Florida DUI, but live in New York State
I live in New York State and was stopped for a DUI and for an Florida expired driver's license. I had a Florida license which expired, but I had my current New York State license. Furthermore, I was told that you cannot have 2 licenses at the same time; Example Florida & New York. Must I attend court in Florida or can I resolve everything before I go back home to New York State. It is my first offense.
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Re: Florida DUI, but live in New York State
If you received your DUI in Florida, you will most likely need to resolve that case in Florida. Sometimes a court will allow a misdemeanor Defendant to enter a plea in absentia (PIA), which is done when someone is out of town/state, but it is very rare, in my experience, on a DUI case.
Re: Florida DUI, but live in New York State
Like Mr. Slavin says, it is possible to have a lawyer in Florida handle a plea without a defendant being present. Depending on what county you were arrested in, some courts are more willing than other to do this. For what it is worth, I worked as a prosecutor in Orange and Osceola counties, and we did pleas like this to DUI's fairly frequently. However, I am not sure how Judges in Miami Dade, assuming that is were the offense occurred, would handle it.
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