Most people want one answer after a DUI arrest: is this actually a strong case against me? Nobody can promise you an outcome, and anyone who does is selling something. But the questions a defense lawyer asks are knowable, and the answers point somewhere. This walks you through the ones I ask, and tells you what your answers suggest.
It takes about three minutes. There is no email, no sign up, and nothing is sent anywhere. Your answers stay in your browser.
Why these questions
None of this is guesswork. Each question maps to something in the record that either holds up or does not.
The twenty minutes before you blew. Florida rule 11D-8 requires an observation period before a breath sample. If you were left alone during it, or if you burped or brought anything up, the sample is open to challenge. Almost nobody remembers this, which is exactly why the video and the observation log matter more than memory.
What the roadside exercises were validated for. The walk and turn and the one leg stand were studied on a dry, level, non slippery surface with adequate lighting. The training material itself warns that results may be affected by age, significant extra weight, and back, leg or inner ear problems. That is the government’s own manual, not a defense argument.
The gap between driving and testing. Alcohol takes time to absorb. The statute asks what your level was when you drove, not when you blew, and those are not always the same number.
Mouth alcohol. The machine assumes the sample came from deep lung air. Reflux, dentures, bridges, piercings and chewing tobacco can all trap alcohol in the mouth, and mouth alcohol reads high.
Presence versus impairment. In a drug case the State has to prove you were impaired when you drove, not that something was in your body. Many substances leave inactive metabolites long after any effect has gone.
What this is not
This is not legal advice and it is not a prediction. It cannot see your video, your maintenance records, your observation log, or the officer’s report, and those decide cases. What it can do is tell you which parts of your case are worth pulling first, and give you the vocabulary to have a real conversation with whichever lawyer you hire, including one who is not me.
If the arrest was recent, one thing genuinely is urgent and it is separate from all of this: the paper the officer gave you is a temporary permit, and the window to challenge your suspension is short. The deadline checker will tell you exactly how many days are left. The cost breakdown shows what a conviction actually carries, which is usually not what people expect.
I read the video, the maintenance and inspection records, and the observation log in every case I take, because that is where these are won and lost. If you want to know what I see in yours, call or text me at (727) 761-4318. Every case is different, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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