Brevard County (Space Coast)
Satellite Beach Office
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Brevard County DUI defense from our Satellite Beach office.
Serving Satellite Beach, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Viera, Cocoa, and the surrounding Brevard County area. Available 24 hours a day at (321) 516-0970.
What the Satellite Beach office handles
From the Satellite Beach office, the firm handles Florida DUI defense, DUI license suspensions and DHSMV formal review hearings, drug charges, domestic violence and other criminal cases that arise in the Brevard County area.
Cities served from this office
- Satellite Beach
- Melbourne
- Palm Bay
- Viera
- Cocoa
- Titusville
- Indian Harbour Beach
- Cocoa Beach
- Indialantic
- South Patrick Shores
- Rockledge
Courts and law enforcement in Brevard County
DUI arrests in this region are commonly made by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, the Melbourne Police Department, the Palm Bay Police Department, and Florida Highway Patrol Troop D. Cases are heard in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida at the Moore Justice Center in Viera and the courthouses in Titusville and Melbourne.
FAQ
The standardized field sobriety exercises are the horizontal gaze nystagmus eye test, the walk and turn and the one leg stand. They are meant to be given and scored under national NHTSA standards. Video from the stop and the officer's report can be compared with those standards to see how the exercises were actually given.
Florida law calls the offense DUI under F.S. 316.193. There is no separate DWI statute in Florida. DWI is an older term, or one used by other states, but every Florida impaired driving prosecution is filed as a DUI.
A case can end by dismissal, plea or trial, and which one happens depends on the evidence. If evidence was obtained unlawfully, for example after a stop without reasonable suspicion, a motion to suppress asks the court to exclude it. No outcome can be predicted at the start, but the evidence can be reviewed for problems like these.
No. A DUI conviction cannot be sealed or expunged in Florida, and courts cannot withhold adjudication on a DUI. Depending on the evidence, a DUI may in some cases be resolved as a lesser charge such as reckless driving, which is one reason the evidence is reviewed carefully before any plea.
A DUI conviction cannot be sealed or expunged in Florida, and it stays on the Florida driving record for 75 years. Courts also cannot withhold adjudication on a DUI. Because the record is so lasting, the evidence in a DUI case deserves a careful review before any plea is entered.
Florida applies a 0.02 limit to drivers under 21, often called zero tolerance. A driver under 21 can also face a standard DUI charge when the evidence shows impairment of normal faculties or a level of 0.08 or higher. The license consequences depend on the facts and the driver's record.
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