Case Study

A DUI case study posted by Florida DUI Lawyer:

A Case Study on DUI Policy: Palm Beach County Florida
Andrew Parks, your resource for a Florida DUI Lawyer, continued:

Eighty percent of administrative license revocations are said to result in hearings. The defendant does not have to attend, but the arresting officer does, and the defense attorneys are given "a free shot at the officers." Hearings are shorter now, because issues are limited. In other counties, defense attorneys are said to sometimes intimidate hearing officers. Overall, officer scheduling is poor - police officers get short notice (five days) and have to prepare a written request for a continuance. Some officers and prosecutors believe that many judges are not sympathetic to the special needs of officers. Defense attorneys play this card routinely.
The judge who was interviewed for this study had never had a DUI case involving drugs other than alcohol. The prosecutor does not file them because neither officers nor prosecutors have received DUI-drug training. In this jurisdiction it must be determined that the suspect is under the influence of a controlled substance interpreted to mean a BAC-type per se measurement model for drugs. (Presence is enough in many states.) Palm Beach County has no trained drug recognition experts that are available for impaired driving cases.
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