From the Rapid City Journal in Rapid City, South Dakota
A 26 year-old male who was charged with a DUI after he failed to pass field sobriety tests at a routine traffic stop last May, has been found not guilty of driving under the influence by a jury. A great deal of controversy has surrounded the case, as the presiding judge refused to acknowledge police reports citing the suspect’s alleged intoxication, stating that no ‘scientific evidence’ was available to validate the intoxicating effects of inhalants on the body.
Under oath, the 26 year old driver testified that he had been fixing his car’s stereo system with computer duster in an attempt to reset it- not ‘huffing’ the can's contents like police presumed. However, police reports offer a different account of the incident- claiming the suspect was visibly high when stopped by officers and was very unresponsive to several key sobriety evaluations. Ultimately a panel of jurors took only 35 minutes to determine the suspect was not guilty of DUI.
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