During the Gasparilla Parade, the Defendant was seen walking on the sidewalk, holding a red cup. The officer approached the Defendant and asked him for identification. The Defedant provided a valid driver’s license and also verbally identified himself. The officer noticed a distinct odor of alcohol coming from the Defendant’s person. The defendant also stated, “It’s just beer” when asked about the contents of his cup. The Defendant was then arrested for possession of an open container of alcohol. Results: Case was dismissed by the Judge.
The Client was charged with Felony Hit and Run involving injury to a vulnerable pedestrian and DUI with property damage. The client turned left at an intersection and struck a vulnerable person using a wheelchair while entering a crosswalk. He stopped briefly but continued driving. The client was stopped by local police and asked to perform field sobriety exercises and submit a sample of his breath. The Ticket Clinic attorney negotiated with the Assistant State Attorney. The State consented to dismiss all charges with the completion of a substance abuse evaluation and any recommended treatment.
Fatal accidents are truly terrible and unexpected events in life. They can be made even more terrible when you are charged with causing the accident even though it was truly not your fault, and it was a set of extremely unfortunate circumstances. Recently our Client was involved in an accident in Fl. The Client’s vehicle was traveling with other vehicles on US 1. Witness testimony, taken by law enforcement, indicated that a vehicle pulled out onto the roadway in front of the Client at the last minute, making the crash unavoidable. As a result of the crash, the driver of the vehicle that pulled out into the roadway passed away. The Client’s vehicle was severely damaged but he was otherwise unharmed. Law enforcement then arrived on scene and did an accident investigation. Pursuant to their accident investigation the Officers determined that the Client was going over the speed limit when the accident occurred and issued him a citation that reflected he caused her death. Our lawyers investigated the matter and set it for trial. At said trial our lawyer got law enforcement to admit that there was only on extra second of reaction time available had the Client been traveling the speed limit. In addition, our lawyer paid careful attention to the evidence that was introduced in the trial and noticed that law enforcement didn’t have any evidence that identified our driver as the driver at fault. At the conclusion of said trial the County Court Judge held that one second was not enough additional time to make this terrible accident our Client’s fault. In addition, law enforcement failed to show who was actually driving the car, which was a serious flaw in their case. The case was dismissed, and while the Client cannot celebrate because someone passed away, he can take comfort in the fact that he didn’t cause the accident as indicated by law enforcement.
The defendant was pace clocked by Officer Martin driving at a speed of 45 m.p.h. on a major highway with a 65 m.p.h. speed limit. The officer also noticed that the defendant weaved within his own lane on approximately 10 occasions. A traffic stop was initiated and the officer noticed that the defendant had an odor of alcohol, slurred speech and glassy bloodshot eyes. The defendant performed poorly on the roadside sobriety exercises and refused a breath test. Not Guilty at trial by a jury.
Client, a repo driver, was involved in a minor accident in the UCF parking garage while completing a repossession. After an investigation by the UCF PD, he was charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident. The ramifications for even a withhold of adjudication would have been a 3 year suspension of our client's repossession license based on the fact his crime could have been considered "directly related to" his license. After presenting the State will all relevant mitigation, the State agreed to a civil infraction. Based upon diligent research, and attentive lawyering, we were able to spare our client an extreme hardship of losing his means of providing for his family.
The client was involved in an accident. Police were called to the scene and noticed that the Client smelled of alcohol and had trouble balancing and had slurred speech. The officers did a DUI investigation and noted in their report that the Client performed the roadside sobriety exercises poorly. He was arrested for DUI and transported to jail where he provided a breath sample that was more than three times the legal limit. To make matters worse this was the second time within five years that the Client had received a DUI. The Firm was retained by the Client and immediately investigated the case. The Firm discovered that while the officers stated in their report that the Client did poorly on the sobriety exercises, there was no video evidence to support this claim. If fact, the video of the Client at the jail showed the Client looking very sober, despite giving a breath sample that was very high above the legal limit. It was then discovered that the client had diabetes. The Firm hired a medical expert that was willing to testify that the Client’s breath alcohol could have been under the legal limit based upon the Clients medical condition and the false positive for alcohol that it can cause. It took more than two years of work, but the Firm finally got the State to agree to dismiss the DUI.
