Violation of Probation DUI (Saint Lucie County)

Facts: Our client was placed on probation for a DUI which occurred in 2020. He was ordered to completed a substance abuse evaluation as a part of the required DUI school. He was also ordered not to drink or consume drugs and to submit to random testing. However, very early in his probation our client tested positive for alcohol and his probation was violated and he was sitting in custody without a bond.

Results: We were able to speak with our client in the jail right away after being contacted by our client’s family. After speaking with our client we learned that he had not yet enrolled in the drug and alcohol treatment, but that he was already scheduled to begin the treatment just several days after his arrest on the violation. We did not waste time on waiting around for a court date to come up. Instead, we called the state attorney immediately and let them know that our client was not yet in treatment and that while he tested positive he wasn’t using or drinking while receiving treatment. We asked for him to have the opportunity to get the evaluation and enroll in his treatment. We were successful in getting the state to agree and within a week he was entering a plea to reinstate his probation and released from custody.