Architect found not guilty of second offense drunk driving.

Newburyport District Docket No. 03-0849. Mr. Neyman was successful in obtaining an acquittal for an architect charged with second offense drunk driving. The Commonwealth alleged that the defendant was swerving his car in and out of solid dividing lines and operating at an extremely high rate of speed on a downtown Amesbury street. It was further alleged that the defendant needed to support himself by leaning on his own car, could not adequately perform simple field sobriety tests such as reciting the alphabet and walking heal to toe in a straight line. At trial Mr. Neyman asked the officer to perform such tests. The officer used the witness stand box to support himself, shook nervously while demonstrating the field sobriety tests and himself failed to complete the heal to toe test. The jury deliberated less than one hour before returning a not guilty verdict.