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Brandon DUI attorneys are often asked what they can expect once pulled over for a DUI. While they are many field sobriety exercises, this article will focus on the three most common and ways Tampa DUI cops will alleged you failed to properly complete the exercise. The most common exercise is the Horizontal Gaze Nystagamus. […]
Learn More...Tampa DUI Attorneys are often asked about the specifics of Tampa DUI checkpoints. These checkpoints lead to many DUI arrests throughout the greater Tampa Bay Area. Many Tampa DUIs originate at Tampa DUI checkpoints as opposed to the driver being pulled over for poor driving or some other reason. We have posted elsewhere on our Tampa […]
Learn More...Tampa DUI lawyers are often asked about driving under the influence (DUI) checkpoints and how they are legal. Our American criminal justice system provides tons of protections against the police stopping someone without a specific reason, we constantly are bombarded by words like reasonable suspicion, probable cause, etc. DUI checkpoints are essentially the exception and […]
Learn More...Tampa DUI Attorneys are often asked about the specifics of DUI checkpoints. These checkpoints lead to many DUI arrests throughout the greater Tampa Bay Area. DUI Checkpoints also lead to numerous other traffic infractions, including violations relating to headlights, tail lights, registration and carrying proper insurance. Further, these checkpoints also lead to the discovery and […]
Learn More...Formal Review Hearings are part of the administrative proceedings related to the DHSMV portion of a DUI. Previously, Tampa DUI lawyers were limited by Florida law which required people charged with DUI to suffer an administrative suspension from the Florida Department of Highway safety motor vehicles to go to a formal review hearing. Many Tampa […]
Learn More...So I got arrested for driving under the influence in Tampa, what are the maximum DUI penalties? After being arrested for DUI in Hillsborough or Pinellas counties, a totally natural question is what am I facing? What should I expect? The St Petersburg criminal defense attorneys of Hackworth Law have sat down with countless families […]
Learn More...Yes, the specialized driving under the influence (“DUI”) enforcement teams of the St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa Police Departments can and nightly do. Florida Statute Section 316.193 which governs driving under the influence specifically lists that a person “is under the influence of alcoholic beverages, any chemical substance set forth in s. 877.111, or any […]
Learn More...This is arguably the most commonly asked question to Florida criminal defense attorney. Generally the question sound something like this “hypothetically, if I get pulled over should I blow or not?” The short answer to this question is it depends on the facts of this case. The decision as to whether take a breathalyzer test […]
Learn More...This is an unfortunately a situation playing out on the streets and roads of Hillsborough and Pinellas County every day. Countless drivers from St. Petersburg to Clearwater to Tampa have been arrested and charged with driving under the influence despite consuming no alcohol and only taking their prescriptions, as dictated by a medical doctor. Drivers […]
Learn More...Many folks charged with DUI, ask their St. Petersburg Criminal Defense Attorney whether it is even worth challenging it. Unfortunately, this is a one of the most difficult questions posed to Tampa criminal defense attorneys. Every criminal defense lawyer yet meet or discuss your arrest with should tell you, they simply cannot guarantee results in […]
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