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Panama City & Beach DUI Lawyers
Pamama City
- Carroll McCaully:
Freedom is precious. If you have been charged with a crime, the thought of going to prison and loosing your freedom is terrifying. At times like these, choosing the right Florida criminal defense lawyer can make a difference in the outcome of your case.
- Tanya Higgins:
If you or a loved one or a friend has been accused of a crime in the Panama City, Florida area, you need a good lawyer immediately. An experienced, dedicated attorney can make sure the rights of the accused are being protected from the very start, and prevent the accused from saying anything that could lead to a jail or prison sentence, probation or major fines.
- Karl Trucks:
When facing DWI or BWI charges hiring a DWI/BWI lawyer can be the difference between keeping your drivers license and losing it. It can even keep you out of jail.
- Trappe & Dusseault:
Traffic violations can have serious criminal consequences, particularly
when a driver is accused of driving under the influence. A conviction
on DUI charges will result in fines and possibly land you in jail. In
addition, your insurance company may increase your rates to an
unmanageable level. In defending against an under the influence or
impaired driving charge, you have many rights as a criminal defendant,
including the right to cross-examine the witnesses against you, even if
they are police officers, and to obtain a temporary driving permit
while your case is pending.
- Hoot Crawford:
Traffic violations can have serious criminal consequences, particularly
when a driver is accused of driving under the influence. A conviction
on DUI/DWI charges will result in fines, driver's license suspension or
revocation, and possibly land you in jail. In addition, your insurance
company may increase your rates to an unmanageable level. In defending
against an impaired driving charge, you have many rights as a criminal
defendant, including the right to cross-examine the witnesses against
you, even if they are police officers. An experienced attorney can make
all the difference in such a difficult case.
- Thomas Cassidy:
Persons convicted of driving a commercial vehicle with a blood alcohol
level of .04 or above, driving a commercial motor vehicle while under
the influence of alcohol or controlled substances, or driving a
commercial motor vehicle while in possession of a controlled substance
shall be disqualified from operating a commercial vehicle for a period
of one year.
Panama City Beach
- Christopher Patterson:
You have elected to proceed with a trial by jury. It is your constitutional right to a public trial by an impartial jury. Prospective jurors shall be assembled, and examined to determine if they are qualified to serve as a trial juror. Jurors may be disqualified for cause if they demonstrate an obvious bias to the case. Otherwise, you are permitted a number of peremptory challenges to be exercised with discretion. The goal is to assemble a fair and impartial trial jury to hear the merits of your case.
At the beginning of the trial the attorneys will have an opportunity, if they wish, to make an opening statement. The opening statement gives the attorneys a chance to tell what evidence they believe will be presented during the trial. What the lawyers say is not evidence.
Following the opening statements, witnesses will be called to testify under oath. They will be examined and cross-examined by the attorneys. Documents and other exhibits also may be produced as evidence.
After the evidence has been presented, the attorneys will have the opportunity to make their final argument.
Following the arguments by the attorneys, the court will instruct the jury on the law applicable to the case.
After the instructions are given, the jury will retire to consider its verdict.
You have entered a plea of not guilty. This means the jury must presume or believe you are innocent. The presumption stays with you as to each material allegation in the information or indictment through each stage of the trial unless it has been overcome by the evidence to the exclusion of and beyond a reasonable doubt.
To overcome your presumption of innocence, the Government, or State (as the case may be), has the burden of proving the crime with which you are charged was committed and you are the person who committed the crime.
You are not required to present evidence or prove anything.
The Government (State) must prove beyond any reasonable doubt the essential elements of the crime it has charged. The term "reasonable doubt" is defined as a real doubt, based upon reason and common sense after careful and impartial consideration of all the evidence in the case.
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt, therefore, is proof of such a convincing character that you would be willing to rely and act upon it without hesitation in the most important of your own affairs. A reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt, a speculative, imaginary or forced doubt. A reasonable doubt as to the guilt of a defendant may arise from the evidence, conflict in the evidence, or the lack of evidence.
Finally, the jury will be instructed as to how to conduct its deliberations. They must base their decision solely upon the evidence presented during the trial. Whatever verdict they render must be unanimous, that is, each juror must agree to the same verdict.
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