Drunk driving is the most litigated crime in Florida and throughout the United States. Police officers have strict criteria to follow when pulling individuals over and conducting field sobriety tests. They cannot pull someone over randomly unless there is a reasonable suspicion that he or she was driving under the influence.
At the florida defense group, we fight to protect our clients’s constitutional rights, working to suppress any evidence gathered from an unlawful traffic stops. The attorneys at our law firm have extensive experience successfully defending hundreds of clients who have been arrested as a result of an unlawful traffic stops. We understand the procedures police officers must follow when making an arrest, and we are prepared to aggressively defend you when they overreach their authority.
Extensive Background Investigating Traffic Violations
In 1996, attorney William Hanlon started representing the criminally accused after seeing countless people mistreated by police officers. He works closely with lawyer Charles Lambert, a former assistant public defender in Hillsborough County. As a legal team, they have successfully defended hundreds of clients with serious drunk driving charges.
When we take DUI cases, we investigate the justification police officers give for the initial traffic stop that led to the arrest police officers may claim they stopped drivers for:
- Police Officers’s probable case for a traffic stop
- § Driving too slow
- § Driving recklessly
- § Failure to fully stop at signs or lights
- § Speeding at sharp corners
- § Racing
- § Ignoring traffic lights or stop signs
- § Swerving between lanes
- § Weaving in and out of the lane
We have years of experience representing hundreds of clients pulled over by the police with valid grounds. For example, we have represented clients who were sleeping in parked cars and question by the police with reasonable suspicion. Police officers often make unlawful traffic stops at bar closing times, on New Years Eve and other times of the year (like Christmas or St. Patrick\'s Day) when drinking is a prevalent activity. We aggressively protect clients arrested for insufficient legal reasons.
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