The Medlin Law Firm - Gary Medlin

Fort Worth DWI Case Ends In Acquittal After Three-Day Trial Client was accused of being asleep in the car, driving erratically, and blocking the roadway. Fort Worth Police Department sent two cars to detain our client. She was listed as having blood shot eyes, had swayed balance and slurred speech. Road side field sobriety tests were conducted and our client was arrested for driving while intoxicated. She later consented to a blood test, which was alleged to show a score of .217. After a three-day trial the jury found our client Not Guilty

Keller DWI Case Ends In Acquittal After Breath Test Challenge Client was stopped by Keller Police Department for running a red light. Client had 3 open containers in the car. She later failed field sobriety tests and was arrested for suspicion of Driving While Intoxicated. Client then was interviewed and admitted to being intoxicated. She gave a breath test of .147 and .153. Later at Trial in Tarrant County, Texas Courthouse the State’s expert claimed our client was likely a .17 blood alcohol content at the time of driving. After a two-day trial, our client was found Not Guilty [...]

Tarrant County Aggravated Assault Case Ends In Jury Acquittal Our client was charged with Aggravated Assault with Serious Bodily Injury in Tarrant County, Texas. He was involved in an altercation at a bar where the other party suffered a broken leg and alleged permanent disability from the injury. The Sansom Park Police Department made the determination that the client was the primary aggressor and arrested him on the scene. At trial, we were able to prove that our client actually had the right to defend himself even if he ultimately won the fight. He was found Not Guilty by [...]

Hurst DWI Blood Test Challenge Ends In Jury Acquittal Our client was filmed weaving for over four minutes before being pulled over by the Hurst Police Department. The Hurst Police Officers detected alcohol odor and claimed that during the field sobriety tests, our client’s speech was slurred and his balance and walk were swayed. He was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated and the officers secured a search warrant and later alleged the client’s blood alcohol level score was a .21. After vigorously contesting the accuracy of the blood test results during a two-day trial in Tarrant County, Texas, our client [...]

Mansfield DWI Trial Turns On Proof Of Vehicle Operation Our client was asleep in his car on the side of the highway when Mansfield Police Officers did a welfare check and ended up detaining him. He later failed all roadside field sobriety tests and the officers determined he was highly intoxicated and arrested him for suspicion of DWI. The officers later secured a search warrant for his blood and the blood alcohol content results were 0.14. Our client was then charged for his second Driving While Intoxicated offense. We spent two days in the trial in Tarrant County, Texas. [...]

Blood Evidence Excluded In DWI Case With .163 BAC Multiple 911 calls were made because of our client’s driving. According to the testimony, she hit the curb twice, drove into oncoming traffic, and drove through an electrical pole and a mailbox. At trial, 2 of the civilian witnesses were called by the State to testify about our client’s intoxication. They described her driving behavior and her being ‘definitely impaired.’ The police officer testified as well about our client smelling like a strong odor of alcohol, having bloodshot eyes, swayed balance, and slurred speech. The officer also testified that [...]

.156 BAC DWI Charge Reduced After Mistrial Our client was charged with DWI w/ BAC >.15 and needed to go to trial to keep the DWI off her record. The police officer testified he followed our client after she pulled out of the bar parking lot and saw her weaving in and out of her lane many times. After numerous swerving incidents, he detained her to investigate a DWI. He said our client smelled of alcohol and had slurred speech. He had her perform the field sobriety tests which she failed and he arrested her for DWI. Our [...]

Dallas Sexual Assault Of A Child Case Dismissed Before Trial Our client was charged with the sexual assault of a child that he met online. The client was adamant that the girl didn’t tell him her age and that everything was consensual, therefore, he was innocent. Also, the client wanted the best defense possible as he was not guilty of the crime. The detective interviewed the complaining witness and filed the case with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. The case was indicted by the grand jury and the district attorney was wanting a plea deal that would [...]

High-BAC DWI Case Ends In Acquittal After Evidence Challenge Our client, a 25-year-old male, was charged with DWI with BAC over .15 with an open container. The police officer was called out to investigate an intoxicated driver. Client was pulled over for speeding, failure to maintain single lane, and weaving. Officer smelled alcohol on our client and said he had bloodshot watery eyes & really thick-tongued speech. After getting the client out of the car they found an open container of distilled wine in the pocket of the passenger seat. The officer pulled our client out to perform [...]

Dallas DWI-2nd Case Dismissed After Illegal Stop Ruling Our client was only 30 years old and arrested for DWI-2nd in Dallas County. She was detained in a parking lot outside of a bar at 2:30 a.m. After failing the field sobriety tests, the police officer got a warrant for her blood. The results were .32. Four times the legal limit! There was a lot on the line for our client being so young and facing a second conviction. The case was put on hold because of COVID-19. After waiting a year for her day in court, Matt was [...]