OUI Second Reduced to OUI First for Pharmaceutical Researcher

Our client is a pharmaceutical researcher with several high level academic degrees. He had been charged previously with an OUI in the early 2000’s. In March of this year he was driving after having had some drinks. He struck an unmarked police vehicle that was parked on the side of the street. Witnesses reported the accident. The police responded and learned that our client had driven the car, struck the police car and left the scene. Our client was contacted by the police. He was unsteady on his feet, smelled like alcohol and admitted to drinking beer, hitting the car and leaving the scene. He was charged with OUI, second offense G.L. c. 90 section 24 and leaving the scene of an accident in violation of another section of G.L. c. 90 section 24. Over the objection of the district attorney’s office we were able to get this case reduced to a first offense OUI, called a Cahill disposition.

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