| Mar 11, 2008 | Case: 573794-X | Judge Fernandez |
| Facts: | The defendant was stopped for weaving and failing to stop at a stop sign. Upon stopping, the defendant jumped out of his car and ran. He was found hiding in the back of vacant house. The defendant was arrested for burglary and resisting an officer without violence (ie. running from the police). After securing the defendant, the officer's noticed an odor of alcohol, bloodshot eyes and then charged him with DUI. No field sobriety exercises were conducted. This was the defendant's second DUI. | |
| Result: | ON THE MORNING OF TRIAL, ALL CHARGES WERE DISMISSED. As to the burglary, the State could not prove the defendant did not have permission to be on the property. Also, since there was no DUI investigation conducted, the State could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was impaired. | |