Category: DUI
Sleeping in Your Car and DUI: Can You Be Charged in Florida?
by Jonathan Blecher | May 1, 2019 | DUI
Let’s say you heard a friend say, “I was arrested for DUI the other night while I was parked in a parking lot and sleeping off the alcohol that I drank earlier in the evening.” When you heard the story, you were shocked and then you responded with, “But how could you get a DUI […]
How to Handle a DUI Stop: What Not to Say
by Jonathan Blecher | March 14, 2019 | DUI
By their nature, traffic stops, especially DUI stops are highly-stressful events that tend to cause a racing heart, faster breathing, nervousness, and perhaps no inner monologue. Because people are anxious during DUI stops, they have a habit of saying things they shouldn’t. Here’s a list of what NOT to say during a DUI stop. 1. […]
DUI: What if I Don’t Take a Breath Test?
by Jonathan Blecher | March 7, 2019 | DUI
When someone is pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI), usually the officer will ask the driver to take field sobriety exercises (FSEs), then when the driver fails the tests, the officer will ask the driver to take a roadside breath test. It’s critical that all Florida drivers know that they are not legally […]
What Constitutes Police Misconduct in a DUI Case?
by Jonathan Blecher | February 18, 2019 | DUI
In all occupations, employees or workers have the opportunity to make a good choice or a bad choice, and law enforcement officers are no different. Not only can law enforcement have errors in judgement like everybody else, but they are human and they too, can make mistakes. So, can police misconduct occur in a DUI case? […]
Can a DUI Affect Child Custody?
by Jonathan Blecher | February 11, 2019 | DUI
Child custody cases are common during and after a divorce, but they can also arise in a paternity action or in situations where the mother and father were never married, but paternity has been legally established. If you are a mother or a father in Miami-Dade County or anywhere else in Florida and you are […]
