Case Results

Facts: Police responded after client’s vehicle got stuck on an embankment. Police requested Field Sobriety Tests, client refused. Client was arrested on suspicion of DUI. Police requested a Breathalyzer test that client also refused. Client faced a DUI conviction, drivers license suspension, probation, and fines.

Facts: Client was in a motorcycle accident. Police responded to the scene of the accident and believed the client to be impaired. Client refused Field Sobriety Tests and Breathalyzer tests. Client admitted to two beers and taking a prescription pill earlier in the day. Client was a commercial drivers license holder (CDL) and if convicted faced losing his CDL and thus his job.

Facts: The client was arrested for DUI. The client was fishing at a local marina and was stopped by police when leaving and blew 0.188 more than double the legal limit. The client faced a DUI conviction, driver's license suspension, probation, enhanced fines, and an ignition interlock device on his vehicle.

Facts: The client (a professional engineer in a Ph.D. program) had two prior DUI convictions. The client was pulled over after attending a local baseball game. The client performed Field Sobriety Tests but refused breathalyzer tests. The client admitted to drinking six beers over a period of time. The client faced significant jail time as it would have been his 3rd DUI and a 10-year driver's license revocation.

Facts: Client arrested for DUI after by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Initially, the client was stopped for speeding after being clocked on radar going 76 mph in a posted 45 mph zone. The client consented to field sobriety tests which were recorded on video. The client admitted drinking two beers. Subsequent to arrest client refused to submit to a breath test.

Facts: The client was stopped for speeding by the Florida Highway Patrol after being clocked traveling 70 mph in a posted 55 mph zone on I-275 in Tampa, Florida. The client was then taken by law enforcement to another location for testing. The client agreed to do field sobriety tests and was subsequently arrested for DUI. After his arrest, the client refused to submit to a breath test.

Facts: The client is a distinguished college professor from Ohio. The client arrived in Tampa for a vacation. As he was leaving the airport client bumped a pole at the parking attendant’s station at Tampa International Airport and unbeknownst to him security was summoned. Police for Tampa International Airport conducted a DUI investigation wherein client admitted to two glasses of wine on his flight and then agreed to and performed field sobriety exercises.

Facts: The client was found passed out twenty feet from his vehicle with no other cars or people around. During an accident, the investigation the client admitted being the driver of the vehicle. A criminal investigation was then initiated and the client invoked his Miranda Rights and refused to speak further to law enforcement. The client performed field sobriety exercises on video and later submitted to a breath test with results of .136/.143. The client had a prior DUI conviction from two years earlier.

Facts: The client was on probation for a previous felony charge of Possession of Marijuana when he was arrested again for Possession of Marijuana during a traffic violation and subsequent search of the client’s vehicle. The client faced a felony Violation of Probation on the original charge along with the new charges. The State Attorney was seeking jail time on the felony Violation of Probation.

Facts: The client was out with friends in downtown St. Petersburg when he was approached and subsequently searched by St. Petersburg police. Officers found the following pills in possession of the client: Klonopin, Prozac, and Geodon.

Facts: The client was accused of domestic violence/rape by his ex-wife and faced substantial prison time. The wife obtained a temporary restraining order (injunction) significantly limiting the client’s contact with his children. The client retained the Morris Law Firm to represent him on the rape charge and the injunction.

Facts: The client was accused of domestic violence/rape by his ex-wife and faced substantial prison time. The wife obtained a temporary restraining order (injunction) significantly limiting the client’s contact with his children. The client retained the Morris Law Firm to represent him on the rape charge and the injunction.

Facts: The client was accused of domestic violence/rape by his ex-wife and faced substantial prison time. The wife obtained a temporary restraining order (injunction) significantly limiting the client’s contact with his children. The client retained the Morris Law Firm to represent him on the rape charge and the injunction.

Facts: The client was accused of sexually assaulting her cousin. The client retained the Morris Law Firm to represent her in the Injunction Hearing. The client asserted that there was no inappropriate contact. The client faced a permanent injunction that could have resulted in a no-contact order with her cousin, as well as a permanent injunction on her record.

Facts: The client accepted into the Navy Seals program until domestic battery arrest put his acceptance in jeopardy. Navy would no longer accept clients to serve in the military with a domestic violence conviction. The alleged victim was the client’s wife. The client had no prior arrest record.

Facts: Client is a successful local business owner in Dunedin, Florida. Client along with his wife, children and friends had been out on their boat to watch the Christmas boat parade. Once back at the Dunedin Marina client and his wife began to argue. An off-duty sheriff’s deputy also at the marina that night believed he saw client strike his wife in the face and detained client while he summoned on-duty deputies.

Facts: The client was a 51-year-old long-time Microsoft employee with no prior criminal record. On October 13, 2009, the client got into an argument with her 21-year-old daughter and pulled on her daughter’s dress to stop her from leaving the house. The daughter called the police and the client was subsequently arrested for Domestic Battery.

Facts: The client was accused of burglarizing a residence with three other co-defendants. The client said that she never entered the residence, but simply was with those who perpetrated the crime. The client faced conviction and probation on a felony charge that may have rendered her ineligible for a college scholarship.

Facts: Sixteen-year-old client was arrested for Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer. It was alleged client created a disturbance at school during the FCAT and when the officer physically removed her from the classroom client reacted by biting the police officer.

Facts: The client was charged criminally with reckless driving after an undercover officer observed him driving aggressively and speeding. The client denied any reckless driving.

Facts: The client received a citation for Driving While License Suspended Without Knowledge. The client appeared at the clerk’s office and paid the citation. When he did so, he unknowingly received a conviction for DWLSR. The Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles issued an Order of License Revocation, notifying the client his driving privileges were revoked for a period of five years.

Facts: The client, a twenty-year City of St. Petersburg employee with no prior criminal record, was arrested by St. Petersburg Police for fleeing police after a suspected drug deal. The client was adamant it was a case of mistaken identity and it was not him who had fled the police.

Facts: The client was involved in a minor single-vehicle accident while on his motorcycle. At his girlfriend’s insistence, he reported the incident to the police. He had damage to his motorcycle consistent with laying it down while attempting to make a turn. Police did not believe him and arrested him for Filing a False Police Report as well as Resisting Arrest without Violence.