[Dueller]

Thanks for your condolences.

As to the cop, I've turned over the perjury issue to the DA and AG. Outta my hands now.

I know some of you think that as an advocate for my client I give a side that favors his case or that I cop bash. One of my strong points as a criminal defense attorney is that I earnestly play devil's advocate in my own cases. Often I am more critical in this analysis than the prosecutor. It has served me well and I have enjoyed a modicum of success largely because I am so critical of my own clients. In this particular case, I am just appalled at the outcome...not because I lost but because it just ain't right what happened to my guy.

Even tho I had 4 of the 5 charges thrown out, my client now has a DUI conviction. Not the end of the world but that entails a $950 fine, requirement to maintain assigned risk insurance for the next three years at $150/mo, required to attend 4 week course on alcohol safety, license suspension for 90 days, 48 hours jail time (suspended) and 2 years unsupervised probabtion. Qiute a pinch for a "bogus" DUI.