WINS FROM JURY TRIALS

20. 01/18/2000 98-XXXXXXMM10A (Zack): This client was charged with DUI Property Damage and Leaving the Scene of the Accident. Several police officers and civilian witnesses came to court and testified the client was highly impaired due to alcohol and had intentionally fled the scene of the crash. However, Mr. Canet was able to carefully cross-examine each witness and establish that the client was forced to leave the scene for fear of his life. The jury accepted the theory of defense and ACQUITTED the client of all charges, including DUI, and Mr. Canet got a very satisfying win.

19. 09/21/1999 98-XXXXXXMM10A (Gehl): This client was charged with three counts of DUI property damage and Careless Driving by causing an accident. Several police officers and the other people involved in the crash came to court and testified. The case was tried directly to the Judge and she found the client NOT GUILTY of all the misdemeanor charges and DISMISSED all the other citations.

18. 11/05/1999 99-XXXXTC10A (Gehl): This client was charged with Leaving the Scene of An Accident and Careless Driving causing an accident. Rather than accept the standard plea offer of a withhold and court costs, he followed Mr. Canet’s advice and went to trial on his case. He was found NOT GUILTY by the Judge and Mr. Canet secured the win.

17. 09/23/1998 98-XXXXXMM10A (Lazarus): The client courageously followed Mr. Canet’s advice to go to trial before Judge Lazarus on his DUI case and was found NOT GUILTY by the jury and Mr. Canet secured the win.

16. 03/17/1998 97-XXXXXMM10A (Feiner): This client was also charged with DUI and went to trial before Judge Feiner. The State aggressively prosecuted the case and presented much evidence of the client’s high degree of impairment due to alcohol. Mr. Canet, with second-chair Randy Goodis, however, persuaded the jury there was reasonable doubt and secured the NOT GUILTY verdict and the win for the client.

15. 04/15/1997 96-XXXXXMM10A (Lazarus): This client also courageously followed Mr. Canet’s advise to try his DUI case despite the judge. There was much testimony concerning his high level of alcohol impairment in addition to a BSO DUI videotape. On the tape the client made several incriminating admissions and the State argued he was behaving erratically. Mr. Canet, however, persuaded the jury, despite all the evidence presented, that there was reasonable doubt and the client was found NOT GUILTY.

14. 04/18/1996 95-XXXXXMM10A (Trachman): This case was tried before then-criminal County Court Judge Lisa Trachman. The client was charged with DUI and had provided a breath sample for testing that was above the legal limit. Despite this evidence, however, Mr. Canet launched an aggressive attack against the breath test results and the jury was convinced that there was reasonable doubt. The client was ACQUITTED and Mr. Canet won the case.

13. 02/21/1996 94-XXXXXMM10A (Diaz): This client was arrested by Officer Edward Kraynak, a legendary and veteran DUI Specialist from the Davie Police Department. There was a time when, like Deputy James Herbert of the BSO DUI Task Force, this officer would make over 200 DUI arrests in a year and would constantly appear in court to aggressively secure convictions in his cases. This time, however, he was aggressively and effectively cross-examined by Mr. Canet, who was second-chaired at the trial by Lloyd Golburgh. Together, they convinced the jury there was reasonable doubt, despite Officer Kraynak’ testimony and opinion concerning the high level of impairment and the client was found NOT GUILTY and the victory secured. Tragically, however, this young man died a few years after his case was won. He is missed by his family and friends.

12. 09/11/1995 94-XXXXX: This client was charged with DUI. Mr. Canet took her case to jury trial and she was found NOT GUILTY in 4 minutes.

11. 07/28/1995 XXXXX-WD (Rodriguez): This was a two day trial in Miami before then-County Court Judge Jose Rodriguez. This case was originally mis-tried by the State and had to be tried a second time. This client was arrested on South beach by officers of the Miami Beach Police Department . The Miami Beach Police have traditionally been one of the most aggressive DUI units in South Florida. In this case the client cooperated fully with police. There was testimony concerning indicators of impairment as well as a poor performance of field sobriety exercises. This client also provided breath samples of .12 and .12. The State called veteran and legendary DUI investigator Sam Behar. This officer, at the time, was one of the most aggressive DUI investigators in Florida and considered himself an authority in all aspects of DUI investigations. He testified at the trial concerning the meaning of the breath test results and unequivocally stated that the client was well above the legal limit at the time of driving. Mr. Canet conducted a blistering cross-examination of this witness that included an attack on his credentials and expertise in breath testing. Mr. Canet also called as defense experts, Mr. Rick Swope and Dr. Stefan Rose. After more than six hours of deliberation the jury found the client NOT GUILTY and Mr. Canet got one of the most satisfying wins of his career.