Dunnellon, FL DUI Law Firms & Lawyers

Failure to appear in court will result in a warrant for your step sons arrest issued by PA nationwide, and a license suspension in PA. The courts in Florida will recriprocate with the license suspension and will take him into custody on the warrant if he has any contact with law enforcement. The best thing to do is go to PA and turn himself in and deal with the DUI charge, take care of business, then move to Florida. Simply moving to Florida will not solve the problem.

You have the option of entering a plea deal on the DUI in court or taking the case to trial. At trial the state must prove (1) you were operating or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle (2) you had consumed alcohol or controlled substances (3) your blood alcohol was over .08 or your normal faculties were impaired.  In your case since there is no field sobriety test and no breath test it will be case of the officers opinion.  There may be a video of you taken at the scene, or at the police station. Sometimes the video is helpful for your case, or harmful. Your lawyer will review all the evidence in the case, including the police report, officers notes, video tapes, etc and then advise you whether you should take a plea deal or go to trial.  Without reviewing all the evidence in your case, it would be impossible for me to tell you what you should do.