RECENT COURT VICTORIES

An officer of the Orlando Police Department charged our client with battery after a verbal altercation escalated between our client and her son. The alleged victim and his significant other claimed that our client grabbed his arm multiple times to prevent him from ending their conversation. Eventually, the alleged victim pulled away and sat in the passenger seat of the car. Things escalated further when the victim’s girlfriend started driving away while our client was threatening them through the open window with her hands on the car door. The girlfriend drove away as the client continued to hang onto the vehicle door and window. The girlfriend claims our client threatened to break the window if she did not stop. After some time, our client let go of the vehicle and the car drove away. The officer charged our client with 1st degree misdemeanor battery. We demanded a trial by jury for our client, intending to show that our client was not the primary aggressor as the State witnesses claimed. The State dropped the charges against our client before trial and she was never required to attend any court hearings.

Client was observed accelerating from a red light with a second vehicle. The vehicles reached speeds of over 85 mph in a 50 mph zone. They also made aggressive lane changes, cutting off multiple vehicles. Our client was ultimately charged with reckless driving.

On September 20, 2024, the Florida State Police were dispatched to a single vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Jefferson County, Florida. Upon arrival, the driver had attempted to move his vehicle from out of a ditch onto the shoulder and was attempting to hide an open container of alcohol. After speaking to the driver, the police believed that there were signs of impairment. After finishing a crash investigation, the State Trooper requested the driver to perform field sobriety tasks in which he did poorly. Based upon the performance of the tasks, the driver was arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence. The Defendant also submitted to a blood alcohol test and the results were .173 and .186.

The attorneys for The Ticket Clinic reviewed the evidence and the facts regarding the alleged accident and discussed their concerns with the State Attorneys office. On January 7, 2025, the Jefferson County State Attorney's Office dismissed the DUI charges.

On June 7, 2024 our client was involved in a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the death of another person. The allegation was that our client turned in front of a motorcycle rider who died in the crash. At trial, 4 police officers testified.  We were able to exclude the Defendant's statements at trial. 4 lay witnesses testified that our client was the at-fault driver. Ticket Clinic lawyers litigated the case at trial arguing that the State failed to meet its burden of proof. The Judge agreed and found our client NOT GUILTY.

On June 16, 2024, an officer from the Tallahassee Police Department was conducting traffic enforcement on the highway. The officer observed the Defendant traveling at 70 miles an hour in a 45 mile per hour zone. The officer initiated his lights and sirens and was able to make a controlled stop of the vehicle. The officer made contact with the driver and immediately noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from the driver's breath, his eyes were glassy, watery, and bloodshot and he also did not seem very coherent. After performing poorly on DUI roadside tasks, the Defendant was arrested and transported to the police department. The Defendant gave a blood alcohol sample of .146 and .139.

The attorneys for the Ticket Clinic were able to resolve this case with the Driving Under the Influence charges dismissed and a resolution to Reckless Driving with no adjudication of guilt or license suspension.