Broward DUI Lawyer Blog

Former Lafayette County Sheriff Dewayne Walker, 49, was charged with DUI in May of 2008 after being pulled over for driving 27 miles over the speed limit. According to Suwanee County court records, this offense was his third DUI and he had already been removed from office twice for public drunkenness.

Walker allegedly refused alcohol tests and refused to sign the traffic citation. Inevitably he was charged with felony DUI, but earlier this week under a plea settlement accepted on Wednesday, Walker walked with just a misdemeanor.

As part of his plea deal for this third DUI, walker has been mandated to use a breath-test Ignition Interlock Device to start his vehicles.

Walker was sentenced to a year of probation, house arrest for 45 days, and six months of a revoked license. He must also finance the Ignition Interlock Device for his vehicle.

During Walker's third term as sheriff, in August of 2002, it first became public that Walker had a drinking problem. At the time, Jeb Bush was governor, and suspended Walker from his $88k position as sheriff because of the multiple incidents related to Walker's public drunkenness and alcohol problem.

After a 30-day alcohol rehab program, Bush reinstated Walker as sheriff on March 22, 2003. Walker was suspended for a second time by Bush only 4 weeks later, after he was arrested in Tampa for DUI.

Miami-Dade DUI Defense attorney Carlos A. Canet, continued his efforts on August 3rd and 4th, 2009, to discredit Florida Department of Law Enforcement inspection procedures for Broward County Intoxilyzer breath test machines. If successful the outcome could results in hundreds of breath tests being thrown out of court in Broward. A very distinguished panel of county and circuit court judges are considering the several issues being raised by DUI Defense Lawyer Carlos A. Canet.

The hearing, that had originally commenced on July 31st, 2009 had to be continued because the defense had not completed its presentation. The next witness called by Miami-Dade DUI Defense Lawyer Carlos A. Canet was Dr. Stefan Rose. Mr. Thomas Workman of Massachusetts had been called previously and had help to discredit FDLE Intoxilyzer inspection procedures.

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Broward DUI Lawyer Carlos A. Canet, after months of preparation began the defense case at a hearing on a motion suppress breath test results that could effect hundreds of DUI defendants. The main issue being considered by a group of Broward County County Court and Circuit Court Judges is whether the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's mis-managed the alcohol testing program.

South Florida DUI Defense Attorney Carlos A. Canet has been representing clients accused of DUI throughout South Florida for over 25 years. In that time he has continually taken on the tough issues in order to get the right results for those accused of DUI in Miami-Dade County, Fort Lauderdale or Palm Beach County. The hearing is taking place in the downtown Fort Lauderdale Central Courthouse and started July 31st, 2009.

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