The defendant was charged with her second DUI within a year. She was stopped by a Broward Sheriff’s Deputy for disobeying an inoperative traffic light, failing to yield the right of way and making an improper right turn. The defendant was observed to have an odor of an alcoholic beverage, flushed face, red and glassy eyes, difficulty grasping her driver’s license, and was unaware of her location. The defendant was asked to do roadside sobriety exercises and did so poorly. The defendant registered a .06 on the intoxylizer and admitted to smoking marijuana to the officer. The defendant refused to submit to the requested urine test for drugs. The State dropped all DUI charges and all infractions were dismissed.
The defendant ran out of gas and was parked at a closed business pouring gas from a container into his vehicle. Officers across the street found these actions to be suspicious. They approached the defendant and asked for identification. The defendant entered the vehicle and grabbed his license and registration. During the conversation, the officers noticed that he had an odor of alcohol on his breath, bloodshot eyes, and slurred speech. Once outside of the vehicle, the officers requested that he perform field sobriety exercises. He refused and told the officers that they did not see him driving. They informed him that he was behind the wheel while retrieving his identification and they proceeded to arrest him. At the station, the defendant refused to provide a breath sample. We filed a motion to suppress arguing that there was no reason for the officers to approach and detain the defendant and that he was never in control of the vehicle. Minutes before the motion was to be heard, the state agreed with our argument and dismissed the case.
The defendant was pulled over for speeding, driving the wrong way down a one way street, hitting a curb, and running a stop sign. The officer noticed that he smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, and a big wet spot on his shirt. The officer suspected that he was DUI and requested field sobriety exercises. After the exercises, the defendant was arrested and he refused to provide a breath sample. The case went to trial and resulted in a hung jury. Five of the jurors found the client not guilty of the charges but one juror would not change her mind that the client was guilty. Her reason for finding him guilty was that he did not take the stand to defend himself. The case resulted in a mistrial and reset for another day. After talking to the state attorney about the case and the juror\'s statements, the state dismissed the case.
The defendant was pulled over for weaving, not using a turn signal and almost hitting a curb. The defendant stated he was not taking any of the field sobriety tests on the advice of a family attorney. The officer stated the defendant had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, was stumbling and had the odor of alcoholic beverages on his breath. The Jury returned a not guilty verdict in 9 minutes.
The defendant was stopped by the police for traveling 55 in a 35 mph zone, and for failing to maintain lane of travel. Officers noticed an odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage, and that defendant had bloodshot glassy eyes, flushed face and that his speech was slurred. The defendant performed poorly on roadside sobriety exercises. The defendant was arrested for DUI and refused a breath test. DUI charge dropped 3-19-07.
The defendant was stopped for weaving in and out of traffic and speeding 75 in a 35 zone. After noticing signs of impairment, a DUI officer was called to the scene. The defendant stated \"I\'m sorry, I shouldn\'t be driving while intoxicated\". Roadside exercises were performed on video, and the defendant had difficulty. The defendant agreed to a breath test and blew .130, .127. After winning a motion to exclude the breath test results, the case went to trial. DUI charge and all traffic infractions dismissed by the Judge, during trial.
The defendant was stopped for weaving in and out of traffic and speeding 75 in a 35 zone. After noticing signs of impairment, a DUI officer was called to the scene. The defendant stated \"I\'m sorry, I shouldn\'t be driving while intoxicated\". Roadside exercises were performed on video, and the defendant had difficulty. The defendant agreed to a breath test and blew .130, .127. After winning a motion to exclude the breath test results, the case went to trial. DUI charge and all traffic infractions dismissed by the Judge, during trial.
Defendant was pulled over for weaving in and out of their lane. Defendant refused breath test. Found not guilty by a jury.
The Defendant was charged with Fleeing and Eluding a law enforcement officer when he ran from police on two occasions on his motorcycle. Both the client and another witness made statements that the defendant was at fault for running from the police. Because the case involved a mandatory year license suspension as well as a felony conviction, the Firm prepared the case for trial. The Firm was able to convince the state attorney’s office to drop the felony charge with no license suspension and no conviction of the charge of disobeying a law enforcement officer.
The defendant was stopped by officers for making an illegal u-turn into oncoming traffic. The officers noticed that the defendant had an odor of alcohol, red bloodshot watery eyes and a flushed face and lost his balance while exiting the vehicle. The defendant admitted to the officers that he was coming from a party and admitted consuming several beers. He performed poorly on roadside sobriety exercises and refused the breathalyzer test. Acquitted by jury in 20 minutes on 3/05/2007.
The defendant was stopped by officers for making an illegal u-turn into oncoming traffic. The officers noticed that the defendant had an odor of alcohol, red bloodshot watery eyes and a flushed face and lost his balance while exiting the vehicle. The defendant admitted to the officers that he was coming from a party and admitted consuming several beers. He performed poorly on roadside sobriety exercises and refused the breathalyzer test. Acquitted by jury in 20 minutes on 3/05/2007.
Facts: The officer was sitting in his car at a stop light waiting to turn when a small car driven by the defendant drove by so fast that the officer’s vehicle literally “rocked”. The officer drove after the suspect and pace clocked the vehicle going 70 in a 45 mph zone. The vehicle slowed down to 65 and then sped back up to 70 miles per hour. After activating his emergency lights, the vehicle did not slow down initially, changed lanes without signaling then braked heavily and stopped in a turn lane just before the entrance to the Walgreens driveway. After asking the driver to move her vehicle, she pulled into the access drive and stopped her car giving the officer no room to pull past her. The officer had to use his P.A. system again to inform her that she needed to pull up further. Upon contact with the driver, he smelled a noticeable odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her facial area. The driver continued to apologize and kept stating that she just wanted to go to bed. The officer stated that she had bloodshot glassy eyes, slightly slurred speech, dilated pupils and her eyelids were fluttering. The driver admitted to having 2 glasses of wine and taking 2 pills without a prescription for them. The officer also claimed that the driver argumentative and sarcastic with him during the field sobriety exercises. According the officer, on the walk and turn exercise, the driver took 12 steps on the way down and 21 on the way back intead of the instructed 9. She also started early several times and after taking the 21 steps on the way back, she turned to the officer and asked if she should keep going? She would not count even though she was instructed several times to count out loud. The driver was eventually taken into custody for Driving Under the Influence and a breath test was requested to which the driver refused. RESULT: The state dismissed the DUI prior to trial.
