The defendant got into an accident and left the scene. An officer stopped him after noticing a driving pattern of weaving and going up on a curve. As the officer was talking to the defendant, he heard over the radio about a hit and run and detained the defendant until the other officer arrived and did an accident report. After the accident report was done the police started a Dui investigation. The defendant refused Field Sobriety Exercises and the breath test. The State dropped the leaving the scene of the accident and the DUI property damage. The DUI charge was reduced to a wet reckless driving.
The Defendant passed a DUI Task Force Deputy traveling at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour on the exit ramp from I-595 on to I-95 Northbound. The Defendant maintained those speeds and made over 8 lane changes within heavy traffic. The Deputy finally caught up to the Defendant’s vehicle on the Sunrise Boulevard exit ramp. The Deputy Stopped the Defendant’s vehicle and noticed the Defendant to have the odor of an alcoholic beverage, bloodshot eyes and a flushed face. The Defendant was asked to perform roadside exercises and did so. During the walk and turn exercise, the Defendant lost her balance during the instructional stance, started the exercise to early and missed touching heel to toe on 6 separate steps and used her arms for balance. On the finger to nose, the Defendant repeatedly used the incorrect portion of her finger and missed the portion of her nose that she was instructed to touch on several occasions. The Defendant was arrested for both reckless driving and DUI and submitted to the breath test which resulted in readings of .094/.094 g/210L, well above the legal limit. The Defendant was found not guilty of reckless driving and DUI after a jury trial.
The defendant was found passed out behind the wheel of his van, engine running and in gear, at a stop light around midnight. The Police were called by a concerned citizen and when they arrived they could not awaken the defendant and had to open the doors to his vehicle, put the car in park, and turn off the engine for their safety. The defendant smelled of alcohol and didn’t complete the Field Sobriety Exercises. The defendant was then placed under arrest and in a search incident to his arrest; the police found marijuana and empty beer cans in his van. The defendant retained the Ticket Clinic to represent him because a conviction from either a DUI or a Possession of Cannabis would cost him his job. The firm filed a series of aggressive motions attacking the states case in chief, challenging the validity of the breath test machine, and the right the police had to arrest the defendant in the first place. Following many court appearances and hearings the State agreed to drop the Possession of Cannabis case altogether and to lower the DUI to a Reckless Driving. The defendant was extremely happy with the offer and accepted, suffering no loss of employment.
The defendant was placed on felony community control in March of 2009 after having been found in violation of her probation in Seminole County. In May 2009 she was arrested by an Orange County Deputy Sheriff and charged with Felony Driving While License Suspended and Attaching Tag Not Assigned. The defendant retained the Ticket Clinic to represent her for both the new law violations in Orange County and the inevitable Violation of Community Control (VOCC) that would come out of Seminole County. The defendant scored a minimum 8 years in prison in the Seminole case alone. The Ticket Clinic spoke with the State Attorney’s office in Orange County and got both charges dropped. With no law violations to base their VOCC on, Seminole County had no choice but to drop the VOCC and the defendant suffered no further actions.
The defendant went shopping in a well known retail store in Port St. Lucie with her husband. After selecting merchandise, the defendant was waiting in the check-out line. Store security confronted her husband and accused him of shoplifting by placing items in his pockets. The husband fled the store. Failing to apprehend the husband, store security turned their attention to the defendant, who voluntarily remained on scene. Security accused her of assisting her husband with his alleged theft and demanded her to walk to a back office to be interrogated. Confused and feeling harassed by security, she attempted to peacefully walk out of the store; but the police were called and arrested the defendant for petit theft and resisting a merchant. After meeting with the Firm’s Treasure Coast Attorney, it became apparent to counsel that she had no knowledge of her husband’s actions and was wrongfully accused based on the unfortunate notion of “guilty by association.” Counsel immediately pulled video from the multiple cameras in the retail store. The video images clearly showed our client was simply shopping. The video images not only failed to show she was in any way assisting her husband commit a crime, it also did not show she even had knowledge of his actions. Furthermore, counsel immediately recognized that the State could not prove the “resisting merchant” charge because there was no allegation that our client intended to prevent the store from retrieving stolen merchandise, a required element to the offense. Armed with multiple defenses, counsel set the case for trial. Recognizing the strong case the Firm’s counsel was prepared to present to a jury, the prosecutor dropped all charges.
A Florida Highway Patrol Trooper pulled the defendant over in Okeechobee County for speeding 69/60 and cited him accordingly. Additionally, the trooper issued the defendant a criminal citation for allegedly attaching a tag not assigned to his vehicle. The firm’s attorney determined the trooper’s decision to issue a criminal citation for the unassigned tag was unlawful based on current case law. Counsel convinced the prosecutor to drop the criminal charge; Additionally, counsel convinced the Court to dismiss the client’s speeding ticket despite the fact the citation was lawfully written. All charges and citations dropped.
A Florida Highway Patrol Trooper pulled the defendant over in Okeechobee County for speeding 69/60 and cited him accordingly. Additionally, the trooper issued the defendant a criminal citation for allegedly attaching a tag not assigned to his vehicle. The firm’s attorney determined the trooper’s decision to issue a criminal citation for the unassigned tag was unlawful based on current case law. Counsel convinced the prosecutor to drop the criminal charge; Additionally, counsel convinced the Court to dismiss the client’s speeding ticket despite the fact the citation was lawfully written. All charges and citations dropped.
The defendant was stopped for stealing ice from a store. After completing the roadside exercises he was arrested and refused breath testing. DUI charge dropped.
A Florida Highway Patrol Trooper pulled the defendant over in Okeechobee County for speeding 69/60 and cited him accordingly. Additionally, the trooper issued the defendant a criminal citation for allegedly attaching a tag not assigned to his vehicle. The firm’s attorney determined the trooper’s decision to issue a criminal citation for the unassigned tag was unlawful based on current case law. Counsel convinced the prosecutor to drop the criminal charge; Additionally, counsel convinced the Court to dismiss the client’s speeding ticket despite the fact the citation was lawfully written. All charges and citations dropped.
A Florida Highway Patrol Trooper pulled the defendant over in Okeechobee County for speeding 69/60 and cited him accordingly. Additionally, the trooper issued the defendant a criminal citation for allegedly attaching a tag not assigned to his vehicle. The firm’s attorney determined the trooper’s decision to issue a criminal citation for the unassigned tag was unlawful based on current case law. Counsel convinced the prosecutor to drop the criminal charge; Additionally, counsel convinced the Court to dismiss the client’s speeding ticket despite the fact the citation was lawfully written. All charges and citations dropped.
The defendant was at a bar and ran into his ex-girlfriend. He was with another girl and she became upset. He left and was in his vehicle in the parking lot with his new girl. His ex-girlfriend found an off-duty police officer at the bar and explained to him that her ex-boyfriend was following her around the bar all night stalking her, and that his license was currently suspended due to a previous DUI. The officer walked out to the vehicle and asked the defendant for his license. The defendant responded that it was suspended and he was then arrested. The state made an offer of 30 days in jail and we filed a motion to suppress. After the motion was heard, the judge decided that our argument was correct and the officer had no probable cause to approach and detain the defendant. The judge granted our motion and the case was dismissed.
The defendant was involved in a traffic accident when she drifted off the side of the road and over-corrected bringing her car into the other lane, side-swiping a trailer. The defendant displayed slurred speech, watery/bloodshot eyes and trouble maintaining balance. The defendant admitted to taking 2 Darvocet pills within the last few hours. The defendant performed poorly on field sobriety exercises and was arrested for DUI. The defendant then refused to take a breath test. Result: the State dropped the DUI.
