The defendant was stopped after a DUI officer received a call about an impaired driver. The officer observed a vehicle which matched the description of the vehicle from the anonymous report. The officer followed the vehicle and witnessed its left side tires cross the fog line. The vehicle then swerved in its lane a total of 3 times to the left, then drifted once to the right side of its lane. The vehicle then drifted outside of its lane 3 more times within a ½ mile distance. The defendant stopped past the stop bar as it approached a red light. At that point, the officer initiated a traffic stop. Upon making contact with the defendant, the officer immediately detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage and had red-watery eyes. The defendant stated he had not been drinking. The defendant tripped as he exited his truck. The defendant then stated he had consumed 1 beer. The defendant refused Field Sobreity Exercises. The defendant was then arrested. Upon a search of the defendant’s vehicle, a large cup half filled with an unknown alcoholic beverage was found in the front driver’s side cup holder. The drink was cold and had ice in it. A 1.7 liter bottle of Svedka vodka was found in the back seat. The defendant refused to take the breath test. Result: State dropped the DUI charge.
Our client was stopped by the police for riding his bicycle at night without lights. He was immediately searched and the officer discovered a handgun tucked into his waistband. The client was arrested and charged with Felony Carrying a Concealed Firearm. The attorneys at the firm convinced the prosecutors that they would be unable to prove several important elements of the crime and the prosecution agree to drop all felony charges.
Our client was pulled over for having an obstructed tag. When the officer approached, he noticed an overwhelming odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. He then asked our client to exit the vehicle. While searching the vehicle, the officer found a grinder, rolling papers, and marijuana. Our client was then arrested. After 9 months, the State dismissed the charges.
On March 15, 2014, The Defendant was involved in an accident where he crossed over the center median striking his side to the front of another vehicle. The Defendant then traveled across all of the southbound lanes of Belcher Rd striking the concrete wall. The Defendant was charged with Reckless driving, careless driving and no proof of insurance. Result: the firm filed a motion to dismiss, and before the motion could be heard, the State Attorney dismissed all of the charges.
The defendant was stopped for speeding (65mph in a 45mph zone). Upon contact with the defendant, the deputy noticed a strong odor of alcoholic beverages on his breath and his eyes were bloodshot and glassy. The defendant kept repeating questions related to his stop. The defendant performed poorly on field sobriety exercises and post Miranda admitted to taking multiple shots of whiskey earlier in the evening. The defendant submitted to breath samples of .145 and .137 breath alcohol content. Result: State dropped the DUI charge.
The client was charged with DUI after he was stopped for not having any lights on while driving at 2 a.m. The client performed the field sobriety exercises as requested and made several mistakes with both his balance and the alphabet and then refused a breath sample. The Firm took the case to a jury trial and argued that the Defendant was not impaired but instead he had a torn ACL, attention deficit disorder, and dyslexia. The Jury agreed and quickly returned a verdict of not guilty on the DUI charge.
Defendant was found asleep in a car in the middle of the road. There was a question whether she was in the driver's seat or passenger seat. (officer says driver's seat) She was found partially naked and told officers that she had just had sex with her boyfriend and was "wasted". After doing a roadsides she was arrested for DUI. The defendant refused a breath test. DUI charge dropped just before trial.
The defendant was involved in an accident where he rear-ended a car stopped at a traffic light. He then jumped out of the vehicle and fled on foot. Shortly after, he was arrested by the police after he was caught in an alley less than a block away. The officers stated that he had trouble standing, had an odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech, and bloodshot eyes. He claimed that he was not driving and that the person that was driving had fled on foot. He claimed that he was trying to catch the real driver. The officers located surveilance video showing the defendant exiting the vehicle. The video only showed one person exiting the vehicle and that person fit the descrption of the defendant. He was charged with DUI, DUI with injuries, and DUI with property damage. After taking the depositions of all the witnesses, the state agreed that their case had holes in it and dropped the cases.
The defendant was charged with DUI. The Officer in the case alleged that the defendant almost hit his vehicle and once detained, the Defendant had symptoms of alcohol impairment. The defendant then gave a breath sample that was three times in excess of the legal limit. The Firm was able to exclude the breath sample after filing a motion. The Firm also obtained the video of the defendant and he had performed excellently on the video. As a result the State dropped the DUI charge.
On August 24, 2015, on the Florida Turnpike, a Florida State Trooper alleged our client was traveling at a speed over 90 mph and aggressively weaving in and out of traffic. The Trooper stated his patrol car he reached 100 mph but he could not catch up to our client due to our client committing over 15 lane changes, cutting off other vehicles, and aggressively tailgating vehicles. After a nearly 3 mile pursuit, the Trooper pulled over our client, charged him with reckless driving and took him to jail. After presenting the State with case law and previous decisions in similar cases, as well as attacking inconsistencies in the Trooper’s report, the State agreed to drop the criminal charge.
On October 14, 2015, Florida Highway Patrol stopped our client for failing to stop at a right light. Upon further investigation, the Trooper discovered our client did not have a valid Florida Driver’s License or license from any other State. The Trooper cited our client with a criminal charge for not having a driver’s license. Once we started working on the case, we immediately found holes in the State’s evidence and pressed them to trial, choosing the first date the court had available. On the morning of trial the State was unprepared and was forced to dismiss all charges, criminal and civil, against our client.
On August 23, 2015, our client was traveling westbound on State Road 408 at approximately 10 pm. While traveling our client struck an unknown object or vehicle in the roadway and came to a complete stop, her car could not move. An unmarked Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy witnessed our client’s car coming to a stop in the middle of the highway and activated his emergency lights stopping traffic. When backup police officers arrived, they noticed our client was dazed, confused, had bloodshot eyes, slow and slurred speech, and smelled of alcohol. Our client admitted to drinking margaritas at Rocco’s Tacos earlier in the night. After performing field sobriety exercises, the deputy arrested our client and took her to jail. At the jail, our client refused to provide a breath sample. After reviewing the evidence with the State’s prosecutor, showing him the absence of evidence that our client’s driving was at all dangerous, showing they could not prove the crash was her fault, the strengths in her field sobriety exercises and the State not having a breath sample, we were able to get the DUI charge against our client dropped.
