In many years of practice as a DUI defense lawyer I have learned that easily the most challenging and complicated issues in any DUI case have to do with blood draws and their analysis.  Especially in felony DUI cases involving death or serious bodily injury where the stakes are the highest, most often the DUI defense [...]

The oldest law enforcement on-scene investigative tool is the administration of field sobriety exercises.  There was a time before 1995 that they were referred to as “tests.”  However, that changed as a result of some work I did attempting to exclude their use by police altogether.  I am Carlos A. Canet, South Florida DUI defense [...]

As a Fort Lauderdale DUI Attorney I have the opportunity to display recent images I took of the Intoxilyzer 8000 featured at the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “Blood, Breath & Tears,” seminar in Orlando last month.  It is interesting to note that CMI, the manufacturer of the Intoxilyzer, has made it nearly impossible for DUI defense [...]

The question I have been asked more than any other in the 25 years I have been practicing as a DUI defense attorney in South Florida is, “Should I blow into the machine?”  The better question to ask is “What can I do to minimize the risk of going to jail for DUI once I [...]

Equally as important as providing effective assistance of counsel in court, the DUI defense attorney must also provide proper representation of the client before the Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Administrative Reviews.  In 1991, the Florida legislature enacted what was then referred to as the “roadside suspension” statute.  In effect, this law [...]

The CMI Intoxilyzer-8000 was introduced into the Florida DUI enforcement landscape in March, 2006.  This device replaced the the CMI Intoxilyzer 5000.  The 5000 had been in use in Florida since the early 1980’s.  In fact, according to former Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy sheriff David Fries, Broward County, and specifically, the Broward Sheriff’d Office and [...]

By MEGAN O’MATZ and JOHN MAINES | South Florida Sun-Sentinel August 10, 2008
DAVIE - The water is safe now. But people here are still afraid to drink it.
In two mobile home parks and an apartment complex, 5,500 residents buy their water from Ferncrest Utilities, a small private company.
Over nearly two decades, the water had [...]