Vero Beach, FL DUI Law Firms & Lawyers

The best thing to do is to wait, obviously your lawyer is fighting your case and may eventually get it dismissed. Unless the case is dismissed you will either plead guilty/no contest to the charges (or, a lesser charge), or go to trial. If your license was never revoked your lawyer did a good job defending your license at the DMV. These questions are best asked of your lawyer, he/she will likely know the best answers for you and your case.

Expunction of a DUI criminal history record is possible if (1) the charge was "nolle prossed" (dropped) by the prosecution (the State) or dismissed by the Court, and if (2) the person seeking expunction has never been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor or felony, or adjudicated to be delinquent as a juvenile of any felony or some misdemeanors, and if (3) the person has never previously been the recipient of a sealed or expunged criminal history record. Interestingly, and in my view very unfairly and in disregard of the basic principles within the criminal justice system, the legislature decided that a person cannot receive the benefit of expunction if he or she goes to trial and is found not guilty.  So, despite the Constitutionally guaranteed entitlements of the presumption of innocence and the right to a trial at which the government, which has made the charge(s), must prove its allegations, an accused individual who opts for a trial, and wins, is not eligible for expunction.   If the person seeking expunction is eligible, as confirmed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, he or she could then petition the Court to expunge the record, and the Court would hold a hearing and determine whether the request should be granted.  The Court is not obligated to order expunction even if eligibility exists, but in most jurisdictions a denial would be unusual.

Florida law doesn't care about the keys. Our statute says if a person is in "actual physical control" of the vehicle they can be arrested for DUI. Sleeping in the back seat of a car, keys with someone else a person can be arrested and found guilty. Unfair? Yes, talk to the democrats in the legislature they passed the law and block any changes.