The Defendant was a tenant living in an apartment rented by a female landlord. Numerous complaints were made by both the tenant regarding the living conditions of the home as well as the landlord regarding the upkeep of the premesis. After multiple confrontations with the landlord’s boyfriend, a meeting was set up to review contract work at the apartment. The landlord and the Defendant had scheduled a time for the premises to be inspected. During the inspection, the Defendant was accused of picking up a notebook and hitting the landlord’s boyfriend on the hand which caused a cut to his finger and destroyed his camera. The officer who arrived wrote a report detailing the incident and indicated that the Defendant admitted to hitting the landlord’s boyfriend with a rolled up newspaper. However, the Firm was hired to handle the case and brought out numerous problems to the State Attorneys Office. The State of Florida wanted the Defendant to pay $200.00 for a dismissal of the charges. The Defendant declined that offer due to her innocence. The Firm pointed out to the State that the officer had written a second report where he told a different story regarding this being an accident. In addition, this boyfriend was not acting as an agent of the landlord and had no right to be in the Defendant’s home. The State reviewed the case after the Firm was hired and dismissed all criminal charges against the Defendant.
The Defendant was charged with reckless driving on a motorcycle. The firm set the case for trial on the grounds that the alleged conduct of the reckless driver was high-fiving another motorcycle driver and popping wheelies, and because client was hit by an IED blast in Iraq he was not able to perform said acts. All charges were dismissed the day of trial.
The Defendant was seen by a Palm Beach Gardens officer stopped in the middle of the road. The officer observed that the driver's door was open and the defendant was in the process of getting out of the driver’s seat. The Defendant continually ignored verbal commands to step away from the truck while continuing to reach around his back and into the car for something. The Defendant finally staggered backwards and was taken into custody for his safety. The officer said he appeared disheveled and his eyes were watery and he appeared sleepy. He also smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from him. The DUI officer showed up and said that the Defendant had very slurred speech and mumbled speech. His face was also flushed. When asked how much he had to drink, he said he had “more than a few”. He said he had been drinking at a comedy club. His tire on his car was flat and when asked about that he said “I don’t know what I hit.” After performing poorly on roadsides, he was arrested for DUI. He refused to give a sample of his breath. The Firm negotiated with the State Attorney’s office through a close review of all of the State’s discovery and ultimately was able to convince the State to drop the DUI charges.
The Defendant was charged with racing, a driving offense that could easily result in a automatic one year driving suspension. The court documents provided to the Firm with respect to the case did not give enough specific facts about the nature of the case and as a result the State Attorney’s Office agreed to dismiss all charges.
The Defendant was charged with racing, a driving offense that could easily result in a automatic one year driving suspension. The court documents provided to the Firm with respect to the case did not give enough specific facts about the nature of the case and as a result the State Attorney’s Office agreed to dismiss all charges.
The police stopped the defendant’s vehicle for running a stop sign. Two officers approached the vehicle and both smelled the odor of cannabis emanating from the car. When the officers advised the defendant that they could smell cannabis, the defendant admitted he had marijuana in the car and handed over a cigarette pack containing five marijuana cigarettes. The police asked for a drivers license, and the defendant told the police that he did not have a valid license. The firm took the case to trial. The No Valid Drivers License charge was dismissed by the judge. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty on the Possession of Cannabis charge.
The Defendant was clocked speeding by an officer. The officer followed the Defendant who would not stop or respond to sirens. The Defendant continued running red lights while being pursued by two different officers. Finally, while at the final red light, the Defendant ran the light, jumped over a median with his vehicle and sped off in the opposite direction. The Firm took multiple depositions bringing out different defenses through the officers testimony. After discussing the depositions with the State of Florida, the State dropped all felony charges against the Defendant.
The police observed the defendant make an improper turn and swerve repeatedly into other lanes. The police attempted to pull the defendant over, but the defendant continued to drive for a number of blocks. After the defendant pulled over, the officer noticed an odor of alcohol coming from the defendant. The defendant also had glassy blood shot eyes and a flushed face. The defendant agreed to do roadside exercises, and according to the officer, she was not able to complete any of them. She agreed to do a breath test and blew over the legal limit. The firm filed a motion to suppress the results of the breath test. After the motion was granted, the State agreed to drop the DUI charge.
The defendant was the driver of a vehicle that lost control, running over shrubbery and eventually striking a tree. The vehicle then burst into flames. After paramedics arrived, the defendant admitted to being the driver and losing control of the vehicle. Observations were made that were consistent with an impaired driver, roadside exercises were performed on the scene and the defendant was arrested. The defendant refused to take a breath and urine test. DUI charge dropped.
A witness saw the defendant stumble out of a bar and enter her vehicle. The witness flagged down police and informed them that he was worried that the defendant was impaired and was about to drive off. The police approached the vehicle and found the defendant sitting in the driver seat with the engine running. The officer observed the defendant to have red watery eyes, flushed face, slurred speech and the odor of alcohol on her breath. The defendant refused roadside exercises and the breath test. The firm prepared the case for trial. On the day of trial, the State Attorney dismissed all charges.
The Defendant drove to her ex husband’s house where she appeared drunk. The ex husband called the police and upon arrival, the officers made contact with the Defendant. The ex husband told the officers that the Defendant had driven there and was drunk. The officers instituted a DUI investigation. The Defendant performed poorly on roadsides and was arrested for DUI. At the jail, the Defendant gave a breath sample of .307 and .314 (almost 4 times the legal limit). The Firm immediately contacted the State Attorneys Office after being hired and pointed out that the 4th District Court of Appeal had ruled that an independent witness calling in an impaired driver (without the officer’s personally viewing the driving or defendant being in actual physical control) it results in an unlawful arrest for DUI. The Officer wrote in his report that he based his investigation on the ex husband’s statement. The State of Florida, after initially filing the charges for Driving Under the Influence, agreed with the Firm and dismissed the charges for DUI.
On 4/9/11, at 3:27 am, a Tampa Police officer observed a vehicle traveling in front of him drifting repeatedly within the inside lane. The vehicle then began to drift entirely over the lane marker to the outside lane. The vehicle did this 3 times. The officer then observed the vehicle drift from the inside lane toward the median. The vehicle's tires on the driver's side briefly made contact with the median. At that point, the officer initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle was very slow to react to the lights and siren, but eventually pulled into a parking lot and stopped. Upon making contact with the driver, the officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from her breath. The Defendant also had slurred speech and red watery eyes. The Defendant forgot to produce proof of insurance when requested and when asked to exit the vehicle, she stumbled. A DUI investigator was called to the scene. The Defendant agreed to perform field sobriety exercises. On the walk and turn, she failed to maintain her balance, did not touch heel to toe and lost her balance during the turn. On the one leg stand, she swayed while balancing. On the Finger to Nose test she failed to touch her nose 3 times. The Defendant was then arrested for DUI. The Defendant’s breath sample results were .082 and .073. Result: The case was set for trial, but before the trial began, the DUI charge was dropped by The State.
