Wednesday, October 1, 2014

September 24, 2014: Jury Finds Client NOT GUILTY in OWI-1st/PAC-1st Case (with .106 Blood Test Result)**

This complete jury exoneration of our client, TB, was another textbook example of a prosecutor overestimating the strength of his case. Because TB was arrested by a very well-trained, 18-year-veteran of the force (an expert, in fact, in both drunk driving and drug impairment detection), the prosecutor assumed he would just put his cop on the stand and it would be an open and shut case. And the fact that there was also a blood test result over the legal limit was just icing on the cake. In short, the prosecutor viewed this case as a slam dunk and he was not willing to give TB any breaks. But it is precisely this type of over-confidence that Dennis Melowski likes to take advantage of. The 18-year-veteran was no match for Dennis on the stand, as countless contradictions, embellishments and downright errors were exposed to the jury. The blood analyst suffered the same fate as he evasively played the role of apologist for the lab's breached protocols that related directly to the validity of TB's blood sample. In the end, despite Dennis not calling a single witness of his own to the stand, it took the jury only 37 minutes to find TB NOT GUILTY of both alcohol-related charges. TB walked out of the courtroom as if his drunk driving arrest never happened. It was the best possible outcome he could have hoped for and he couldn't be happier. To read this client's review of Dennis on the independent lawyer rating site Avvo, click here (the review is titled "Trial Experience and Expertise that is Second to None"): http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/53081-wi-dennis-melowski-1523763/reviews.html

**Over the last 3 years, Dennis Melowski has had 15 drunk driving trials go to verdict. He has won 12 of them (meaning no alcohol-related conviction of any kind). When we say that no other firm in Wisconsin can come close to matching our record of success, this is what we're talking about. If you are speaking to other lawyers about representing you for something as life-altering as your drunk driving charge, be sure to ask them their track record over the last few years. Make them be specific. You will be surprised at what you hear, if they tell you at all.