A client recently came to the law firm of Lasnetski Gihon Law as a result of a DUI (driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs) arrest in July of 2016. The arrest was actually based on an alleged DUI offense in Jacksonville, Florida from 2013. Most DUI arrests are…
Most DUI cases are initiated in a similar manner here in Florida. A police officer will claim to observe a driver violate some traffic law and then will pull that driver over. While the police officer will begin to check the driver’s license and consider writing a traffic ticket, if…
Most DUI (driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs) cases in Florida start with a traffic stop. A police officer will allege that he/she saw a driver commit some sort of traffic infraction. The police officer will pull the driver over. If the police officer believes the driver is…
When a driver is stopped by the police and the police officer initiates a DUI (driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs) investigation, the police officer will almost always ask the driver to submit to a breathalyzer test. The breathalyzer machine is designed to measure the amount of alcohol…
In Florida, vehicular manslaughter cases are very serious. That seems obvious, but states and counties treat these crimes differently depending on how prosecutors’ offices and judges view them. Vehicular homicide often involves a defendant who did not intend to commit a crime and has never been in trouble before doing…
In Florida, when a person gets arrested for DUI (driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs), he/she is taken to jail and booked into the jail. Only after the arrest and being processed into the jail is the person offered a breathalyzer test to measure a person’s blood alcohol…
When a police officer pulls a driver over in Florida and believes that the driver is impaired from alcohol or drugs, that police officer will begin a DUI investigation. We would like to say that this is an objective evaluation of whether the driver is impaired, but most often, it…
Most DUI cases start with a police officer observing a suspect driving a vehicle in an erratic manner or at least in such a way that one or more traffic laws are violated. This allows the police officer to stop the driver and have an encounter. However, occasionally, we see…
In Florida, many DUI investigations and arrests begin with a simple traffic stop. Sometimes the police officer suspects the driver is driving under the influence of alcohol before he/she makes the traffic stop and sometimes the police officer claims to develop suspicion after making contact with the driver. Police officers…
As a criminal defense firm in Jacksonville and Orlando, we often get asked the question, “Should I take the breath test if I’m stopped for DUI?” While this is a very specific question, we always give a wider answer. When someone is pulled over, it is usually for a traffic…