DUI Can a first-time DUI be dismissed?

Mar 27, 2024

Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is a serious offense that can have far-reaching consequences for those involved. Essentially, a DUI charge implies that an individual has been caught operating a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other substances. This impairment can significantly increase the risk of accidents, posing a threat to the safety of the […]

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Florida DUI Ignition Interlock Requirements

Feb 27, 2024

When planning a night out, it’s crucial to remember that even a couple of drinks could easily push you over Florida’s legal alcohol limit. With the state’s severe DUI laws, those found over the limit face harsh consequences. Among these is the mandate for an ignition interlock device (IID) for DUI convictions, which prevents a […]

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Washington State Legislature Proposes Lowering BAC Threshold for DUI from 0.08 to 0.05

Feb 08, 2024

OLYMPIA – In a bid to enhance road safety, the Washington State House of Representatives’ Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry Committee has put forward House Bill 2196, a proposal that could significantly change driving under the influence (DUI) laws. Sponsored by Representatives Donaghy, Berry, Ormsby, and Davis, the bill seeks to lower the legal blood […]

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Breath Test Suppressed

Dec 20, 2023

Online Reference: FLWSUPP 3108BARC Criminal law — Driving under influence — Evidence — Breath test — Substantial compliance with administrative rules — Twenty-minute observation period — Breath test results are inadmissible where officer stepped outside of police vehicle holding defendant for one and a half minutes during twenty-minute observation period, and officer was not in […]

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Order granting defendant’s Motion suppressing certain evidence in a DUI trial

Dec 19, 2023

CREDIT – FL LAW WEEKLY SUPPLAMENT 3108MERL Criminal law — Driving under influence — Evidence — Positive test for cannabis metabolite — Reference to cannabis metabolite is excluded — State may move for reconsideration if it can establish, through expert testimony, that metabolite could have affected defendant at relevant time — Cannabis found in vehicle […]

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HOW TO AVOID A DUI CONVICTION IN SARASOTA, DESOTO & MANATEE COUNTIES

Dec 13, 2023

The 12th Judicial circuit in Florida is made up of Manatee, Sarasota and DeSoto Counties. If a Client is arrest in any one of these county’s. they may be eligiable to enter a pretrial program known as the Driver Enhanced Treatment Education Rehabilitation. (DETER). The program is difficult to complete, but not impossible and if […]

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Evidence of Other Crimes

Sep 14, 2023

Criminal law — Evidence — Other crimes — Similar fact — Trial court did not abuse its discretion when it admitted evidence of a North Carolina case in which defendant admitted to shooting at a man where state presented testimony from firearms expert who determined the bullets from North Carolina crime and shooting underlying charges […]

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