field tests after denying a restroom request that led to an accident. The client refused a breath test, and a blood sample was taken later at the jail. We obtained the videos and lab records, challenged the basis for the stop, the test instructions, and the timing and procedures surrounding the blood draw, and used testimony from the license hearing to push negotiations. The state reduced the charge and the client received deferred probation.

Charge

DWI - First Offense

Location

Guadalupe County, CC2

Allegations

Following a minor crash with a commercial truck, officers from different agencies arrived and arrested our client for DWI. Field sobriety tests were conducted, then a breath test at the jail and a hospital blood draw. We obtained the body and dash cam footage, dissected the breath and blood evidence, and raised a venue challenge about where the driving occurred. With no prior record and several weaknesses highlighted, we negotiated deferred adjudication. The client avoided a formal conviction and proceeded on probation.

Charge

DWI - First Offense

Location

Bexar County, County Court-at-Law 5

Allegations

The client was stopped on a highway and arrested for DWI after an officer claimed a stop-sign violation. He told the officer he had a severe needle phobia, which was treated as a refusal, and a blood draw was later taken under a warrant well after the stop. We obtained the police reports and video, mapped the timeline from stop to draw, and challenged both the basis for the stop and whether the test proved intoxication at the time of driving. We built a suppression strategy and pressed the prosecution on these weaknesses. The state dismissed the case.

Charge

DWI - First Offense

Location

Bexar County, CCL2

Allegations

Police found our client stopped in a drive-thru with the car in park and began a DWI investigation. After the officer moved the car to a nearby lot, the client performed field sobriety tests and later gave a breath sample at the station. We obtained dash and body camera footage, station surveillance, and breath-testing maintenance records. We challenged the instructions, testing conditions, and machine documentation, and presented those concerns to the prosecutor. The state agreed to reduce the charge, and the case resolved with deferred probation.

Charge

DWI - Second Offense

Location

Bexar County, CCL1

Allegations

Our client was stopped after an officer said the vehicle swerved and nearly struck another car shortly after leaving a store. The driver admitted to drinking, declined roadside tests, and later provided a breath sample around 0.185. With a prior DWI many years earlier, the stakes were high. We pulled the dash and body camera footage and dug into the basis for the stop, the breath machine's maintenance and calibration, and whether required observation procedures were followed. We pressed those issues with the prosecutor. The case was reduced to a lesser charge.

Charge

DWI (BAC Over .15)

Location

Bexar County, CCL8

Allegations

Our client was arrested for DWI after a traffic crash. Officers performed field sobriety tests, transported the client for processing, and later recorded a breath result over .15. We obtained the videos and noted that officers repeated the eye test at the station, raising questions about the reliability of their initial observations. Discovery also showed the state lacked the necessary breath-test supervisor to support the instrument's results. We set the case for trial, pressed those weaknesses, and negotiated a reduction to standard DWI with deferred adjudication, keeping a conviction off the record upon completion.

Charge

DWI - First Offense

Location

Bexar County, CCL6

Allegations

After a late-night traffic stop for alleged speeding, the client was ordered out of the car, denied drinking, and performed field sobriety tests that were repeated. At the station, a breath sample reportedly read over .15. We pulled the body-cam, dash video, police report, and breath records, then challenged the basis for the stop and the way the tests were administered, including the repeated instructions and lack of a clear speed reading. Using those issues in negotiations, we secured a reduction to a lesser DWI with deferred terms.

Charge

DWI - First Offense

Location

Bexar County, County Court-at-Law 12

Allegations

The client was stopped at night for an alleged equipment problem and put through roadside tests by two different officers. One indicated the client did fine, another claimed eye clues and made the arrest. The client refused a breath test after arrest, and a blood sample was taken later. We scrutinized the justification for the stop, the inconsistent administration of the tests, the client's known vision issues, and the handling and timing of the blood draw. Leveraging these weaknesses, we negotiated a reduction to a lesser, non-DWI offense with deferred probation.

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DWI - First Offense

Location

Comal County, CC2

Allegations

Police stopped our client for a traffic signal violation and escalated to a DWI investigation. He was put through multiple rounds of field sobriety tests by several officers, declined a breath test, and a blood draw was later taken under a warrant. Reports also mentioned an open container. We pulled the videos and paperwork and attacked the length of the detention and the way the tests were administered, pressing the state on probable cause and evidentiary gaps. The state would not dismiss, but we leveraged those problems into straight probation with no jail and manageable conditions.