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Indialantic is a small beachside town across the Indian River from downtown Melbourne, and a DUI stop here often comes at the end of a drive over the Melbourne Causeway. Available 24 hours a day at (321) 516-0970.

Over the Melbourne Causeway and into Indialantic

In Indialantic, US 192 runs as Fifth Avenue and crosses the river on the Melbourne Causeway, connecting the town with downtown Melbourne. DUI stops in town are commonly made by the Indialantic Police Department on A1A or Fifth Avenue, sometimes after an evening on the mainland side of the river.

A stop needs a lawful reason, such as a traffic violation. What happens next usually decides whether there is an arrest: the officer's observations, the conversation at the window and the field sobriety exercises.

The roadside exercises, explained

Florida officers commonly use three standardized field sobriety exercises: horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN), which is an eye test; the walk and turn; and the one leg stand. They are meant to be given and scored under national NHTSA standards.

The defense compares the video and the officer's notes with those standards: how the instructions were given, how each exercise was demonstrated and how it was scored. Differences can become part of the defense, depending on the evidence.

Florida's implied consent license suspension applies to the breath test after arrest, not to the roadside exercises.

Where an Indialantic case is heard

Indialantic is in Brevard County, so the criminal charge is filed in Brevard County Court in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Hearings are assigned by the court to one of the county's courthouses, in Viera, Titusville or Melbourne.

The license side runs separately through the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. A formal review hearing must be requested within 10 days of the arrest; if no one asks, the suspension takes effect.

Getting to the firm from Indialantic

The firm's nearest office is in Satellite Beach, a few miles north on A1A. Case reviews are free, and calls are answered 24 hours a day.

Indialantic at a glance
  • County: Brevard County
  • Court: Brevard County Court, which sits at the Moore Justice Center in Viera and at courthouses in Titusville and Melbourne
  • Circuit: Florida's Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
  • The firm's nearest office is in Satellite Beach, a few miles north on A1A. See Satellite Beach office.

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General information only, not legal advice. Every case depends on its own facts, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Indialantic DUI questions
Brevard County Court, part of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Brevard's main courthouse is the Moore Justice Center in Viera, and the county also holds court in Titusville and Melbourne. The court decides where each hearing is held, and in many misdemeanor cases a lawyer can attend pretrial hearings for the client.
The defense compares the Indialantic Police Department's video and reports with the NHTSA standards for horizontal gaze nystagmus, the walk and turn and the one leg stand. The question is whether each exercise was explained, given and scored the way the standards require, and whether the video matches the report.
Ten days from the arrest. Within that window, a formal review hearing can be requested with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles on the administrative suspension. If no request is made, the suspension takes effect. A hardship license may be available in some cases, depending on the suspension and the driving record.
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