| Students Should Think Before You Drink | | | | "suppress" or exclude key portions of the prosecutor's |
| During the 2005-2006 academic year, college students | | | | case and even dismiss the whole case. When a judge |
| across the nation spent $5.5 billion on alcohol alone - | | | | determines that a police officer lacked legally sufficient |
| more than the total they spent on books, school | | | | reasons for pulling over your vehicle, that judge may |
| supplies, and other drinks combined. Recent studies | | | | dismiss the entire case. There are several other issues |
| have shown that almost every problematic student | | | | which can arise; Improper administration of a breath |
| behavior issue has at its roots the over consumption | | | | test can lead to artificially inflated alcohol readings. |
| of alcohol. And if you are drinking and driving, you are | | | | Police departments and prosecutors often don't notify |
| exposing yourself to serious and far reaching | | | | judges, attorneys and defendants when breath tests |
| consequences. The last thing you want is to be | | | | were conducted improperly or when DUI breath test |
| arrested, charged and convicted of DUI! | | | | machines are defective. That's why a criminal defense |
| LETS FACE THE FACTS... DUI CONVICTIONS CAN | | | | attorney will carefully review events occurring during |
| RUIN CAREERS | | | | the arrest and investigate the operational records of |
| Think a misdemeanor DUI arrest isn't serious? Think | | | | DUI breath test machines. When a DUI defense |
| again! For students already employed and those | | | | attorney or criminal defense attorney discovers |
| seeking new jobs, being convicted for a DUI arrest can | | | | improper police conduct or the use of faulty DUI breath |
| cause career chaos! | | | | test equipment, that criminal defense attorney will file |
| Florida has tough DUI laws. If pleading no contest or | | | | legal pleadings asking the judge to dismiss some or all |
| guilty to DUI charges, or when found guilty after trial, | | | | portions of the criminal case. Because |
| DUI defendants receive permanent blemishes on | | | | police-administered DUI urine tests can reveal findings |
| criminal records, even when no jail time is imposed. | | | | which may be legally irrelevant and unfairly prejudicial, a |
| Unlike findings of guilt administered in many other types | | | | criminal defense attorney will frequently convince the |
| of criminal offenses, DUI convictions can never be | | | | judge to stop these test results from being admitted |
| sealed. That's why it is very important to consult with | | | | into evidence at trial. |
| an experienced DUI defense attorney about legal | | | | There are many factors that can lead a prosecutor to |
| strategies which may lead to the avoidance of criminal | | | | plea bargain and dismiss DUI offenses and substitute |
| convictions. | | | | them with less serious charges, such as when a judge |
| WHY EMPLOYERS FEAR DUI CONVICTIONS | | | | orders that certain evidence not be admissible at trial |
| Students with career goals mistakenly underestimate | | | | or when case complications arise. These complicating |
| the seriousness of DUI arrests. Fearing expensive jury | | | | factors can include the lack of witnesses or a defense |
| awards, insurance companies often advise business | | | | attorney's discovery that the client has a health |
| clients to verify that job applicants and even current | | | | condition which mimics the symptoms of alcohol |
| employees don't have DUI convictions. | | | | intoxication or drug use. |
| More and more, employers are looking to see if job | | | | When a judge agrees to the reduction of DUI charges |
| seekers have DUI convictions. DUI arrests and | | | | and to "withhold adjudication" on the less serious |
| convictions can also have consequences when | | | | charge of reckless driving, defendants are not |
| seeking acceptance into college or the military or | | | | convicted of criminal wrongdoing and may be eligible to |
| admission into professions having licensing | | | | seal their DUI arrest records. Additionally, when found |
| requirements. | | | | not guilty after a trial or when their case has been |
| When a prospective employer discovers that a job | | | | dismissed for technical reasons, DUI defendants having |
| applicant has been convicted of DUI, that employer will | | | | no prior arrests can seek the expungement of their |
| often exclude the candidate from further consideration. | | | | criminal records. |
| Many employers terminate longtime workers for | | | | Although DUI cases should be taken very seriously, |
| recent DUI convictions. A DUI conviction can | | | | DUI cases are not always hopeless. There are several |
| jeopardize your current job and future career! | | | | ways to beat a DUI case, or at least keep the |
| DID YOU KNOW THAT ARRESTS & EVIDENCE | | | | adverse consequences to a minimum. |
| CAN BE CHALLENGED? | | | | Richard G. Salzman, Esq. is an experienced Broward |
| Police officers are only human and can make | | | | County attorney; licensed to practice in New York and |
| mistakes. If it appears that law enforcement officers | | | | New Jersey since 1986, and Florida since 1988. |
| have violated procedural rules, a criminal defense | | | | Law Offices of Richard G. Salzman, P.A. |
| attorney will prepare legal motions asking a judge to | | | | |