The defendant was stopped by a sheriff’s deputy for having tint too dark and weaving repeatedly while on Oakland Park Boulevard. Upon stopping the defendant, the Deputy noticed the defendant to have an odor of alcoholic beverage, bloodshot watery eyes, and slurred speech and was clearly unsteady on his feet. The defendant then participated in roadside exercises and performed poorly. The defendant then refused a breath test and was arrested for DUI. After a jury was selected, the State dropped all DUI charges.
The Defendant was charged with DUI and five additional traffic citations. The officer alleged that the client was driving down a road without his lights on, at 20 miles per hour over the speed limit and then jerked his vehicle into oncoming traffic. The State attorney was offering jail time on the case so the Firm set the case for trial. On the day of trial the firm illustrated to the State that the video in this case was inconsistent with the officer’s report. As a result the State agreed to drop the DUI charge.
The Defendant was seen by two independent witnesses driving all over the road, speeding and ran someone off the road in Key West. An independent police officer then witnessed the Defendant driving on the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic. The Defendant was stopped. His eyes were glassy, he looked like he was in a trance and an odor of alcohol was coming from his breath. He admitted that he drank 2 Jim Beam and Diet Cokes. The Defendant was unsteady on his feet, was swaying from side to side and had slurred speech. After performing poorly on roadsides, the Defendant was arrested and placed in the back of the police car where he almost immediatley fell asleep and had to be woken up. He was taken to the jail where he refused to give a sample of his breath to determine the alcohol content. The Firm filed numerous motions including a motion to suppress for lack of probable cause to arrest, motion to exclude the HGN exercize, motion to suppress the field sobriety exercises, and motions to exclude the refusal based upon audio issues at the jail and an incorrect reading of implied consent. After setting all the motions for hearings in front of the judge, and after the State Attorney met with the arresting officer, the State agreed to dismiss the charges for Driving Under the Influence.
According to the police, they came into contact with the Defendant and smelled the odor of cannabis. They eventually arrested the Defendant for Possession Cannabis. The attorney for the firm investigated the case, and was able to get the Defendant into a program for first time offenders. Upon completion of the program, the attorney for the firm was able to get the prosecutor to drop the case completely.
The defendant was observed driving the wrong way. When the officer got behind the defendant, he observed him drive over a concrete median. The officer then pulled the defendant over. When he approached the vehicle, he noticed the defendant was fumbling with his wallet, and had an odor of alcohol, and was slurring his speech. The officer requested that the defendant perform field sobriety exercises, but he refused. He also refused to provide a breath sample. The officer arrested the defendant and took him to jail. After hearing 2 motions, the state dropped the DUI charge.
According to the police, they came into contact with the Defendant and smelled the odor of cannabis. They eventually arrested the Defendant for Possession Cannabis. The attorney for the firm investigated the case, and was able to get the Defendant into a program for first time offenders. Upon completion of the program, the attorney for the firm was able to get the prosecutor to drop the case completely.
The defendant was involved and was the cause of a head on collision. When officers arrived on scene the defendant was noticed to have an odor of alcoholic beverage, bloodshot watery eyes, slurred speech and was unsteady on her feet. The defendant was asked to do roadside sobriety exercises and performed poorly. The defendant admitted she was at a bar and was drinking. She submitted to the breath test and came in over the legal limit at .127/.130 g/210 L. The firm filed motions to suppress statements, the roadside exercises and the breath test. All motions were granted and the state dropped all DUI charges.
The Defendant was charged with reckless driving after an officer observed him swerving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed. The Defendant was in the Army, pending deployment to Afghanistan and needed the case resolved immediately. Any criminal convictions would revoke his military security clearance and render him un-deployable. After researching the officer’s arrest affidavit, the attorney challenged the legality of the stop with the state attorney’s office. The attorney’s challenge resulted in the state deciding to drop the charge completely.
The defendant was charged with driving on a suspended license with knowledge due to a pending DUI charge. Upon meeting with the firm’s attorney, the defendant was adamant that although she knew she had a pending DUI charge, she was unaware that her license was suspended from it. When the State would not back down from seeking a 45 day jail sentence, the firm’s attorney took the case to trial. During trial, counsel cross examined the arresting officers of both the suspended license charge and the pending DUI charge. Despite the State’s efforts to claim the Defendant must have had knowledge, counsel persuaded the Judge otherwise. Our client was found NOT GUILTY and was completely acquitted of all charges.
Defendant was stopped by police after receiving a call from a citizen who noticed a white male walking in front of them with poor balance and that he was stumbling as he walked. The Caller also said that the male was fumbling with his car keys. Police noticed Def. parked off the side of the road. When the Police Officer made contact with Def. he noticed the Def. had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath and person. The Police Officer also noticed Def. had bloodshot and glassy eyes and his speech was slow and sluggish, and at times he seemed confused. Def. performed poorly on field sobriety exercises and was arrested for DUI. Def. was transported to the Breath Alcohol Testing Facility where he submitted to a breath test. The results were .183 and .187 more than double the legal limit. DUI charge dropped.
The Defendant was observed traveling southbound along South Congress Avenue from Summit Blvd. and was drifting in and out of the center lane several times. The vehicle was also traveling 10 mph under the speed limit of 40 mph. Additionally, the vehicle kept randomly applying its brakes for no area to stop and turn. After making a turn onto Forest Hill Blvd., the vehicle drifted out of its lane with the left wheels passing the lane lines continuously. The vehicle was then stopped and the driver had a noticeable slur to her speech and had red, glassy eyes. Additionally, the driver smelled like alcohol. She said she left Clematis and had a few drinks. She performed poorly on roadside exercises and couldn’t even recite the alphabet correctly. The video of the driving pattern did in fact show the Defendant fail to maintain a lane one time. After being arrested, the Defendant gave a breath sample of a .130 and .121. The firm filed a Motion to Suppress arguing that the Defendant was stopped without probable cause of a traffic infraction and without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. The Firm cross-examined the officer pointing out inconsistencies with his testimony and what the video evidence showed. The Judge granted the motion to suppress which resulted in all physical evidence (including the breath test results) being thrown out. Subsequently, the State dismissed the charges pending against the Defendant for Driving Under the Influence.
