OWI / PAC Causing Injury – Vernon County (March 2023)

Result: Blood-Test Result Suppressed

Handled By: Attorney Corey Chirafisi

Summary: Following a head-on collision with injuries, the client was charged with felony OWI Causing Great Bodily Harm after a .178 BAC result. Attorney Chirafisi demonstrated that officers told the client he was under arrest for a felony before probable cause for that charge existed. The court agreed that the misstatement invalidated the client’s decision to submit to testing and suppressed the blood evidence. The case remains pending, but the suppression ruling fundamentally weakened the prosecution’s case.

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