Recent Alachua County DUI Results

Gainesville, Alachua County. The client was arrested and charged with DUI and serious bodily injury. Because of the injuries involved, there was a potential for this client to be charged with third-degree Felony, subjecting the client to up to five (5) years in State Prison with a mandatory minimum sentence of three (3) years state prison.

After an evening with friends from the University of Florida, the client was driving a female companion home on his motorcycle. The client lost control and crashed into a parked SUV. The passenger on the motor vehicle was seriously injured and rushed to the Emergency Room.

A house full of partygoers in the adjacent lot witnessed the accident. The driver was also rushed to the Emergency Room, where a DUI blood test was administered.

Since the elements of DUI-Serious Bodily Injury are challenging for the State Attorney’s Office to prove, the lawyers at the Law Offices of Whittel & Melton immediately investigated the case to ensure that the client had all possible defenses at his disposal. Our investigation of the case proved worthwhile, as several potential holes in the State’s case developed concerning the analysis of the blood sample, the methodology used in the study of the blood sample, and the witnesses in the case.

RESULT: The prosecutors did not file a felony DUI charge. Instead, it pleaded to a misdemeanor DUI and won’t serve any jail time.

Please note that this page is still under construction. More Results to Come…