DWI charges dropped against Travis County judge

The charges against the judge of the County of Travis Sam Biscoe tax special were dropped.

The case of drunk driving against the Sam Biscoe Travis County judge must be rejected because diabetes could have caused problems of coordination, said prosecutors.

On Friday, September 30, 2005, Special Prosecutor Allan Williams announced are dismissed the charges for the incident in August 2004.

The judge of the County of 58-year-old was arrested and charged in August 2004, when an officer noted his vehicle to drift within a lane and not indicate a change of lane. According to the arrest affidavit, officer realized eyes bloodshot from Biscoe and a faint smell alcohol, and the judge had difficulty balancing addresses following.

Biscoe refused to take a blood alcohol test, but said the official who was on medication for diabetes and high cholesterol, said the affidavit.

"Due to the opinion of the medical experts, I have serious doubts about whether it was intoxicated, Mr. Biscoe", said Williams.

All the time, the Sam Biscoe Travis County judge has stated that he was not drunk when arrested on August 11, 2004.

On Friday, he was vindicated.

"It has been a year of great distraction, at times, the agony" said Biscoe.

Justice Biscoe says now that he is willing to put this behind him and continue to do business in the County.

The judge left the airport's bar & Grill when he was arrested last year. He admits to drink that night and did not field sobriety tests.

His doctor said Biscoe is suffering from type two Diabetes and a condition called peripheral neuropathy that causes poor balance in his legs.

Hired experts to investigate agreement.

"I have tried to govern better to drink, even at home," said Biscoe.

The judge said drinks even less now.

The judge, who has maintained his innocence, said satisfied the charge would be dismissed.

"The system worked as it is assumed that", said Biscoe. "I am satisfied with the result."

The police officer who arrested the Biscoe judge issued a statement saying that he agrees with the dismissal.

For more information about this story and to see the video of the charges that collapsed, you can visit the website of KXAN.

For additional information about the judge dismissed Travis County DWI case, visit the site of the Austin American statesman.

Statesman says Travis Richter can be used license law on the work of the driver as a loophole in administrative license revocation (ALR) cases

Recently that took a stories of the Austin American-statesman and KVUE in a number of articles and television destination in the way of driver's licenses grant people Travis County judge in the workplace, their licenses for either breath test rejection or otherwise have had a crack. The press pointed out a series of seemingly startling observations. Namely, that the Texas legislators the revocation of administrative license passed laws (ALR) to drunk drivers immediately away to get off the road and through a gap (occupational license Act), lawyers were always their customers back on the road with the help of Travis County judge. Not only the, but the lawyers have been exploiting the system and the suspension to try hearings and beat the DWI use.

Keep Whoa boy on there. You are not to jump a few conclusions of powerful Rapido.
Remember now, at the time the State of Texas these licenses Strip, some convicted no one. A policeman has just sworn the probable cause, exists for a DWI. No bones about it - made an article "Legislator at the time said they wanted to submit suspected drunk driver, a measure of rapid punishment, long before their cases in court." That's pretty frightening. Sentence first. Trial later. It is enough to shudder to all junior high students of forms of Government.

The complaint was made, that the administrative license revocation laws defense lawyers to get discovery on their DWI cases by he testify before trial the officers activated. The reason for this is as old as the fifth amendment. It is called due process. Before you can a right or a privilege, such as a driver's license or public employment services strip someone you need to them the opportunity to be afford it belongs. When, the accused the DWI case or commit preview allows the officer to specific testimony-so is it. This is the type of system. The same can be said that all pre-trial hearing in all criminal uppercase or parallel civil procedures (such as a protective order hearing as an assault charges pending is). All part of the system. Nothing nefarious. This is how it works. The State is. The State takes away, but first you need to examine me cross the witness. So what anyway. The officer testifies twice.  Maybe some DWI case, which earned thrown out get, because the witness of his stories can hold just gets thrown out. That would be would no such tragedy it?

No mention in the articles of the fact that the hapless DWI' he punished twice a suspension before trial and one gets after trial, if convicted. Or that this Travis County judges who supposedly impose hand on the Workstation licenses like regular candy (such as the law in many cases required) an ignition of interlock condition at the expense of the hundreds of dollars per year to the defendant. No mention of what we lawyers who deal with these cases a call "down time"(no_pun_intended) or "hard suspension" (a mandatory suspension, which can range from 90 days to one year for a period during which you get no operating license in certain DWI cases with previous convictions).

I think, what gnawing me on the front page of Flash is the suggestion that something shifty going on. Did you mean elected judges with their discretion, which is what we pay them to do, people are can be, so that they can go to work or on probation meetings or AA meeting. "The whole thing takes no more than 15 seconds", the statesman quoted eagerly County Court at law judge Nancy Hohengarten. I was expecting to read that the judges of these orders in the corner of the courtroom with the lights were dimmed signing on.