Charges of OUI Against Graduate School Professor to be Dismissed After Completion of CWOF

The defendant is a professor teaching graduate students in a major top rated university. The other night he was clocked at over 100 miles per hour not long after dark. He was pulled over by state police officer. The report indicated that the man had slurred speech, an inability to process simple commands and a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath and car. The officers administered field sobriety tests; specifically the walk and turn test, the one legged stand test and a distorted version of the alphabet test. He failed the first two and ironically passed the alphabet test which required him to say the alphabet backwards starting with the letter T until he got to E. Taking the field sobriety tests was his first mistake. Subsequently, he agreed to a breathalyzer test. He blew a .17, more than twice the legal limit. He was charged with OUI in violation of G.L. c. 90 section 24. Needing his driver’s license immediately and recognizing the difficulty in winning this case, the man opted for a quick resolution wherein he can promptly resume his operating privileges. He was given a CWOF under the 24D program. He gets a hardship license later this week and full operating privileges in 45 days.

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