Second DUI & Careless Driving Receives Not Guilty Verdict

We recently helped a man in his mid-20s charged with a second DUI and careless driving in Westmoreland County. At the time of the offense, our client got a call from a friend asking for help because he had been in an accident. The client had been drinking but went to go help his friend. On his way, he drove by where the accident was supposed to have occurred and saw a police officer on the scene; our client decided to keep driving. The office saw him driving slowly and yelled for our client to come to a stop; he did not. The police officer radioed for a backup to pull our client over. When they finally caught up to our client, they issued field sobriety tests before he was asked to come to the station for a breathalyzer test. The machine said it was not a proper sample, so the police deemed him a refusal to submit.

As a construction worker, our client was concerned about what would happen to his job. He hired the Pittsburgh DUI lawyers at Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC to handle his case. Because there was no BAC on file for our client due to the machine error, our cross-examination discredited the police officer’s testimony. After attending four court appearances, we were able to secure a not guilty sentence for our client.

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