Satellite Beach DUI Lawyer

How DUI stops usually unfold in Satellite Beach

Satellite Beach is a small city on the barrier island, with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Banana River on the other. Traffic moves mainly along A1A and South Patrick Drive, and the Pineda Causeway links the island to the mainland.

DUI stops inside the city are commonly made by the Satellite Beach Police Department. They often begin with an ordinary traffic issue, then move to questions about drinking, field sobriety exercises and, after an arrest, a request for a breath test.

Each of those steps produces a record, such as the officer's report, the breath test records and often video. Those records are the starting point for any defense review.

From the barrier island to Brevard County Court

A Satellite Beach DUI is filed in Brevard County Court, part of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Brevard holds court at the Moore Justice Center in Viera, its main courthouse, and at courthouses in Titusville and Melbourne, and the court sets where each hearing takes place.

After booking, a person is either released on bond or brought before a judge for first appearance, usually within 24 hours. Arraignment is the first formal court date, and in many misdemeanor cases a lawyer can file a written plea of not guilty so the client does not need to attend.

The court case is only one track. The arrest also begins an administrative license suspension handled by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV). There are 10 days from the arrest to request a formal review hearing; if nobody makes that request, the suspension takes effect.

A lawyer in your own city

The firm's Satellite Beach office is in the city, at 1790 Highway A1A, Suite 209. People who live on the island can meet about their case without leaving Satellite Beach.

The firm is led by David Cannady, a former Florida prosecutor admitted to The Florida Bar in 2014. Calls are answered 24 hours a day, the first case review is free, and payment plans through Affirm, including $0 down options, are available subject to approval.

When the stop happens on the Banana River

Living between the ocean and the river means an impaired operation case can involve a boat rather than a car. Florida charges boating under the influence under F.S. 327.35, using the same 0.08 or normal faculties standard that applies to drivers. A BUI case gets the same careful review: how the stop began, how any testing was done and what the records show.

Satellite Beach 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 Satellite Beach office is in the city, at 1790 Highway A1A, Suite 209. See Satellite Beach office.

Other Brevard County cities

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

Satellite Beach DUI questions

The case is filed in Brevard County Court, part of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Hearings may be set at any of Brevard's courthouses, which include the Moore Justice Center in Viera and courthouses in Titusville and Melbourne. In many misdemeanor DUI cases, a lawyer can appear for the client at pretrial hearings, so the client may not need to attend every date.

Inside city limits, DUI stops are commonly made by the Satellite Beach Police Department, often on A1A or South Patrick Drive. The arresting agency writes the reports and keeps the video, and the defense receives those records through discovery along with any breath test data.

Yes. The firm's Satellite Beach office is at 1790 Highway A1A, Suite 209, inside the city. A free case review there can cover the 10 day deadline for the formal review hearing, the court schedule and the options that may exist depending on the evidence.

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