Engineer Charged With OUI Found Not Guilty After Trial

On February 18, 2023 just before midnight police were called for an accident in a suburb north of Boston. The responding officers saw a car with significant front end damage sitting on a lawn in a densely populated neighborhood. The vehicle had also struck the house and damaged a utility box. Our client was outside of the car. An officer contacted him to investigate the incident. The officer observed our client unsteady on his feet with a strong odor of alcohol coming from his body. His speech was slurred and his responses to questioning were delayed. Several field sobriety tests were administered, the horizontal gaze nystagmus HGN, walk and turn and one legged stand. The officer reported that our client failed each test. He also admitted to drinking 4 beers. As a result, our client was arrested and charged with OUI in violation of G.L. c. 90 section 24. Through booking videos we were able to demonstrate that the police officer lied. Our client was very responsive, very steady on his feet and speaking without slurring his words. We played this for the jury and our client was found not guilty.

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