A six-member jury acquitted former Dallas police officer Dwight Govan of driving while intoxicated Thursday.

The verdict came after Govan’s attorney, George Milner III, successfully argued that the prosecutors had not proven he was drunk at the time he was behind the wheel. Govan was arrested on January 26, 2008, after he ran into a Toyota Camry at a stop light. As the other driver checked out the damage to his bumper, Govan drove away, heading the wrong way on Victory Avenue.

Govan was arrested after failing field sobriety tests, police said. He declined to take blood-alcohol breath and blood tests. The field sobriety tests, however, were not conducted until nearly two hours after the accident.

Senior Cpl. Mike Bryan testified that even though Govan failed the tests later, he could not say whether he was intoxicated when he was behind the wheel, because it takes time for alcohol to be absorbed into a person’s bloodstream.

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