thank you, thats all i needed and as much as jarod is wrong about things...he is right on with this one....
why not just admit usf is wrong? i cited case law, yet i haven't seen you call him out on his assertion that what i cited was not law. he keeps hounding the statute.....why don't you call him out on that?
A Central Florida DUI can be very complex. Each DUI has multiple phases. The phases are stop, detention, field sobriety exercises, arrest and testing. During a Florida DUI investigation if a mistake is made in any of these phases it can greatly reduce the strength of The States DUI case. An experienced Central Florida DUI attorney will be able to spot potential mistakes in the investigation and challenge them in court.
If the Florida DUI stop is illegal then everything flowing from the stop can be suppressed including the breath test results and field sobriety exercises. Because of the impact an illegal stop has on the case this is a heavily litigated area creating a great deal of case law about what is a legal Florida DUI stop. An experienced Central Florida DUI lawyer is familiar with stop case law. A Police officer may reasonably detain citizen temporarily in investigatory stop if officer has reasonable suspicion that person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit crime; investigatory stop requires well-founded articulable suspicion of criminal activity, and mere suspicion is not enough to support stop Popple v. State 626 So. 2d 185 (Fla. 1993). As a general matter, the decision to stop an automobile is reasonable where the police have probable cause to believe that a traffic violation has occurred Whren v. United States, 517 US 806 (1996).
The next phase of a Florida DUI investigation is the detention. During a Florida DUI detention the police are trying to acquire reasonable suspicion of impairment. This is a transition in the investigation. The reasonable suspicion or probable cause for the stop is not necessarily adequate for reasonable suspicion of impairment. The driving pattern may contribute to the reasonable suspicion of impairment. A knowledgeable Central Florida DUI attorney will be familiar with these issues.
The State Attorney’s Office in Florida frequently relies on the case Origi for the standards of reasonable suspicion in a Florida DUI case. In Origi, high rate of speed combined with an odor of alcohol and bloodshot eyes was sufficient reasonable suspicion to request field sobriety exercises during a DUI investigation Origi v. State, 912 So. 2d 69, 71 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) . If the police officer is able to accumulate reasonable suspicion during the Florida DUI investigation they can request the accused to do field sobriety exercises.
A common misconception is that the accused has to do the pre arrest field sobriety exercises during a Florida DUI investigation. If the accused refuses to take the field sobriety exercises, the officer should warn them of the consequences. One consequence is that the officer can testify that the accused refused to take the field sobriety exercises during the DUI investigation. If the officer does not warn the accused of the consequences after the refusal, it can create a safe harbor State v. Taylor 648 So. 2d 701 ( Fla 1995). If the refusal of Florida DUI field sobriety exercises are considered a safe harbor then the refusal of the exercises does not come in. This can be damaging to The State’s DUI case because without field sobriety exercises or a refusal of the exercises it appears to the jury that the exercises were never requested. One consideration with the Florida DUI field sobriety exercise is that often times if an individual has good balance and coordination or is a frequent drinker they may not appear intoxicated at .08 or slightly higher to a lay observer.