Reckless Driving plea for defendant with .10 BAC

The defendant was pulled over at 3:16 a.m. after his left tires crossed over the center lane and stopped late at an intersection two times.  The arresting officer noted that the defendant had an obvious odor of alcohol, slurred speech, was wearing a pink wrist band from a local bar, and performed poorly on all field sobriety tests.  After being read the Tennessee implied consent law, the defendant submitted to a BAC and registered .10.

Because the field sobriety tests were performed on a severe hill, Mr. Martin got the cop to admit the field sobriety tests were suspect.  A plea was reached where the defendant plead guilty to reckless driving.  Case no. 06-093.