Both Sarasota County criminal Judges have ruled that the Sarasota County Sheriffs Office’s operational checkpoint plan is defective because it gives the supervisor too much discretion. In Todd Ruger’s Sarasota Herald Tribune article, Evidence Tossed in More DUI Cases, the Judges ruled that thirteen checkpoint cases should be thrown out and prosecutors will not be allowed to use any field sobriety or breath tests. The Judges interpreted the checkpoint plan and in their signed order and determied the plan to be defective. According to attorney Darren Finebloom, the State is left with no case since they don’t have any evidence. Darren and his law partner David Haenel represent 7 of the 13 people whose cases are affected by the ruling.