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The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington

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The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a well-respected litigation firm with an office in Hempstead, Long Island. Our focus is primarily in the area of civil rights, voting rights, employment discrimination, police misconduct, personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and criminal law. However, the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a full- service law firm handling matters in numerous areas of law and providing a wide range of services from contract formation to litigation and trial practice.

Woman Denied Access to Attorney Wins Appeal

In the appeal against Jonai Washington, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office attempted to reverse the decision of Judge Peck of the Nassau County Supreme Court that was rendered in 2011, which suppressed the alcohol breath test results of Ms. Washington obtained after a motor vehicle accident. The appeal stems from an incident on August 30, 2010, when defendant Jonai Washington was arrested after being accused of driving drunk and killing a pedestrian. Ms. Washington consented to a chemical breath test to determine her blood alcohol content (BAC), but prior to administering the test, her attorney was in contact by telephone with the Nassau County Police and stated, “You have to stop all questioning and we’re not consenting to any form of testing whatsoever.” Despite the attorney’s call, the police denied Ms. Washington access to her attorney, conducted the test anyway, and never informed her that her attorney called. Frederick K. Brewington Esq. and Valerie M. Cartright, Esq. represented Jonai Washington in the matter before the Supreme Court and the appeal. On April 17, 2013, the state appellate court threw out the results of the chemical breath test, acknowledging that Ms. Washington was denied access to her lawyer before the test was administered.

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