2026CT######### Palm Beach County

The Client was stopped because he ran a red light.  Once stopped the officer noticed that the Client’s speech seemed uncoordinated and smelled of alcohol.  Law enforcement requested the Client perform field sobriety exercises and the Client refused to comply.  The Client was then arrested for DUI and transported to the jail where he provided a breath sample that was twice the legal limit.  The Firm was retained and argued to the State that the Client’s primary language was Spanish and that was why he seemed uncoordinated in this speech pattern.  In addition, the smell of alcohol is not an indicator of impairment, only consumption.  As a result, the Firm argued that there may be a motion to suppress the detention and subsequent arrest of the Client in this case.  In addition, the Client had no prior DUI history, was not combative and largely complied with the requests of law enforcement.  The State agreed and dismissed the DUI charge.