Tennessee Dui Charge Reduced (breath test above .20)

     Defendant was charged under Tennessee Dui Law with a first offense Dui.  Police obseved a vehicle backing from a parking lot with his headlights off and traveling the wrong way on a one way street.  Once the vehicle was stopped, police noted a strong smell of an alcoholic beverage on defendant's  breath.  When asked to exit the vehicle, the driver staggered and leaned against the vehicle to keep from falling.  Driver's speech was slurred, he failed the field sobriety tasks and registered a .26 on the breath test.

    Defendant was facing a mandatory 7 day jail sentence but a successful defense resulted in only a 24 hour jail sentence.  Nashville DUI Attorney Lee Martin's Case No. 06-005.