After three years of back and forth, the DWI trial of former state official Jack Stick began today. On September 11, 2012 Stick, a former state representative, previous inspector general for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and attorney who has represented clients charged with drunk driving was pulled over for a suspected DWI. Stick refused to take the field sobriety tests. His experience representing DWI clients had led him to the conclusion that the tests were inaccurate. He was arrested for his refusal and his blood was drawn. Stick’s counsel claims Stick was sober, pointing to inadequate cause for the original stop and dash camera evidence as proof. The prosecutor says Stick’s Blood Alcohol Level (BAC) tells a different story, although the actual BAC has not been revealed publicly. Read more about this intriguing case in a great article written by Jordan Rudner for the Texas Tribune:
http://www.tdmr.org/trial-begins-for-former-state-official-accused-of-dwi-texas-tribune/