Coral Gables, FL
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Coral Gables, FL
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Criminal Defense, Expungement
OUTCOME: Felony charges dropped, client's DUI charge reduced to misdemeanor reckless driving. No conviction
Client arrested for DUI while being stopped behind a police car for over 20 minutes. Client allegedly became violent and assaulted police, disrobed and urinated in police station. Client charged with f ... elony charges of Battery on a Police Officer and Resisting Arrest.
OUTCOME: State dropped DUi down to reckless driving and client got record sealed. No conviction.
Client flipped her car and destroyed 3- 30 foot Royal Palm trees and charged with DUI. Client ineligible for any diversion program based on crash. Able to compensate city for repair and replacement of ... trees and provided state with extensive mitigation package to get agreement to refer client to diversion program.
OUTCOME: Conviction overturned, deportation teminated
Honduran immigrant in US without status for over 20 years. Has US born children and wife. Prior possession of cocaine charge places him in deportation proceedings.
OUTCOME: NOLLE PROSSE/DISMISSED
Motion to Suppress Granted: an illegal stop of my client's vehicle. Car was lawfully parked in a dark alley. Police had no right to confront driver and passenger.
OUTCOME:
ALL EYES, CAMERAS ON RICK SANCHEZ AS CH. 7 ANCHOR ENTERS DUI PLEA DON VAN NATTA Jr. Herald Staff Writer The cameramen were lined up like a firing squad in Dade traffic court Thursday to aim thei ... r lenses at television anchorman Rick Sanchez. "State of Florida versus Ricardo Sanchez," a court clerk announced at 11:37 a.m. At that moment, a hush fell over the jammed courtroom as WSVN-Channel 7's top-rated anchor strode to the bench to plead no contest to charges of driving while intoxicated on Dec. 10, 1990, after leaving Joe Robbie Stadium. Every head turned to get a glimpse of the celebrity defendant. The only sound was the whir of the cameras from every Miami TV station -- except Channel 7. Sanchez seemed edgy as he stood before the judge. First he jammed his hands in his pockets and then he folded his arms. Finally, Sanchez picked up his 14-month-old son, Ricky, who toyed with Dad's ballpoint pen. Meanwhile, Sanchez's lawyer, Jonathan Blecher, asked the judge for permission to withdraw from the case. "We do not believe it is in Mr. Sanchez's best interest to enter a plea of no contest here today," said Blecher, an attorney for Essen & Essen, one of America's top DUI defense law firms. "We are confident he would prevail at trial." Circuit Judge Marc Schumacher granted Blecher's motion to withdraw. Sanchez's new lawyer, Allan Milledge, then introduced himself to the court. Milledge represents Channel 7. "My attorneys disagree with my decision. But my Dad told me when we were growing up to always take responsibility for my actions. I'm going to take my Dad's advice, and I'm willing to take the consequences for this." Carr, the prosecutor, had offered Sanchez a plea bargain in March. But the anchorman decided to take the deal only after Schumacher denied a defense motion to throw out the results of his blood-alcohol test. "If it is a sincere plea of no contest that is motivated by a feeling of responsibility or a feeling of guilt, it usually comes shortly after the incident itself," Carr said. "However, in this case, the defendant's no contest plea came after 11 months of media posturing and after all his pretrial motions were denied. He was worried that a guilty verdict after a trial meant a jail sentence." If convicted, Sanchez faced a maximum of six months in the Dade County Jail.
OUTCOME: Dismissal
Ms. Francis, a well-known singer and actress from the 50's , 60's and 70's was charged with several offenses arising from a disturbance at the Grand Bay Hotel in Coconut Grove.
OUTCOME: 104 YEARS STATE PRISON
A string of home invasion armed robberies with sexual battery was plaguing southern Dade County in the early 1980's. Jonathan Blecher was an Assistant State Attorney who, along with Susan Leah Dechovit ... z, prosecuted the offenders, obtained convictions and lengthy prison terms.
OUTCOME: DISMISSED
One of nine Miami Killian Senior High School students charged with a hate crime for publishing an underground paper critical and satirical of the school administration.
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