WINS FROM JURY TRIALS

36. 06/20/2005 04-015566MM10A (Berman): This client could not afford to be convicted for DUI under any circumstance. There was no acceptable offer that had been made so the case had to go to trial and he had to win. Fortunately, Mr. Canet won the case and the jury ACQUITTED.

35. 02/15/2005 00-XXXXXMM10A (Diaz): In this case the Defendant had been arrested after being investigated by Officer Periu and Officer Coderoy of the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department. Each testified at the trial regarding the client’s poor performance on roadside exercises. State also introduced the results of the client’s breath test which were .11 and .10. In addition, the video of his performance of field sobriety exercises at the BAT facility was also shown to the jury. Mr, Canet secured an ACQUITTAL and won the trial nonetheless.

34. 02/07/2005 03-009663MM10A (Lazarus): This case involved a charge of Boating Under the Influence. The case was prosecuted by a supervising attorney of the Broward State Attorney’s Office. The State flew in an officer of the U.S. Coast Guard to testify that the client was impaired in addition to veteran member of the BSO DUI Task Force Deputy Craig Buttery. Mr. Canet won the case and the client was ACQUITTED.

33. 01/25/2005 03-23117MM10A (Diaz): This was another case investigated by Deputy James Herbert who stopped the client for failure to maintain a single lane that could be seen on the DUI video. The client also provided a breath sample and blew above the limit. Several witnesses testified and Mr. Canet aggressively cross-examined the State’s Intoxilyzer maintenance technician concerning the reliability of the test results. Mr. Canet, won the case and secured the ACQUITTAL.

32. 12/14/2004 02-24057MM10A (Cowart): This client was arrested by Deputy Craig Buttery of the BSO DUI Task Force. There was no roadside video showing the Defendant’s performance of roadside exercises. Mr. Canet was forced to cross examine the deputy based upon his recollection and report. However, there was a video of the Defendant at the BSO BAT facility taken sometime after the arrest. On the video the client was constantly baited by the officers in an attempt to make him look impaired. Mr. Canet was able to convince the jury the client was not impaired despite the video and the case was won with a NOT GUILTYverdict.

31. 10/19/2004 02-015807MM10A (Cowart): This case resulted in a mistrial the first time it was tried. This client had been arrested by officers of the Plantation Police Department. Including a sergeant who came to court, along with the others, and testified that the client was heavily impaired by alcohol. Mr. Canet was able to badly impeach the officers with their prior testimony and was able to convince the jury that they had lied from the witness stand. The jury agreed and found the client NOT GUILTY resulting in another win.

30. 08/30/2004 04-3378MM10A: This client followed Mr. Canet’s advice not to accept a negotiated settlement to the lesser charge of Reckless Driving and was rewarded when Mr. Canet won his case and secured the ACQUITTAL.

29. 03/02/2004 02-25568MM10A (Diaz): This client was pulled over after nearly crashing into a police vehicle. He was investigated by veteran patrol officers of the Davie Police Department. A special DUI qualified investigator responded to the scene with a dash-board mounted video camera to record the investigation. The video showed that the client had problems with balance and all the officers testified that he was highly impaired. Mr. Canet was able to convince the jury to ACQUIT and the case was won despite all the evidence presented.