Drugs and Alcohol

A law enforcement officer’s empathy for a turtle injured by a passing car cannot justify an unlawful search and criminal prosecution……. It’s simple. Anger resulting from empathy for an injured animal does not give the police the right to search your car and arrest you. Most of us like turtles. ...

/15 May 2015

/Drugs and Alcohol, Successes and Wins

Charge Dismissed Against Citizen Charged With Felony Possession Of Oxycodone Based Upon Dog “sniff”.

Man’s best friend. And one of man’s best ‘tools’. The ultra sensitive olfactory abilities of dogs are legendary. But as this example will show, they are not “limitless”. In State v. J.R.J., Indian River County Case No.: 31-2014-CF-765-A, a young citizen was returning from a pizza restaurant late one night,...

/30 Dec 2014

/Drugs and Alcohol, Successes and Wins

MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED/ STATE FORCED TO DROP POT CHARGES!!!

In State of Florida vs. C.S., (case number 2014 MM 2304), the Defendant initially believed that her life had been ruined by an arrest in St. Lucie County, Florida for possessing cannabis. It was a pleasant enough day in South Florida (for July, that is), when C.S. was traveling northbound...

/23 Jan 2013

/Drugs and Alcohol, Felony Violation of Probation, Prescription Drug Fraud, Successes and Wins

Violation of Probation Warrants Dismissed

On July 17, 2009, H.D. [St. Lucie County Case No.: 56 2009 CF 1086 A) entered a no contest plea to “Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Fraud”, a violation of Florida’s “Doctor Shopping” Statute. First, some background. “Doctor shopping” traditionally has not been considered a terribly serious crime. The “crime”...