Monthly Archives: May 2024
What Is So Great About A Bench Trial?
Police must notify you of some of your rights as a defendant when they arrest you, but it is only after you meet with a criminal defense lawyer and decide to plead not guilty that you get into the nuts and bolts of what the right to a fair trial means. You and your… Read More »
Is Internet Real Estate Crime Conspiracy The New Organized Retail Theft?
In the old days, the courts recognized nonviolent petty crimes as acts of financial desperation and not of malevolence. Even in the nineteenth century, when Les Miserables was written, everyone understood that no one steals a loaf of bread in order to get rich; they do it because they are hungry and cannot afford… Read More »
This Year In Florida Cannabis Legislation
You wouldn’t know it from the smell of weed wafting from every living room and every pool deck in Tampa, but cannabis is still mostly illegal in Florida. So much has changed with cannabis laws that it is understandable that you can hardly keep track of all the latest developments, even if you have… Read More »
The Reid Technique Is As Scary As It Sounds, But You Have The Right Not To Get Drawn Into It
Perhaps you know someone who has a way of taking everything you say and do and interpreting it in a way that reflects negatively on you. Maybe you have a jealous ex who would accuse you of cheating whenever you came home late, but when you came home early, she said it was because… Read More »