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On Appeal, the Circuit Court in and for Miami-Dade County reverses DUI conviction of former Miami-Dade Police Officer and remands a re-trial.<\/h4>\n

MIAMI — Dec. 31, 2015 \u2014\u00a0An appellate panel of three judges in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida reversed the Driving Under the Influence conviction of former Miami-Dade police officer, Fernando Villa<\/a>, and remanded for retrial, finding that prosecutors made improper arguments during Villa\u2019s trial in June 2014. Diaz Reus attorney Fausto Sanchez<\/a>\u00a0(pictured above) presented the successful oral argument for Mr. Villa\u2019s appeal on Oct. 8, 2015.<\/p>\n

At the center of the appeal was the Fifth Amendment<\/a> guarantee that an accused has the right to remain silent and not be forced to present evidence at his criminal trial. Judge Ruiz, writing for the panel in its Dec. 8, 2015 opinion<\/a>, stated, \u201cBecause we find merit in the defense\u2019s arguments that the State shifted the burden and improperly commented on the Defendant\u2019s pre-arrest silence, we reverse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Villa did not testify at trial, nor did his trial attorney present evidence or witnesses. And, although his attorney questioned witnesses about his medical condition, the defense never committed to presenting medical records to explain Mr. Villa\u2019s condition on the date of his arrest. Yet, certain questions by the State at trial sought to draw the jury\u2019s attention to the lack of evidence presented by Mr. Villa\u2019s defense to justify his refusal to submit to testing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court\u2019s decision speaks volumes. It is the burden of the prosecution, and only the prosecution, to present evidence and prove its case,\u201d says Sanchez. \u201cThe prosecutors asked questions of one of their witnesses that implied to the jury that Mr. Villa had an obligation to provide medical records to prove up his defense. That implication was abjectly improper and as a result, the conviction that followed required reversal.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Fausto Sanchez<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fausto Sanchez is a bilingual litigation attorney, handling a wide variety of cases, including complex commercial litigation, international business transactions and white collar criminal defense.\u00a0He is admitted to practice in the State Court of Florida and the Federal Court in the Southern District of Florida.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining Diaz, Reus & Targ, Mr. Sanchez worked as an Assistant State Attorney in Florida\u2019s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, where he handled thousands of criminal cases, ranging from violent first-degree felonies to complex financial theft.\u00a0In his three years as a prosecutor, Mr. Sanchez tried nearly 50 cases before jurors of Broward County, Florida, obtaining multiple convictions.<\/p>\n

About Diaz Reus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diaz Reus is a global law practice focused on national and transnational parallel proceedings in the following broad areas: sovereign, trade, commercial, finance, fraud, and civil litigation and arbitration; asset identification, location, tracing, and recovery; white collar crime, including regulatory and criminal investigations and defense of corruption, bribery, money laundering, FCPA, OFAC, SDN, and BSA; and politically sensitive investigations including the recovery of U.S. immigration status and visas. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, the firm has 14 offices worldwide, and has earned prestigious\u00a0rankings and peer recognition from organizations including Chambers and Partners, Martindale-Hubbell, Best Lawyers, and Latinvex, among others. DiazReus.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Appeal, the Circuit Court in and for Miami-Dade County reverses DUI conviction of former Miami-Dade Police Officer and remands a re-trial. MIAMI — Dec. 31, 2015 \u2014\u00a0An appellate panel of three judges in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida reversed the Driving Under the Influence conviction of former Miami-Dade police officer, Fernando Villa, and remanded for retrial, finding … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"#ffffff","slide_template_v7":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[551],"tags":[685,686],"class_list":["post-7410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-551","tag-fausto-sanchez-ru","tag-uncategorized-ru-53"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDUI conviction of former Miami-Dade police officer reversed on appeal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/diazreus.com\/ru\/dui-conviction-former-miami-dade-police-officer-reversed-appeal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ru_RU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DUI conviction of former Miami-Dade police officer reversed on appeal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Appeal, the Circuit Court in and for Miami-Dade County reverses DUI conviction of former Miami-Dade Police Officer and remands a re-trial. 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