Category Archives: Criminal
The Rights Of Defendants Who Stay Broke
The rights of defendants in criminal cases apply to everyone accused of a crime. Your immigration status, criminal history or lack thereof, or financial resources or lack thereof should have no effect on the fairness of your trial, the events leading up to your guilty plea, or your sentence if you are convicted or… 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 »
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 »
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 »