7061-XEF Defendant was driving the wrong way on a one way street in South Tampa. Defendant admitted to coming from Drynk, a local bar and consented to perform Field Sobriety Exercises which he failed. He was arrested, taken to the Central Breath Testing at Orient Road Jail and provided breath samples of .167 and .174. […]
DUI REDUCED TO RECKLESS DRIVING
Result: No Conviction CTC105566XELASP (Pinellas) The Defendant was investigated by law enforcement after he was seen throwing up out of the drivers side of his car, while it was running, in a parking garage after a Wine Festival. The Defendant was then requested to perform field sobriety tests of which he did not perform well. […]
DUI with BREATH TEST OVER .08 Reduced to Reckless Driving
Result: No Conviction 2010CT002609NC (SARASOTA) The Defendant was stopped for multiple traffic infractions. When the Deputy made contact with him he noticed signs of impairment. The Deputy called for a member of the DUI task force to further investigate. The DUI deputy asked the Defendant to do field sobriety tests. He performed these tests. The […]
DUI with BREATH TEST OVER LEGAL LIMIT DROPPED TO RECKLESS DRIVING
Result: No Conviction 2010CT015425NC (SARASOTA) The Defendant was out at a local bar and was seen by law enforcement leaving the bar under the influence. The officer then saw the Defendant driving by and waiving at him. He then went to his patrol car to try to catch up to the Defendant’s vehicle. After he […]
DUI WITH .136 and .147 Breath Test results REDUCED TO RECKLESS DRIVING
Result: No Conviction 2010CT002096NC (SARASOTA) The Defendant was stopped for speeding and cutting off traffic. The Deputy that stopped her described her has being smashed and called for a DUI investigator. The Deputy noticed her to have a strong odor of alcohol coming from her, blank look about her face, glassy eyes and slurred speech. […]
DUI WITH .195 and .184 BREATH TEST REDUCED TO RECKLESS DRIVING
Result: No Conviction 2009CT00576NC (Sarasota) The Defendant was stopped by a Deputy for speeding. When the Deputy approached the Defendant he noticed him to have bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and an odor of alcohol coming from him. He also stated the Defendant’s coordination was poor. After the Deputy made these initial observations he had him […]
DUI with breath test of .147 and .152 Reduced to Reckless Driving
Result: No Conviction 2009CT011870NC (Sarasota) The Defendant was stopped for speeding by a DUI traffic Deputy. When she was stopped the Deputy state she noticed her to have an order of alcohol, blood shot and watery eyes. The Deputy had her perform field sobriety tests of which she felt she did not perform well. The […]
DUI REDUCED TO RECKLESS DRIVING
Hillsborough – Case 731471-X Result – DUI REDUCED TO RECKLESS DRIVING The defendant was stopped for speeding in Hillsborough County. He was asked to perform field sobriety tests and subsequently arrested for DUI. The Defendant took a breath test. Stephen Higgins set the case for trial and the charges were reduced from DUI to Reckless […]
DUI Charge Reduced to Reckless – No Conviction
DUI AMENDED TO RECKLESS DRIVING – NO CONVICTION (APRIL 2009) Defendant was stopped for speeding on 301. Defendant performed very well on Field Sobriety Exercises and later provided both a breath sample as well as a urine sample. Tampa DUI lawyer Stephen Higgins negotiated with the state attorney to get the charge amended to a […]
DUI AMENDED TO RECKLESS DRIVING
NO CONVICTION – NO DMV LICENSE SUSPENSION (JUNE 2009) Defendant was stopped by Temple Terrace Police department on Fowler Avenue for improper lane change and speeding. Defendant was observed by the officer to have glassy eyes and slurred speech. She failed Field Sobriety Exercises, was arrested and provided a breath sample of .107 and .103. Despite […]