Drunk Driving DUI Law

A Manatee County jury found a man guilty of driving drunk on his lawnmower.
Deputies say they were called to a home on 34th Avenue east last July, where they say they saw John Folds acting intoxicated.
They say they then watched him ride into the dark two-lane road on the mower.  That’s when they gave him [...]

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Tracy Whidden of Polk County has been charged with one count of DUI Manslaughter from an accident that happened in May.
The 37 year old women of Mulberry, Florida was arrested Tuesday morning. Investigators say on May 9, 2008 Whidden was driving a 1999 Jeep sedan east on County Road 542, near the intersection of Delrose [...]

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JOHN MUSCA
John Musca is a Naples, Florida DUI Attorney that provides drunk driving defense services as well as other criminal defense services in Florida.

The Musca Law Philosophy
Our philosophy is two-fold: First, provide an aggressive criminal defense that includes attention to detail, focusing on the strengths of your case, and exploiting the weaknesses in [...]

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A Tallahassee man was arrested early this morning on a charge of driving under the influence after he crashed his Mercedes at Killearn Center Boulevard and Capital Circle Northeast, Tallahassee police said.
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Shane Turney, 32, was driving west on Killearn Center about 5 a.m. when he crashed into an Oldsmobile going north on Capital Circle, said [...]

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Riverview, Florida – The FHP has brought charges against two drivers involved in a crash last October that led to the death of a Good Samaritan who stopped to lend assistance.
James Braley, 36, of Tampa and Jessica Paquette, 23, of Riverview are charged with one count of DUI manslaughter. Braley faces a second charge of [...]

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A teenager was charged with DUI involving serious bodily injury after the car he was driving hit a utility pole and seriously injured himself and three passengers, police said. One of them later died at Tampa General Hospital.
Shawn Walker, 19, of 2004 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tampa, also is charged with driving with [...]

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Procedures not followed in handling of breath test equipment.
An Escambia County judge ruled that breath test results from 19 Florida DUI cases could not be entered into evidence. The Intoxilyzer 8000 used to determine the defendants’ blood alcohol content had not been properly handled and maintained, which could have altered the test results.
The equipment in [...]

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