Client Charged With OUI and Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle Found Not Guilty after Jury Trial

The defendant is an electrician working for the union on significant commercial projects. On March 8, 2019 a suburban police officer observed the defendant operating a pickup truck at 4:50 in the morning on a two lane highway. The pickup truck entered the oncoming lane of travel nearly striking the police officer’s vehicle. The officer turned around and noted that the defendant was driving over the median lane several times. While effectuating the stop the defendant struck a snowbank. The officer immediately detected a strong odor of alcohol on the defendant. He was unable to produce a driver’s license and instead gave the officer his social security number. He was unable to perform any field sobriety tests and was only able to get to the letter “o” while taking the alphabet test. The defendant was arrested and charged with OUI and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. He hired Attorney Stephen Neyman to represent him. We quickly scheduled a trial. Today, after a very short deliberation process the defendant was found not guilty of all counts.

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