6 Month Administrative Suspension Invalidated
On January 13, 2020, a DHSMV Field Hearing Officer in Tampa, FL, invalidated our client’s 6 month administrative suspension for having a breath test reading over .08. The reason for invalidating the suspension was because there was insufficient evidence to support the suspension because the “arrest was unlawful.” The decision was made after four witnesses testified at the hearing.
12 Month Administrative Suspension for Refusal Invalidated
In another case decided on January 13, 2020, a DHSMV Field Hearing Officer in Tampa, FL, invalidated our client’s 12 month administrative suspension for refusing a breath test after the DUI arrest. The reason for invalidating the suspension was because there was insufficient evidence to support the suspension because the “arresting officer failed to appear.” The arresting officer worked at Florida Highway Patrol.
Administrative Suspension for Refusal Invalidated Because “No Actual Refusal”
On February 12, 2020, a HSMV Hearing Officer invalidated a 12-month administrative suspension for refusing a breath test after the DUI arrest. The arresting officer worked at the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. At the hearing, the attorney was able to show that the packet contained insufficient evidence that any refusal was willful or happened after the reading of implied consent. The hearing officer agreed by determining “that there is insufficient evidence to support the suspension because there was no actual refusal.”
Won Formal Review Hearing – No Evidence to Place Driver in Physical Control
On February 18, 2020, a HSMV Field Hearing Officer at the Bureau of Administrative Review office in Clearwater, FL, invalidated a six month administrate suspension because the hearing officer determined that there is insufficient evidence to support the suspension because of no evidence to place the driver in physical control.
Arresting Officers Fails to Appear at DUI License Suspension Hearing
On April 20, 2020, the HSMV Field Hearing Officer with the Tampa Bureau of Administrative Reviews entered an order setting aside the administrative suspension of the driver’s license triggered by an unlawful breath or blood alcohol level. The hearing officer found insufficient evidence to support the suspension because the arresting officer failed to appear after being properly served with a subpoena.
On April 28, 2020, the HSMV Field Hearing Officers at the Bureau of Administrative Review in Clearwater set aside the six month suspension of driving privileges for driving with an unlawful alcohol level. The order found that after reviewing the facts of the case, the Hearing Officer determined that there is insufficient evidence to support the suspension because the arresting officer failed to appear.
On May 14th, 2020, a HSMV Hearing Officer at the Tampa Bureau of Administrative Review issued an order setting aside a CDL disqualification dated April 4, 2020, and a suspension dated April 4, 2020, for driving with an unlawful alcohol level because “there is insufficient evidence to support the suspension and disqualification…”
On July 28th, 2020, the HSMV Field Hearing Officer at the Bureau of Administrative Reviews (BAR) in Tampa, entered a final order setting aside the suspension for having an unlawful alcohol level. The hearing officer determined that there was insufficient evidence to suppose the suspension because the arresting officer failed to appear. A copy of the order was furnished to the Florida Highway Patrol.
18 Month Hard Suspension for Second Refusal Set Aside
On August 4, 2020, the HSMV Field Hearing Officer at the Bureau of Administrative Reviews (BAR) in Clearwater, FL, entered a Final Order on Results of Review Hearing. The order set aside the eighteen (18) month administrative suspension for the second refusal. At the hearing, the breath test operator appeared but the arresting officer did not. As a result, the hearing officer had insufficient evidence to support the conviction.
12 Month Refusal Suspension Set Aside at Tampa BAR
On September 21, 2020, a field hearing officer at the DHSMV’s Bureau of Administrative Reviews in Tampa, FL, issue a final order on the results of the formal review hearing which invalidated the 12 month administrative suspension for refusing to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test. At the hearing, several troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol testified. After reviewing the packet of information submitted by the trooper and listening to the testimony and arguments, the hearing officer determined that there was insufficient evidence to support the suspension “because the arrest was not lawful.”
12 Month Refusal Suspension Set Aside at Tampa BAR
On September 25, 2020, the hearing officer set aside a 12 month suspension for a second refusal after a DUI arrest by an officer with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. In this case, we did not subpoena any witnesses because the information in the packet was insufficient, on its face, to support the suspension. At the hearing, we made several objections to show all the problems. The hearing officer issued an order that invalidated the suspension after determining that “there is insufficient evidence to suppose the suspension because of conflicting evidence or discrepancies.”
6 Month DUBAL Suspension Set Aside at Tampa Bar
On October 6, 2020, a hearing officer with the Tampa Bureau of Administrative Reviews issued a final order setting aside a 6 month driver’s license suspension for having an unlawful alcohol level because of “insufficient evidence to support the suspension because the arresting officer failed to appear.” The arresting officer was a trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol.
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