Charge Reduced, Probation, & Small Fine

My client was charged with Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (DUI-D) after causing an accident on I-25. My client hit her head during the accident and could not remember what happened. The officer, after finding out that my client took doctor-prescribed anti-anxiety medication, charged her with DUI-D. The blood results showed a minimal amount of medication in her system. I retained a forensic toxicologist that reviewed the case and wrote a letter stating that in his expert opinion my client was not impaired by the amount of medication in her blood at the time of the accident. Still, the deputy district attorney refused to dismiss the DUI-D charges. We set the case for trial and motions. At motions, the deputy district attorney was unable to demonstrate probable cause to demand a blood draw, and the blood results were suppressed. The deputy district attorney was forced to dismiss the DUI, and my client ended up pleading guilty to Careless Driving for the accident with 6 months of unsupervised probation and a small fine.