Ocala Driver Pleas to Misdemeanor Driving Charges
A Marion County Sheriff’s deputy observed a 2008 Honda Civic at the intersection of East Silver Springs Blvd. and NE 58th Avenue and ran a record check that showed that the owner had a suspended license. The deputy observed that the driver of the vehicle matched the description of the owner and conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle.
The deputy spoke with the driver of the vehicle, who admitted that his license was suspended. A records check revealed that the driver had multiple suspensions and convictions for driving while license suspended.
Four days later, an Ocala Police Department officer was conducting traffic enforcement on NW U.S. Hwy 27 when he got behind a silver Honda Civic and ran the vehicle’s tag number, which showed that the owner of the vehicle had a suspended driver’s license. The officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and spoke with the driver. A records search revealed that the driver of the vehicle had a suspended license and multiple prior driving while license suspended charges. The driver was placed under arrest for felony driving while license suspended.
The driver hired Meldon Law. The attorneys at Meldon reviewed the driver’s license record of the defendant, which showed that the basis of the current suspension did not qualify for a felony driving while license suspended charge. The attorney was then able to negotiate a plea to one misdemeanor driving while license suspended offense, while the other charge was reduced to a second-degree misdemeanor for driving without a license, which allowed the client to avoid becoming a habitual traffic offender.
If you are facing charges as a result of a traffic stop, contact Meldon Law by phone at (352) 373-8000 or use our online contact form to send us a confidential message.
DISCLAIMER: The results are specific to the facts and legal circumstances of each of the clients’ cases and should not be used to form an expectation that the same results could be obtained for other clients in similar matters without reference to the specific factual and legal circumstances of each client’s case. (Date of Arrest: March 3, 2019, and March 7, 2019).
