Though Grady said that he was acting with "great reluctance" because of his regard for law enforcement, he sided with Gallardo. The judge said the officers had "misled" him about whether Gallardo had asked for a lawyer or waived her right to counsel and spoken willingly. His rationale: that someone with so much experience with the criminal justice system — and so hostile to the officers who stopped her — would no doubt ask for a lawyer, as well as the government's failure, in his mind, to prove she did not make such a request.