NOT GUILTY | People v G.J

NOT GUILTY on all 3 Counts: .166 Blood DUI; Failure to report accident; and Failure to maintain single lane. Client hit the wall in the S Curves on a snowy and icy Hwy 82 the evening before Thanksgiving. Was pulled over for allegedly weaving while trying to drive his car home to Basalt. Admitted to one beer. Cop allegedly thought he smelled like alcohol but DAs argued he put a dip in to cover the smell. I was able to point out that he was gutting the dip the whole time, which meant he put a dip in because he’s addicted and not trying to hide anything. He refused all SFSTs. Consented to blood.  Cop put the blood in the mail via ground delivery so it sat unrefrigerated for 114 hours. Blood didn’t add up. We knew something was wrong with the blood. And client never asked to go to the bathroom once. No way that’s possible. Thank you to expert David Keech who helped explain proper blood transport and what people should look like at a .166. Most of all, thank you to that Pitkin County jury. It took courage to follow the law. It took courage to remain true to their doubts. They can and should be proud of their verdict for their rest of their lives. They followed the law and remained true to their doubts. Found him Not Guilty of every single charge and didn’t split the baby and give the State a lesser. Justice was served today. And this was a case that I hung in April this year. Finally, we got a strong and very analytical jury.