John Guidry has practiced law in Florida for over 30 years. After so many criminal defense cases, the Orlando resident still wants his clients to walk free from illegitimate charges they land during traffic stops. The problem is, he laments, isn’t any substance in the car or DUI “justifications” the police officer comes up with. It starts with why drivers get pulled over in the first place.
Police officers always ask the same question during a traffic stop
“If the stop of your car was not legitimate, the criminal case they build later…people like me get that thrown out.”
The thing is, Guidry says, you can mess up his whole defense if you answer a simple question the police officer always asks. It typically happens right at the start of the interaction, when the officer approaches and you roll your car window down. “And I don’t want you to flub the answer.”
Guidry says that depending on how you respond matters. “It could screw your case later.”…