Our client was arrested and eventually charged with a second DUI inside of 5 years. Upon reviewing the evidence, our attorney filed not one, but two motions to suppress evidence. After being unsuccessful in having the traffic stop declared improper, our attorney was able to successfully argue that the field sobriety exercises were coerced by law enforcement. The Court rules that the field sobriety exercises could not be introduced as evidence. On the day of trial, the State agreed to reduce the charge to Reckless Driving, with minimal sanctions. The amendment allowed our client to avoid the mandatory 10 days in jail that come with a 2nd DUI inside of 5 years.
Our client was hit by a driver who was making an illegal left turn; and as a result of the crash, the State obtained a blood sample showing that our client had a blood alcohol level nearly 3 times the legal limit. The State filed its Information nearly 18 months later, charging our client with DUI with Property Damage and DUI over .15. Our client was facing a 1 year revocation of his license and up to 364 days in jail. The Ticket Clinic attorney sent the State Attorney's Office a sworn motion to dismiss, arguing that the 18 month delay violated the statute of limitations on the DUI enhanced charge and that because our client was not at fault in the accident, the State could not prove the DUI with property damage charge. After reviewing our motion to dismiss, the State Attorney's Office conceded the motion and dismissed all charges against our client.
Our client's car was seen facing the wrong direction at a dead end. Witnesses said they saw our client driving in the wrong direction earlier. Police made contact with the driver who was sweating, unable to communicate well, and his eyes appeared to be bloodshot. An extremely strong odor of alcohol was observed. The driver's speech was slurred and the driver was uncooperative. Roadside exercises were requested, but refused. After the arrest, a breath test was requested and agreed to. The results were .146 and .148. After working on the case for months, Ticket Clinic lawyers were able to convince the State Attorney's office to drop the DUI charge.
Officers saw our client driving at a high rate of speed. As the vehicle approached an intersection, the driver went around the stopped vehicles to get around the other cars. According to the officer the driver appeared to be impaired and there was an open container in the car. The driver was asked to perform roadside exercises and he refused. A breath test was requested and refused. Ticket Clinic lawyers took over the case. A Motion to Suppress was filed and granted in part. Even though our client had another recent DUI arrest, we were able to get this DUI charge dropped.
The client was violated on his probation from over two decades ago. In looking into the case, it appears the probation and the clerks were not aware of the what the "left hand was doing from the right hand". After researching the case, we were able to prove that our client completed all the conditions and there was an error in violating him. Upon confirmation of the court, the violation was dismissed.
Our client was charged with a DUI after an officer noticed a 'suspicious driving patter' and signs of impairment at the traffic stop. Our client does not speak much English. In looking at the discovery, the officers noted he understood the instructions during the time of the field sobriety exercises. They also noted he understood the implied consent warnings prior to requesting a breath sample. However, these same officers failed to turn over the video that provided the bases for the arrest. Further, in looking deep into the discovery of the case, Attorney Jonathon Alford was able to find a document, a single document out of all the paperwork, that stated our client did not understand his Miranda Rights due to a language barrier. Based upon our hard work highlighting the issues of the case, our client was offered a reduced plea to a wet-reckless.
Our client was arrested and charged with his second DUI. Upon reviewing the evidence, our attorney filed a Motion to Suppress based on an illegal traffic stop, as well as an illegal detention of our client with no cause to request Field Sobriety Exercises. Prior to having a hearing on the Motion, the Office of the State Attorney contacted our attorney and informed him that they agreed with his Motion and promptly dismissed the case against our client.
After a 911 call about a male in a vehicle causing a commotion, an investigation led to our client being charged with DUI. Upon reviewing the case, our attorney filed a Motion to Suppress evidence based on numerous grounds, including that the vehicle was inoperable. Law enforcement on scene indicated the vehicle was inoperable numerous times. Our attorneys attempted to negotiate that fact with the State while the motion was pending, but the State insisted on prosecuting our client. At the hearing, the judge ruled in favor of our client, and all of the evidence of the alleged DUI was suppressed and unable to be used in court. The State subsequently dismissed the charge against our client.
On January 23, 2021, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Officer was on patrol in Hillsborough County. At approximately 5:20pm, he noticed a blue and white center console vessel approaching the Williams Park boat ramp. The FWC officer could not see any vehicle safety inspection sticker on the vessel. The FWC officer approached the driver of the boat. While speaking with the defendant, the officer noted a difficulty in providing the documents requested. During the safety inspection, numerous cans of beer were seen inside a hatch on the stern of the boat. The Defendant admitted to consuming about 5 beers and was taken into custody for a BUI investigation. The officer conducted the seated field sobriety exercises and impairment was detected. The officer placed the Defendant under arrest for BUI. The Defendant refused to submit to a breath test.
Result: The firm set the case for trial, but before the trial date the State dropped the BUI charge.
Our client was arrested and charged with a second DUI after he was found to be driving the wrong way on Interstate 4 near Orlando. Officers made contact with him and he refused to complete Field Sobriety Exercises. After he was placed under arrest, he submitted to a breath test with a result of .255, over 3 times the legal limit. Upon review of the evidence, our attorney filed a Motion to Suppress evidence, based on the grounds that our client was subject to an unlawful traffic stop and was not properly informed of the potential consequences of refusing to complete the Field Sobriety Exercises. Prior to a hearing on our Motion to Suppress, the State offered to allow our client to plea to a reduced charge of Reckless Driving and avoid a conviction.
The client was stopped for speeding. Once stopped the officer believed the defendant was impaired by alcohol and asked the client to submit to sobriety exercises. The client performed well but was still arrested for DUI. After a long amount of time passed the client submitted to a breath sample that was more than 3 times the legal limit. The firm immediately requested the video in the case. It was argued to the Assistant State Attorney that the DUI should be dismissed as a result of the conflicting evidence presented by the good sobriety exercises, and the high breath sample. After the trial in the matter was delayed several times due to the pandemic, that State finally agreed to dismiss the DUI.
The client called our office for an very unusual issue regarding his past DUI. In what appeared to be a clerical error, a warrant was issued for our client on a Violation of Probation, 13 years later. Our client was booked in on that warrant in South Florida. Surprisingly, the arresting agency issues another warrant based on a different clerical error. On November 3, 2021, The Ticket Clinic's team was able to have the warrant(s) address, and dismiss any outstanding warrants that would potentially harm our client. This was a rarity, as it was done in chambers without a adversarial hearing. Our client was able to gather the supporting documents of his past probation, and we expect to have underlying VOP dismissed in addition to the warrants being recalled.
