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Tag Archives: Traffic Offense

What is a violation of a business purposes only or hardship license?

First and foremost, Tampa DUI attorneys most often discuss a business purposes only or hardship license after a DUI suspension. As you know, if you’ve been reading our blog elsewhere, these licenses are eligible to be used to drive essentially only to work, school, and church. These licenses are issued to individuals whose Florida driver’s […]

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Odessa Traffic Ticket Attorneys: But I was just keeping up with traffic…

Odessa Traffic Ticket Attorneys are often told by their clients they were simply keeping up with traffic.  More often than not, drivers assert this defense when her driving on either Interstate 275, Interstate 75 or Interstate 4 around the greater Tampa Bay area because the average speed is usually above the posted the speed limit.  Odessa Traffic […]

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Brandon DUI Attorneys – Usual Field Sobriety Exercises

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.   […]

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Tampa Speeding Ticket Attorneys: What will happen at traffic court?

Tampa speeding ticket attorneys are often asked about what will happen during traffic court.  Frankly, traffic court is essentially expedited typical criminal court.  It moves much quicker than regular criminal court and in some ways is far more informal.   For many people, the speed of traffic court intimidates many folks and only adds to their […]

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Tampa Traffic Ticket Attorney: Florida’s New Texting and Driving Ban

Many Tampa Traffic Ticket Attorneys have received many questions in the past weeks about the new Florida ban on texting while driving codified by Florida Statute §316.305.  This Statue went into effect across Florida on October 1, 2013.  While I haven’t seen any Tampa Traffic Ticket Attorneys handling any of these tickets yet, I imagine […]

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What is a formal review hearing with regards to a DUI in Florida?

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 […]

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What to Do if License is Suspended

Unfortunately, this is most common issue raised to the Tampa criminal lawyers of Hackworth Law. If one were to count the number of criminal cases currently on the dockets of Hillsborough, Pinellas and Polk counties, the overwhelming majority of the charges would in somehow incorporate a suspended license. Many times someone driving with a suspended […]

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I was arrested for driving under the influence, but blew a .000 on the breathalyzer, how can they do that?

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 […]

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To Blow or Not to Blow, that is the Question…

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 […]

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St. Petersburg Criminal Defense Attorney: charged with DUI?

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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