We have said over and over in other posts that we believe our results are out of the ordinary. This case was the second OWI charge which had all the evidence suppressed in the past two days.
This case involved the client operating his vehicle at approximately 3:00 a.m. He was stopped for having expired registration. He had refused to roll his window down more than a couple of inches and was not cooperative with the officer when trying to explain his actions that evening. Client's vehicle was seen outside a bar by the officer earlier in the evening. The officer noticed an odor of intoxicants and the client admitted to drinking. He was ultimately arrested and charged with OWI and possession of THC, his blood test was .156.
We filed motion to suppress the evidence based upon a lack of reasonable suspicion to perform field sobriety tests. The cop testified, continually adding information during his testimony to attempt to justify the request for field tests. However, at one point during the hearing, the officer acknowledged that he had "no reason to suspect impairment prior to having the client step from the vehicle." The judge suppressed all the evidence obtained as a result of the unlawful detention. The field tests, blood test and drugs were all suppressed. Case dismissed. That is how we do it.