Client was an Illinois driver coming to Wisconsin on a snowy night in January. Her car slid off the road and State Troopers showed up. She had an odor of alcohol, was traveling in the wrong direction, and had priors, it was also 1:27 in the morning.
We challenged whether or not the officers had a basis to request she perform field tests. The trooper failed to include multiple things in his report and admitted that upon contact with the client, he was going to have her do field tests.
The court found the officer lacked reasonable suspicion to do field tests and suppressed all the evidence. The client had refused to submit to a test which normally is a huge problem in beating these cases. This one, not so much. An OWI conviction for an Illinois driver is a large problem for their Illinois driving privileges, client was able to walk out with all charges dismissed.