After he was charged with a DUI in late April, the Miami Hurricanes suspended their running back, Mark Walton, indefinitely. This came as something of an unwelcome shock to the program and its fans, as Walton had led the team in touchdowns during the previous season....
Year: 2016
A representation of yourself
With new legislation comes new DUI laws and changes to existing DUI laws. However, judges and prosecutors are less likely to change and often. Hopefully, though, your attorney has worked with the majority of them. When you hire an attorney, you should use the same...
Florida personal injury attorney refuses breath test
It is a common enough offense that many people will allege to have been guilty of at some point, whether they ever faced charges or not. With alcohol being such a common part of our society's celebration, the decision to get behind the wheel of a car after drinking...
Understanding your charge
When you are charged with an offense, it might be a bit confusing to fully understand what the offense is, much less, what the penalty might be if you are found guilty. When it comes to driving-related offenses involving alcohol consumption, you may have heard of a...
Expungement for your DUI
You may not understand fully what an expungement is. Perhaps because, in different states, the ability to expunge something from your record is determined through varying qualifiers and can mean different things in different places. In Florida, the ability to...
Prepare your loved ones for a DUI
If you have a couple of drinks and feel okay to drive, chances are, you may still blow at or above the legal limit if you are detained by a police officer. The difficult thing about the legal system and its penalties is that it can make it very challenging to get back...
The 5 types of blood alcohol tests
There are cars and there are cars at bars. After all, most bars have parking lots. Most patrons of bars imbibe. Police who need to increase their arrests for the month could do so easily by sitting outside of a bar and waiting for those who think they are perfectly...
Can my car be searched if I am pulled over for a DUI?
When any member of law enforcement pulls you over under the suspicion that you might be operating the vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, you may worry that the officer will want to search the contents of your car. The truth is, the Fourth Amendment...
What are the legal effects of an expungement?
We all make mistakes and no one is without faults. We know this to be true and yet the justice system seeks to penalize those who are caught making a mistake in order to teach a lesson and minimize future mistakes. But sometimes, part of the challenge of learning a...
Without reasonable suspicion, how can a DUI checkpoint be legal?
Law enforcement agencies throughout Florida use many different tactics to enforce DUI law. On holidays and throughout the year, routine patrols, saturation patrols (commonly called Wolf Pack operations) and DUI checkpoints frequently focus on drunk driving...