Category Archives: Criminal
Can Tattoos Leave Room For Reasonable Doubt?
Surveillance cameras at places of business and outside residences have been a breakthrough in forensic science. Now police and jurors can compare statements by witnesses to photographic images and video footage, instead of simply to their own mental images of what the person described by the witness looked like. The same person might look… Read More »
Bill Proposes To Create Intelligence Agency For Florida
Most criminal defense lawyers have memorized spiels that they recite to numerous clients each year, tailoring them to the client’s situation. They explain the difference between the civil and criminal courts and the difference between misdemeanors and felonies. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments are frequent topics of conversation. One of the most frequently… Read More »
Prison Security Levels In Florida
The scary images you see of prisons in fictional portrayals are enough to scare anyone into staying on the right side of the law. Inmates work all week to be able to afford a packet of ramen noodles. They walk single file down the cell block, sometimes with chains around their ankles. They spend… Read More »
Coral Springs Couple Face Child Abuse Charges For Allegedly Locking Daughter In Room At Night
Even the most extroverted adults will tell you that, in middle school, it was difficult for them to relate to their peers. Complaining about your parents and their ridiculous rules and their futile efforts to control you is one of the surest ways to form a connection with your classmates. Hyperbolic stories about how… Read More »
Criminal Sentences Are Not Set In Stone
When you find out that you are facing a criminal charge, one of the first topics that your criminal defense lawyer will want to discuss with you is the range of sentences for your charge and what this means for your case. If you are facing a criminal charge punishable by one to five… Read More »
Flagler Man Arrested For Illegal Possession Of Sea Turtle Eggs
Florida’s sea turtles are a majestic sight. Few of us have witnessed the hatchlings following their instincts to propel themselves down the beach on their flippers toward the ocean where previous generations of marine turtles have lived, but Florida is one of only a few places in the world where you can see this…. Read More »
What Happens When Influencer Antics Attract The Attention Of Police?
Probable cause is a less precise concept than it might seem to be if you have only heard about it on police procedural dramas and true crime podcasts. In most circumstances, police cannot search a person’s property without a search warrant, and the court will not issue a search warrant unless law enforcement officers… Read More »
Criminal Penalties For Harming Alligators And Crocodiles
Anyone who visits Florida or has recently moved here immediately notices how many alligators there are, how huge they are, and how longtime residents of Florida interact with these gigantic monsters like it is no big deal. The only people who bother to count how many alligators they see during an airboat ride or… Read More »
Priest Faces Criminal Charges After Altercation At Hurricane Relief Event
Charges of battery apply whenever you inflict physical violence on someone else. If you plead not guilty to charges of battery, it can work in your favor that you look like you could never even harm a fly, especially if your criminal defense lawyer plays up this angle. Remember that all you have to… Read More »
Impersonating A Police Officer
Sometimes police work involves pretending not to be a cop. A driver will weave in and out of lanes of traffic, passing an unassuming looking black car, and suddenly the black car will flash its blue lights and sound its siren. Someone will exchange text messages with you and agree to buy drugs. You… Read More »