Top-Notch Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Mark Thiessen Recent Notable Victories

HOUSTON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Two notable victories for aggressive criminal defense attorney Mark Thiessen:

Not Guilty: DWI: Harris County, March 27: State of Texas v E.K.:
.140 BREATH TEST! Client hit something on I-10 that caused his car to stop driving.  And of all people to come to the rescue was Sergeant X of the DWI Task Force.  Client was a third year law student at the time of arrest and is now a current lawyer.  Assistant District Attorney prosecuted and client couldn't afford to lose, so he actually hired Jed Silverman and me.  Jed picked a great jury and systematically weaved doubt throughout the arresting officer.  He showed how the HGN doesn't really mean anything and the officer compromised the validity in his administration.  Client looked good on the Walk and Turn and One Leg Stand and then said his alphabet twice.  Client was still arrested and submitted a breath test 45 minutes after the stop of a 0.138 and 0.140.  Thiessen handled the DPS Technical Supervisor, she was young but knowledgeable.  Talked about all the inherent problems with the Intoxilyzer 5000 and then got in to specifics about the machine in this case.  The machine was a spare they put in and once the Eprom was changed, the client went from 25% random probabilities to 62%.  Something is definitely wrong with the source code.  But in the end, we were able to catch the arresting officer that he didn't properly observe the client for the required 15 minute waiting period.  So the jury heard the entire breath test evidence, then decided to suppress the breath test themselves, and found him NOT GUILTY on loss of mental and physical faculties.  Jed and my first trial together was a huge success.  We didn't even hire a breath test expert....we are the experts!!!

Not Guilty, Harris County, March 12, 2013: State of Texas vs E.S.:
.098 BLOOD TEST!!!  Client was going through a divorce and had a cocktail at his house and went for a drive.  He got pulled over for passing a car too fast on 290 by Trooper X who was training a new Trooper.  The theory of the case was: Innocent Man, Training Exercise, Insufficient Evidence.  Trooper X was very likeable and smart.  However, I systematically weaved reasonable doubt through the HGN, WAT and OLS.  The only thing the client couldn't do was say his alphabet D through T.  He tried 12 times.  But he was a 51 year old man with no kids.  The alphabet test is not validated for intoxication!  By the end of my cross, there was no loss of mental or physical faculties due to intoxication.  Could have been due to nervousness, uncoordination, or inexperience.  The client consented to blood.  The nurse did not know her predicate or procedures and it showed.  Then, I crossed the analyst from DPS and taught jury about blood testing and its pitfalls.  After hearing my cross of the blood analyst, Judge took it upon herself to actually suppress the blood test as unreliable.  Too many ways the sample could have been contaminated.  The jury still heard the score, but went back and gave a just verdict.  They followed the law, no blood test, no loss of mental or physical due to intoxication, easy... ABCDWI?  ABCNTGLTY!!!!  And, we won this case without hiring an expert to testify.

About the Thiessen Law Firm
Since the Thiessen Law Firm opened their doors is July 2011, the firm has experienced tremendous success.  Having already represented hundreds of DWI clients, achieved numerous dismissals, and won 10 jury trials, the Thiessen Law Firm has now expanded to include an associate, an attorney waiting on his Bar results, two paralegals, marketing director, process server and investigator.  The Thiessen Law Firm shares the top floor of 1221 Studewood, Houston, Texas 77008 with Jed Silverman and Associates and has another lawyer's office downstairs.  Additionally, Mark Thiessen has joined forces with attorney Chris Samuelson to create Samuelson Thiessen, L.L.P. which handles cases in Colorado as well.  

For more information on The Thiessen Law Firm, visit www.thetexastrialattorney.com

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