September 2009
Case 0655-XDY
Charge: 2ND OFFENSE DUI
Result: REDUCED TO RECKLESS
Defendant was observed driving on Dale Mabry and proceeded to stop too late and skidded into the intersection of Dale Mabry and Hamilton. When the light turned green, the defendant was observed to have accelerated at a high rate of speed. Deputies stopped defendant and requested that he perform field sobriety excercises, which he failed. At Pre-Trial, Tampa DUI lawyer Stephen Higgins presented inconsistencies to the state attorney contained within the police report as well as photographic evidence of the intersection where defendant was stopped. Depsite having a prior offense, the charge was reduced to a Reckless Driving.
