The Client was charged with driving without a valid Florida license. The Client did have a work permit license from another State, but was unable to transfer it because it was the result of a serious DUI conviction. Such situations can result in a jail offer from the State. However, after showing the State that he wasn't able to get a valid Florida license because he could not transfer his work permit, and there wasn't any evidence to suggest that he was not driving for a work purpose at the time of the charge, the State agreed to dismiss all charges.
According to the police, they came into contact with the Defendant and smelled the odor of cannabis. They eventually arrested the Defendant for Possession of Cannabis and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. The attorney for the firm investigated the case, and was able to get the Defendant into a program for first time offenders. Upon completion of the program, the attorney for the firm was able to get the prosecutor to drop the case completely.
Defendant was stopped for driving at a high rate of speed, and for failing to maintian their lane of travel. Defendant performed poorly on roadside sobriety exercises, and took a breath test. Results were .106 and .112, both over the legal limit. DUI charged dropped
Our client was returning home and hit a neighbors car while parking in her parking lot. The neighbor saw her get out of her car and inspect both. The neighbor ran outside and confronted the defendant. Our client felt scared and threatened by the neighbor so she left the scene and went to her apartment. The cops arrived and made contact with our client, they then placed her in handcuffs, and arrested for leaving the scene of an accident. We explained our client’s side to the prosecutors, did further follow up investigations, and convinced the state attorney to drop the case.
Client rear ended a car that was left half way in the lane of travel on I4. When the officers arrived, they notice his speech was slurred and he had a hard time standing up. They also smelled alcohol coming from his breath. He admitted to drinking 1 ½ glasses of wine at his job shortly before. When he exited the vehicle, he was unsteady on his feet. He was asked to do field sobriety exercises. He complied at first, but then told the officers he was in pain from the accident and could not do them. He was arrested and taken to jail and asked to provide a breath sample. He refused.
Client rear ended a car stopped at a red light. A Trooper arrived on the scene and decided to conduct a DUI investigation. The Trooper asked our client to perform field sobriety exercises. Our client was noticeably pregnant. After not performing to the Trooper’s satisfaction, our client was arrested. When asked to provide a breath sample, our client tried but could not generate enough air for the breath test machine to register a result.
The Client was charged with Reckless Driving for speeding while making a u-turn into oncoming traffic while burning his tires and then subsequently losing control of his vehicle. The Firm argued to the State that the Client's case didn't amount to Reckless Driving. After negotiations the State agreed to drop all charges.
The neighbors of the defendant called the cops once they saw him swerve off the road and hit another neighbor’s bushes, he continued to drive to his home, the defendant got out of the car and began kicking his trash cans over. When police arrived on scene the defendant was passed out in his driver’s seat with the keys in his hand. After sobriety exercises the officer arrested the defendant. After weeks of heated negotiations the State dropped the DUI charge and the careless driving was dismissed.
The police responded to an accident scene where the at fault party fled the scene. The Police went to the address of the at fault driver’s license plate and found the car matching the description. After knocking on the door the police encountered our client who admitted to leaving the scene of the accident on his way home. The officers believed him to be under the influence and had him preform sobriety tests right there in the middle of the street bare foot. After the tests the police arrested our client and charged him with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. Day of trial the State dropped the driving under the influence charged and dismissed the leaving the scene.
Client was driving early on a Saturday morning when she had to swerve to avoid hitting a construction vehicle. She unfortunately swerved into her neighbors car causing damage. The client left the scene to return home (seven houses down) where the client called the police. The responding officer cited her for leaving the scene of an accident. Four days later we convinced the State attorney to drop the case.
The Defendant was at Jupiter Dog Beach where he took his boxer puppy to play every week. There was a gentleman there with whom he had an ongoing confrontation issue with. On the date he was arrested, the defendant’s dog had run up to the alleged victim. The alleged victim was in the ocean with his dog and playing fetch with a foot long orange dog toy. After the alleged victim yelled at the Defendant to leash control his dog, the Defendant put the dog on a leash and walked away. The alleged victim stated that the dog was never leashed. The dog jumped up on the alleged victim to play again and the alleged victim kicked the Defendant’s dog in the stomach and then turned to the Defendant in an aggressive manner. The Defendant punched the alleged victim in the face and began to choke him. The alleged victim reversed the hold and began choking the Defendant. The State Attorney’s Office offered to drop the charges if the Defendant paid the alleged victim almost $5,000.00 in lost wages and medical bills because his eye socket was fractured by the punch. The Defendant declined all offers and the Firm filed a motion to dismiss the charges based upon Florida’s Stand Your Ground Immunity Statute. The State Attorneys Office called the Firm the day before the hearing and offered to drop the charges for $2,500.00 to the alleged victim. The Defendant declined all offers again. The court held a 4 hour evidentiary hearing on the motion and finally entered a 2 page written order granting the motion to dismiss holding that the Defendant was “immune from criminal prosecution and civil liability.” The charges were dismissed by the court.
Police alleged that the defendant was backing his car up in a parking lot and backed into another car. The driver of the other car stated that the defendant simply parked and walked away. Our client was contacted by police and cited with Leaving the scene of an accident, driving while license suspended, no insurance, and improper backing. Day of trial the State dropped the leaving the scene of an accident charge and dismissed the remaining charges.
