It happened early in the morning on April 3, 2010. The officer who pulled the trooper over called Williams to the scene for a second opinion. Williams looked to his commanding officer for a third opinion.
In a taped conversation, Williams can be heard talking to police dispatch.
Williams: "I need you to call Major Moss' home number."
Dispatcher: "Yessir."
Williams: "Advise him that I have a trooper stopped. He is a captain with the Highway Patrol and he is extremely 10-55."
The term "10-55" is police speak for drunk. However, in court Wednesday, testimony from the officer who pulled the trooper over sounded very different.
"I never said he was drunk or intoxicated because I didn't feel he was," said former officer Daniel Parott "I just wanted a second opinion."
The state suggested that the officer, who has since been fired over this incident, and Williams worked out their story in advance.
Williams' case may rest on a much more basic question -- was the trooper actually drunk at the time?
The trooper was never given a sobriety test so the question whether the trooper was drunk will always be impossible to answer.
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