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The arresting officer was properly subpoenaed and did not appear at, the formal review hearing What Happens When The Arresting Officer Is Subpoenaed To Appear At A Driver’s License Suspension Hearing And Fails To Show? A breath test administered after a DUI traffic stop and arrest indicated the driver’s blood alcohol level exceeded 0.08 percent.…

“Hillsborough County has the highest conviction rate” Recently obtained statistics for conviction of driving under the influence in the major counties in the Tampa Bay area. We considered Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties. We thought we would ask three questions: Which Tampa Bay Area county has the highest conviction rate? As for which county has the highest…

DUI Enforcement at St. Pete Pride DUI Enforcement officers and other law enforcement will swarm St. Pete Pride as over 200,000 will gather June 22, 2019 to support and celebrate Florida’s LGBTQ community at the St. Pete Pride Parade. The parade and street festival will take place this Saturday in the Grand Central District of St.…

Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test The US Supreme Court gave the OK to punish DUI defendants for breath test refusal. This allows Florida to give harsher penalties to defendants for their breath test refusals, even with no search warrant. The Court ruled DUI arrests Breath Tests are likely to happen. So, Breath Tests…

What are the effects of THC on the brain of a driver? DUI and cannabis information needs to be shared. For both DUI attorneys and medical experts in the courts, this is a concept known as THC Kinetics and involves the concept of Hysteresis. Recently I attended a seminar that covered key issues, Questions and…

Zero Tolerance for Underage DUI Florida Statutes have zero tolerance for Underage DUI. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System says 21% of male teen drivers involved in fatal crashes were drinking (with 0.01g/dL Breath Alcohol Concentration and above). The driver under 21 years old will have consequences with the Courts, the…

DUI Cops Are Instructed How to Testify “Always demonstrate how you conducted field sobriety evaluations.Be certain, however, that you can do in court  all the evaluations you asked the defendant to perform” Just spent some time reviewing what must be the Bible for DUI cops testifying in criminal cases it is called The Criminal Justice System: A…

Ahoy, Me Hearties ‘n Landlubbers Alike! Do NOT get a DUI You can enjoy the big party of Gasparilla AND still NOT get a DUI. Take a few minutes now to look at these helpful hints. They will help keep you safe and help you to still have a good time. First, the cannon fire…

Summary of the Field Sobriety Exercises Ruling:  Field sobriety exercises are inadmissible in this case unless the State of Florida demonstrates their reliability to the Court in a Daubert hearing. The State must show that field sobriety exercises were created using the same rigorous scientific method that is behind every theorem and postulate in science journals…

A Miss USA contestant didn’t think of mentioning a misdemeanor DUI. Then, the contestant won the title. Specifically, the rules don’t allow “any type of” illegal behavior or activity. The pageant officials found out about her DUI conviction. She immediately lost her crown and her title. The paperwork says, ‘Have you been convicted of a…