trial outcome: not guilty all counts.
In this case Mr. Hiltzheimer’s client was charged with Driving While Impaired and Failure to Maintain Lane Control following a motorcycle accident. The client was found in a ditch under the bike with serious injuries, and blood analysis revealed a BAC of .14. Following a technical challenge to the state’s evidence regarding the timing of the accident, which was never established, the court found that the BAC was not proven to be within a “relevant time after the driving,” as required by North Carolina law. As a result, the Court found the firm’s client NOT GUILTY of both counts.