I am an experienced criminal defense lawyer and former suspended license prosecutor who defends all driving with license suspended (DWLS) cases in Orange County and Seminole County, Fla. I also help people remove the habitual traffic offender (HTO) designation from their driving record. I have handled thousands of driving with license suspended and habitual traffic offender cases. I believe in hard work, personalized representation and doing whatever necessary to reinstate your license and avoid a DWLS conviction.
The Habitual Traffic Offender (HTO) Designation
If you received a letter from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) that your driver’s license has been, or is about to be, revoked or suspended for a five-year period as a Florida Habitual Traffic Offender (HTO), then contact me for a free evaluation of your case. I help people remove prior suspended license convictions in Orange County, Fla. and the surrounding counties so that the five-year revocation disappears.
In order to review your case, I need to see either a copy of your driving record or your HTO revocation letter listing the three predicate offenses so I can determine which underlying convictions caused the five year revocation and what prior convictions need to be challenged and removed. Time is of the essence because certain deadlines exist in these cases which can potentially block certain defenses.
Removing the HTO Designation From Your Driving Record
No matter what you have been told, it may be possible to get your Florida driver’s license reinstated much sooner than you think if you hire an attorney to go back to court to attack one of those three predicate convictions that caused you to be classified as a habitual traffic offender. Through an articles-conviction motion I can move the court to remove a previously entered suspended license conviction.
If such a conviction is vacated and removed from your record, then DHSMV will remove your five-year HTO revocation. Then as long as there are no other active suspensions on your driver’s license, your license will be valid once again. By removing your HTO suspension you may be able to save your privilege to drive, as well as thousands of dollars a year in increased insurance premiums.
Defending Your HTO Case in Criminal Court
DWLS HTO cases can be classified as either a felony or a misdemeanor. Florida Statute 322.34(10) provides an avenue where felony HTO cases can be downgraded to a misdemeanor offense based on the reason for the HTO designation. This relatively new amendment to the DWLS statute allows many people changed with a first time HTO offense to avoid felony court and a felony conviction.
How the HTO Revocation Occurs
To be classified as a habitual traffic offender in Florida your driving record must show you have accumulated three major traffic convictions in a five-year period. In many instances, the HTO suspension results merely from three driving with a suspended license convictions. These DWLS convictions can be civil, criminal or any combination thereof.
Fighting to Remove Your 5 Year HTO Suspension
You can fight to remove the HTO status with the help of an attorney who is experienced in fighting Florida Habitual Traffic Offender (HTO) revocations.
Fighting to remove the HTO revocation depends on timing issues because different legal challenges can be filed within 30 days after you receive the notice, within 60 days after you were convicted of the last driving offense or ticket, or even within two (2) years after you were convicted of the last offense or ticket.
Many people are surprised to learn that they have up to two years after their conviction to file a motion to vacate or set-aside a conviction that cause the Florida habitual traffic offender five year revocation.
Contact me today to preserve all avenues of attack to remove the underlying offenses that caused your HTO status. Find out how a motion to vacate could potentially cause the HTO status to be lifted so that the driver’s license again becomes valid without any restrictions.
Call for a Free Driving Record Review
Simply put, my goal is to get your license and keep your license. Call my Orange County criminal traffic law firm at 407-740-7275 to speak directly with me regarding your pending HTO DWLS issue.
I am an experienced criminal defense lawyer and former suspended license prosecutor who defends all driving with license suspended (DWLS) cases in Orange County and Seminole County, Fla. I also help people remove the habitual traffic offender (HTO) designation from their driving record. I have handled thousands of driving with license suspended and habitual traffic offender cases. I believe in hard work, personalized representation and doing whatever necessary to reinstate your license and avoid a DWLS conviction.
The Habitual Traffic Offender (HTO) Designation
If you received a letter from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) that your driver’s license has been, or is about to be, revoked or suspended for a five-year period as a Florida Habitual Traffic Offender (HTO), then contact me for a free evaluation of your case. I help people remove prior suspended license convictions in Orange County, Fla. and the surrounding counties so that the five-year revocation disappears.
In order to review your case, I need to see either a copy of your driving record or your HTO revocation letter listing the three predicate offenses so I can determine which underlying convictions caused the five year revocation and what prior convictions need to be challenged and removed. Time is of the essence because certain deadlines exist in these cases which can potentially block certain defenses.
Removing the HTO Designation From Your Driving Record
No matter what you have been told, it may be possible to get your Florida driver’s license reinstated much sooner than you think if you hire an attorney to go back to court to attack one of those three predicate convictions that caused you to be classified as a habitual traffic offender. Through an articles-conviction motion I can move the court to remove a previously entered suspended license conviction.
If such a conviction is vacated and removed from your record, then DHSMV will remove your five-year HTO revocation. Then as long as there are no other active suspensions on your driver’s license, your license will be valid once again. By removing your HTO suspension you may be able to save your privilege to drive, as well as thousands of dollars a year in increased insurance premiums.
Defending Your HTO Case in Criminal Court
DWLS HTO cases can be classified as either a felony or a misdemeanor. Florida Statute 322.34(10) provides an avenue where felony HTO cases can be downgraded to a misdemeanor offense based on the reason for the HTO designation. This relatively new amendment to the DWLS statute allows many people changed with a first time HTO offense to avoid felony court and a felony conviction.
How the HTO Revocation Occurs
To be classified as a habitual traffic offender in Florida your driving record must show you have accumulated three major traffic convictions in a five-year period. In many instances, the HTO suspension results merely from three driving with a suspended license convictions. These DWLS convictions can be civil, criminal or any combination thereof.
Fighting to Remove Your 5 Year HTO Suspension
You can fight to remove the HTO status with the help of an attorney who is experienced in fighting Florida Habitual Traffic Offender (HTO) revocations.
Fighting to remove the HTO revocation depends on timing issues because different legal challenges can be filed within 30 days after you receive the notice, within 60 days after you were convicted of the last driving offense or ticket, or even within two (2) years after you were convicted of the last offense or ticket.
Many people are surprised to learn that they have up to two years after their conviction to file a motion to vacate or set-aside a conviction that cause the Florida habitual traffic offender five year revocation.
Contact me today to preserve all avenues of attack to remove the underlying offenses that caused your HTO status. Find out how a motion to vacate could potentially cause the HTO status to be lifted so that the driver’s license again becomes valid without any restrictions.
Call for a Free Driving Record Review
Simply put, my goal is to get your license and keep your license. Call my Orange County criminal traffic law firm at 407-740-7275 to speak directly with me regarding your pending HTO DWLS issue.
