Trial Setting Dismissal

Summary: 0.218 Blood Draw!!! The client is a medical Operating Room (OR) Tech. She was stopped for speeding going 65mph in a 40mph zone on Spencer Highway by the Pasadena PD after leaving a bar. The client consented to field sobriety tests and the arresting officer notated that she failed all three tests (HGN eye test, Walk and Turn Test, and One Leg Stand Test). The District Attorney wanted my client to plead guilty and receive 60 days jail time or 18 months of probation. On the day of trial, I was able to zealously advocate for my client and persuade the district attorney that there were serious issues with the phlebotomist who drew my client’s blood and therefore the 0.218 blood result would be suppressed. Afterward, the district attorney realized they couldn’t make their case and dismissed it on the day of trial!