Speeding Physician Gets Arrested for DUI  William C. Head  Case
Conclusion Date:January 12, 2009  Practice Area:DUI / DWI
Outcome:Case Called for Trial, Pre-Trial Motions Conducted
Description:After dinner with another couple, a local physican
and his spouse were driving back to their Buckhead area
condominium when he was stopped for driving 59 in a 35 mph zone.
The State trooper smelled alcohol and and asked him to "exit the
vehicle". When field tests were started, the physician started
talking about the fact that their condo was 300 yards away, and
asked the trooper to let them go home. The trooper declined to
allow that, and continued trying to conduct his roadside
sobriety evaluations. A video showed the manner of administering
the horizontal gaze nystagmus evaluation (eye test) to the
suspect, and the evaluation was done incorrectly by the trooper.
In addition, the wife tried to step out to see what was
happening, because she could hear conversation between the two
men and that the trooper was raising