January 09, 2009

• Steven Topazio wrote this April 26, 2014 at 6:11 pm

The defendant was observed by a civilian operator who called the police about the defendant’s erratic operation. The defendant, who was stopped at 2:20 a.m., produced a driver’s license which had a 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. driving restriction. The officer had the defendant perform various field sobriety tests, all of which he failed and he was arrested for OUI and unlicensed operation. At the station, the defendant was advised of his right to submit to a chemical test, but was unable to complete the test satisfactorily. The defendant hired Attorney Topazio to represent him. The defendant, who couldn’t recall much of events surrounding his arrest as a result of blacking out from alcohol consumption, requested that Attorney Topazio negotiate a favorable plea. Today, Attorney Topazio convinced the Court to dismiss the unlicensed operation charge and to sentence the defendant to an alcohol education program, thus avoiding the 60 day mandatory jail sentence that would follow a conviction for a conviction for a second offense OUI.