I got into an accident after I had been drinking. Why should I hire a Florida DUI lawyer?
Just because you’ve been in an accident after you’ve been drinking, doesn’t make you guilty of DUI. The field sobriety exercises and the observations that the officer makes, sometimes it’s difficult to determine whether or not those observations are caused by alcohol consumption or the effects of having been into an accident. You see… Read More »
What symptoms and behavior is the officer looking for during the initial detention at the scene of a DUI?
The typical symptoms that police are looking for at the initial detention of any DUI case are the typical bloodshot eyes, odor of alcohol, slurred speech, fumbling with your wallet, things like that, that show impairment. The key is that those symptoms and observations can be caused by nerves from someone being tired, from… Read More »
If I am stopped while driving in Florida and the police officer asks me to do field sobriety tests, do I have to do them?
You are absolutely not required to do field squad exercises in the state of Florida. Field squad exercises involve typically standing on one leg, walking heel to toe on a straight line, and that has absolutely nothing to do with your ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. When you’re asked to get your… Read More »
What will it cost to hire a drunk driving defense attorney?
The cost of hiring a DUI attorney varies depending on the facts of the case. Typically, the, the lowest that I’ve charged for a DUI case is around $2,500, for a simple first offense. And then for DUI manslaughter type cases where someone has been killed, those fees can range anywhere from 50 to… Read More »