The Police stopped the Defendant when he drove at a high rate of speed in a 25 mph zone and forced some pedestrians to run out of the way to avoid being hit. The officer noticed the smell of alcohol coming from the defendant’s breath. He also had glassy, bloodshot eyes and flushed cheeks. The defendant admitted that he had consumed 5 drinks at a friend’s house as well as some sleeping pills. The officer had the defendant perform 3 roadside exercises, and he did poorly on all 3. The defendant provided a breath sample that was almost twice the legal limit. He was arrested for DUI with a Breath over .15. The attorney for the firm filed a motion contesting the breath results. The attorney argued that the breath should not be admissible because the testing of the breathalyzer did not comply with FDLE regulations. The motion was granted. The State dropped the DUI charge.
The client was pulled over by law enforcement for not having a center placed rear view mirror on their truck. Law enforcement discovered that the client was operating the vehicle without any valid driver license and arrested the client. The Ticket Clinic Attorneys got on the case and filed a motion to contest the Constitutionality of the police pulling over the client in the first place. As the client did have a side rear-view mirror on their truck, which is all that is required under Florida law, the Office of the State Attorney could not contest the motion and dropped all criminal charges.
A vehicle was stopped by the Delray Police Department for having its headlights and taillights off during evening hours. Upon making contact with the driver, the officer observed that the driver appeared impaired as she had slow comprehension, slurred speech and glassy and bloodshot eyes. The driver also was unable to maintain her balance upon exiting her vehicle. After admitting to having a glass of wine and several shots, the driver was asked to perform field sobriety exercises to dispel the officer’s belief that the driver was impaired by alcohol. During the exercises, the driver swayed and used her arms for balance and did not complete some of the exercises properly. The defendant was arrested and a breath test revealed that the driver had an illegal amount of alcohol in her system to be driving. The driver turned to The Ticket Clinic for representation. The DUI charge was ultimately dismissed and the driver avoided having to place an interlock device in her car and avoided an additional license suspension.
A Deputy came upon a vehicle that was parked in the median with the motor running. Upon approaching the vehicle, the deputy observed the driver passed out in the driver’s seat. The unconscious driver was transported to the hospital by ambulance. Believing that the driver was impaired by alcohol and was unable to consent to a breath test due to being unconscious, a forced blood draw was conducted to determine the driver’s blood alcohol level. Upon examination of the blood, it was determined that the driver had a blood alcohol level that was over twice the legal limit. The driver was then charged with Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. After retaining The Ticket Clinic to defend her on the DUI charge, the DUI charge was dismissed and she avoided an additional license suspension.
The Client was charged with Exploitation of an Elderly Person after law enforcement believed he was stealing his parents money while living with them. The Firm was retained to help and immediately began pouring through the voluminous evidence in the case, mostly consisting of bank records and witness statements of other family members. After the Firm’s investigation, the Defense uncovered that what appeared to be over $5,000.00 in unrecovered monies, was in fact, at most, possibly around $300.00. In addition, the Firm argued to the State that it couldn’t be established that this money wasn’t used to take care of the Client’s parents. This fact, combined with the fact that the parents had signed a very broad power of attorney in order to allow the Client to take care of them, convinced the State Attorney’s Office to drop all criminal charges.
The Florida Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle that was travelling southbound in the northbound HOV lane of Interstate 95. Upon stopping the vehicle, the trooper could detect the odor of alcohol coming from the driver and inside the vehicle. The driver was asked to perform field sobriety exercises. While performing these exercises, the driver was unsteady on his feet and nearly fell over. He also had difficulty counting and reciting the alphabet. The driver was then arrested for DUI. A breath test was conducted where the driver blew over twice the legal limit of alcohol. After hiring The Ticket Clinic, the driver’s DUI charge was eventually dismissed and he avoided an additional suspension of his license.
