Our client was charged with resisting an officer without violence, along with four (4) traffic infractions. The officer alleged that our client sped by the officer at high speed and turned off all the lights on the car when the officer got behind our client. The officer claimed to have attempted to stop our client before our client pulled into a residential driveway. What the officer did not know was that the residence was our client’s and had security cameras. The security video showed our client pulling into the driveway in a routine manner with all her car lights illuminated. Shortly thereafter, the officer can be seen pulling behind our client’s vehicle. The patrol car did not have its blue lights on until it came to a full and complete stop behind out client’s car. At that point our client turned off the car, including its lights. Although the video images were a little distant, you can clearly see the officer calmly walk up to our client outside the driver’s door and interact with our client outside of the vehicle. The officer claimed this interaction occurred while our client was in the car, wherein our client refused to produce identification, thus resisting the officer. We provided this evidence to the State and set the case was set for trial. On the morning of the trial, the State dropped all chargers and joined in our request to have all infractions dismissed.
DUI & Criminal Division
