DUI & Criminal Division

2024CT00###

On August 8, 2024, the Florida Highway Patrol responded to a vehicle on fire in Escambia County. Upon arrival to the scene, the officers came upon the driver outside of the vehicle that was and started their initial investigation. During the course of their investigation, they noticed signs of impairment including leaning against the guard […]

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On August 31, 2024, the Defendant was involved in an accident. He struck a fence and a house after losing control of his vehicle. Hillsborough county Deputies concluded their crash investigation and then detained the Defendant for a DUI investigation. The Defendant’s primary language is creole and no creole interpreter was provided for the investigation. […]

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Our client was stopped for speeding going 18mph over the speed limit. Upon being stopped, officers said they noticed an extremely strong smell of burnt marijuana. Officers also stated they smelled an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from our client’s breath. Officers also noted that our client had red bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. […]

2024 CT 010XXX

Our Client was arrested for a misdemeanor DUI with breath test results of 0.277 and 0.262, which also caused an administrative suspension of his/her driver license.  Our Client was a contract driver for a delivery service, who reported to law enforcement that our Client was impaired.  However, by the time law enforcement arrived, our Client […]

CT 004XXX

Our Client was arrested for DUI and resisting an officer without violence.  Upon their review of the case, the State immediately recognized that the resisting charge should be dropped, which they did.  However, they were dead set upon the DUI.  While there were some signs of impairment in the case, our Client was suicidal at […]

2024CT0011### – State v. J#######

On July 13, 2024, an officer from the Tallahassee police department was on patrol and he witnessed a vehicle in a strip mall doing donuts and burnouts near other vehicles in the parking lot. The officer conducted a traffic stop and when he made contact with The driver, the odor of burnt marijuana and smoke […]

State v. Will#####, 2024CT00####

On July 4, 2024, the Florida State Police responded to a single vehicle crash in Washington County, Florida. Upon arrival to the scene, the officer observed a Chevy Silverado with a boat trailer in tow that had front end damage after hitting a utility pole. The officers found the driver of the vehicle asleep behind […]

State v. Fra###, 2024CT00##

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, […]

2024-CT-*****X

Our client was stopped on the side of the road, partially blocking the roadway on I-95 when law enforcement made contact with him. During his interaction with the initial officer, that officer observed alleged indicators of impairment and called in another officer to conduct a DUI investigation. During the DUI investigation, officers alleged an odor […]

2024 CT 42XX

Our Client was arrested for DUI and blew a 0.12 on the Intoxilyzer.  Shortly after the arrest, the appellate court released an opinion that fortunately benefitted our Client.  An appropriate motion to suppress the breath test was filed.  But, rather than defend the actions of law enforcement, the State offered to reduce the DUI to […]