Recent Blog Posts
Does Probation Take Away Your Fourth Amendment Rights?
In April 2026, police in Sarasota executed a search warrant at a house just down the street from Truvine Missionary Baptist Church. They found 90.2 grams of fentanyl, plus marijuana, cocaine, stimulant pills, opioid pills, a firearm, a scale, and thousands of dollars in cash, and now the resident of the house is facing… Read More »
Criminal Charges For Misusing Privileges Of Employment
It is not hard to find people who tell you that work stinks and that whatever money you earn from employment is not enough to justify the annoyances and indignities that you suffer during every shift. If you are enough of an optimist, though, you can see that the rewards you get from your… Read More »
A Mind-Altering Road Trip
Most of the time, crossing state lines does not feel like a big deal. When you drive across the border into Florida, you rejoice at the sight of the “Welcome to Florida” sign., but at least in the beginning, the terrain looks much like it did in Georgia or Alabama. The retail options you… Read More »
Three Family Members Arrested After Drug Bust
In some drug possession cases, judges sentence defendants to probation and order them to live with their parents or other older family members while they complete their probation sentences. When they do this, the judges assume that young adults are less likely to be exposed to drugs when they live with their families than… Read More »
Beware Of Carfentanil In Florida’s Drug Supply
Drug use trends change over time, and a substantial increase in overdose deaths or criminal cases associated with one drug will attract years of media attention to that drug. In the 1970s, everyone feared heroin, and in the 1980s, it was crack cocaine. Then came methamphetamine and prescription opioid abuse. Today, in the age… Read More »
Court Dismisses Drug Trafficking Case Because Of Lack Of Evidence
The court can declare you innocent in a criminal case if the jury acquits you. This happens when the jurors vote, and they agree that the prosecution has not proven your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; in other words, they are either sure that the criminal charges do not apply, or they are not… Read More »
Community Service As A Criminal Penalty
When you were a child, you probably sometimes saw men in orange jumpsuits picking up trash by the side of the road in the Florida heat as you drove down a decidedly pedestrian-unfriendly road, such as the Florida Turnpike. Your parents might have tried to turn it into a cautionary tale about why you… Read More »
Your Social Media Accounts Can Testify Against You
In the old days, musicians used to promote their music and their performances by taping posters to telephone poles and selling cassette tapes out of the trunks of their cars. Today, they can reach an exponentially bigger audience by posting their music on social media and updating their content with new photos frequently to… Read More »
Acting Attorney General Moves Cannabis From Schedule I To Schedule III
If your policy has been to smoke a joint every time a state or local government allows a new cannabis product for medical or recreational use or every time someone in the federal government says that it is time that federal law stopped counting cannabis as a Schedule I controlled substance, you have probably… Read More »
Solicitation Of An Adult Is Worse Than The Average Misdemeanor Conviction
Most sex-related offenses require convicted defendants to register on the sex offender registry for at least a few years after they have completed their prison or probation sentences. The only sexual crimes that do not require sex offender registration are the ones that do not involve minors and do not involve physical violence. Simply… Read More »