The Medlin Law Firm - Gary Medlin

Tarrant County Drug Case Reduced After Search Challenge Our client was arrested for felony possession of controlled substance (cocaine) under 1 gram and unlawful carry of weapon (UCW) in Tarrant County, TX. After discussing the holes in the DA’s case involving a potential illegal search of our client; they agreed to reduce the felony charge down to a misdemeanor and dismissed the gun charge.

Fort Worth Gun Charge Dropped After Gang Allegation Challenged Our client was in Fort Worth for a motorcycle rally and was wearing the cut of a particular gang that is considered an organized criminal organization. He was pulled over for failing to signal at a stop sign and was later arrested for unlawful carry of weapon (UCW). The only reason the carrying of the gun was considered unlawful was because of the alleged participation in a criminal street gang. We convinced the DA that merely wearing a cut belonging to a potential criminal street gang was not enough to [...]

Assault Case Dismissed Without Probation Or Fines In Fort Worth Our client was arrested for assault bodily injury to a family member. She was accused of punching her boyfriend. After only two Fort Worth, TX court appearances, we convinced the DA to dismiss her case without her having to do any classes, community service, probation, or pay any fines or court costs.

Parker County Prescription Drug Charge Dismissed After Case Review Our client has a heart condition that requires him to take multiple prescription drugs. He does not usually keep the pills in the prescription bottle with the label on it. He was parked on the side of the road messing with his cell phone. Officers pulled up behind him to do a motorist assist in Parker County, Texas. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer saw empty beer bottles in the rear seat passenger floorboard and asked our client if he’d been drinking. He said “no”. They ordered him to [...]

Physical Limitations Undermine Field Sobriety Tests In DWI Trial Our client worked in air conditioning service and repair. He was stopped for a traffic violation and admitted to having a couple of drinks earlier. He did terribly on the DWI sobriety tests and looked to the police and prosecutors to be very intoxicated. He was arrested and charged for DWI. At trial, we were able to show that the client had some injuries and a bad back, was overweight and that the field sobriety tests were not fair for him since there was no way he could look normal [...]

Breathalyzer Reliability Challenged In .14 BAC DWI Trial Our client was stopped for a traffic violation and admitted to having a few drinks earlier. The client did okay on the field sobriety tests, but was arrested and submitted to a breathalyzer test – the result was .14. We were able to show the jury how unreliable the breathalyzer is and how the particular breathalyzer machine used on our client had some problems. The jury found our client not guilty.

Intoxication Manslaughter Trial Turns On Valium Evidence Our client was in court accepting probation for possessing a controlled substance. After appearing before the judge and meeting with a probation officer, she drove home. On the way she fell asleep and drifted onto the shoulder of the highway, running over a man who had parked on the shoulder with car trouble, killing him instantly. Our client was arrested on the scene and taken to a hospital for a blood test which showed she had valium in her blood. The prosecutor claimed that she was intoxicated on valium and tried her for [...]

Illegal Home Entry Leads To Acquittal In Cocaine Delivery Case Our client had a prior felony conviction and was looking at a minimum of 15 years in prison if convicted of possession with intent to deliver cocaine. Police officers had a tip that he was in possession of cocaine and knocked on his door. They claimed that the client allowed them to come in where they then saw cocaine in plain view and arrested him for possession with intent to deliver. At trial we showed that our client had told the cops through his window that he did not want to talk [...]

Jury Rejects Capital Murder Charge After Coercion Evidence It was Christmas time and our client was going to walk to a holiday party. He stopped at his neighborhood convenience store to buy a scratch-off ticket – and was a winner! Just then a gang member walked in and pointed a gun at the store owner and demanded the cash. The gang member then pointed the gun at our client and told the client to grab the cigar box of money. The gunman shot the owner dead, and the gunman told our client to come with him. They drove [...]