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- $5,000 Fine for Solicitation to Commit Prostitution Declared Unconstitutional
- 2nd FTA = No Bond Capias? Not So Fast…
- 4th DCA Cites the Wisdom of Arsenio Hall
- A Cop’s Opinion Gets a Case Overturned
- A Different Approach to Expunging a Record
- A Downward Departure for an Unsophisticated Crime
- A Few Words About Data
- A Friend With Weed Is a Friend Indeed
- A Good Story May Get a Burglary and Theft Charge Dismissed
- A Judge’s Courtroom Rules Get Struck Down
- A Lesson in Reasonable Suspicion
- A Loophole for Felony Driving on a Suspended License
- A Lucky Fool Doesn’t Know He’s Lucky, by Definition (Fooled by Randomness)
- A Matter of Grace – Early Termination of Probation
- A New Arrest Does Not Prove a Violation of Probation
- A New Arrest, by Itself, Is Not Enough to Violate Probation
- A Question Can Be a Felony
- A Quick Plea at Arraignment Saves a Felony Charge
- A Resisting an Officer Arrest That Never Should Have Happened
- A Tough Loss on an Odd “Drugs in the Car” Case
- A Violation Based Upon Dirty Urine, Proof Is Now Optional
- A Violation of Probation for a Traffic Citation – Is This Legal?
- All Felons Not Eligible For Prison, Haven’t You Heard?
- An Apartment Full of Drugs and People – Who’s Drugs Are They?
- An Honest Prosecutor Helps Overturn His Own Conviction
- Another Bogus Loitering & Prowling Charge Dismissed
- Another Court Declares Prostitution Statute Unconstitutional
- Another Judge Catches a Cop Lying
- Another Loophole Found for Driving While License Suspended as a Habitual Traffic Offender
- Another Prescription Pill Case Gets Thrown Out
- Another Trafficking in Pill Case Overturned
- Another VOP Based Upon Dirty Urine Is Thrown Out of Court
- Appeals Court Overturns Conviction Based Upon Sixth Amendment Violation
- Are the Police Allowed to Break Down My Door?
- As Technology Increases, Privacy Decreases
- Avoiding Police OK, If You Live in a Nice Neighborhood
- Bad Closing Argument Gets Felony Conviction Reversed
- Bad Driving Leads to Drug Charges
- Be Careful What You Say
- Be Careful What You Wish For!
- Because Officers Cannot Tell the Difference Between Illegal Marijuana and Legal Hemp, Should Vehicle Searches Based on Odor Still Be Allowed?
- Being in a Hurry Can Get You Arrested
- Better Listen to Mom
- Big Brother Is Recording Your Conversations
- Bonding Out of Jail
- Breakdown of a Classic Bad Stop
- Broken Tail Light Not a Legal Reason to Stop
- Buying Stolen Stuff…Is That So Wrong?
- Can a Broomstick Be a Deadly Weapon?
- Can a Computer Ever Be Conscious?
- Can a Court Ignore an Alleged Victim’s Testimony? A Classic He-Said-She-Said Battle
- Can a Long, Legal Sentence Violate the Constitution?
- Can a Piece of Paper Send You to Prison? (Crawford 101)
- Can an Accident Be a Crime?
- Can Diluted Urine Violate Probation?
- Can I Be Convicted If There’s No Evidence?
- Can I Get a… Continuance?
- Can Knowing About Drugs = Conviction for Possession?
- Can PTI Be Revoked for a New Arrest?
- Can Smoking Weed a Month Ago Lead to a DUI Conviction?
- Can the Government Really Set People Up Like That?
- Can the Police Break Down My Door?
- Can the State Benefit From the Illegal Activities of the Police?
- Can You Be Sent to Jail for Not Remembering Something?
- Can You Burglarize Your Own Apartment?
- Can You Get Fired for Smoking Medical Marijuana?
- Can You Prove Battery Without a Victim?
- Can You Prove Domestic Violence Without a Victim?
- Can’t Prove Driving While License Suspended If You Can’t Prove Knowledge
- Carrying a Concealed Firearm Has Its Limits
- Carrying Concealed Firearms, But Not Really “Carrying”
- Cash Is Evil? (… It Can Get You Convicted of Drug Possession)
- Cellphone Passcode No Longer Protected by Fifth Amendment
- Cellphone Passwords Protect Against Big Brother’s Invasions
- Certain Case Outcomes Are Predictable
- Changing Residence Without Permission Leads to VOP
- Changing the Color of Your Car Can Cause Trouble With the Law
- Clarity on Statute of Limitations Issue
- Conspiracies Are Everywhere
- Contractor Rips You Off. Is It a Crime?
- Conviction Reversed After Prosecutor Admits Recanted Statement
- Cop Flips Out When Not Allowed to Search Car
- Cop Lights Cause a Seizure
- Cop’s Hearsay Testimony Overturned by Appeals Court
- Cops Allowed to Search Your Cell Phone
- Cops Hate Cell Phones
- County Jail Time for Dummies
- Court Admits Mistakes on Driving While License Suspended as an HTO
- Court Limits Extent of Search
- Crack Flying in the Courtroom
- Criminals Possessing Lots of Guns
- Debtor’s Prisons, Right Here in Florida
- Decriminalizing Weed In Florida
- Defendant May Be Punished for State’s Breach of Plea Agreement
- Defense Attorney Gets a Deputy’s Felony Conviction Thrown Out
- Dirty Urine Shenanigans (VOP Issues, Part 1)
- Dismissal of Oxycodone Case With the Prescription Defense
- DNA Can’t Prove Possession
- Do I Have to Give the Police My iPhone Password?
- DOC Doesn’t Decide Credit Time Served, Judge Does
- Doctor Shopping Doesn’t Kill Prescription Defense
- Does the Federal Decision in Shelton Apply to Trafficking Cases?
- Dogs Are People Too, Right?
- Doing the Right Thing Is Against the Law
- Don’t Answer the Door
- Don’t Have $35? How About an Arrest for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender?
- Don’t Like Red Light Cameras? Neither Does the Post Office
- Driving While License Suspended Without Ever Having a License
- Drug Dog Gets a Failing Grade
- Drug Dog Not Accurate at Detecting Drugs
- Drug Trafficking Via Express Mail
- Drugs Always Seem to Be, Conveniently, Found in Plain View
- Drugs Found in Your Bedroom? Here’s How to Beat the Case
- Drugs Found Nearby Not Enough to Convict
- Drugs in a Backpack, Again!
- Drugs in Cars, for the Thousandth Time
- Drugs in the Back of a Cop Car – Can They Prove This Case?
- Drugs in the Backseat
- Drugs Were Found in My Car, But They Were My Passengers’…
- Drugs Within Your Reach, Not Enough to Convict
- DUI Breathalyzers Dealt a Huge Blow
- DUI Diversion
- DUI Diversion Agreement
- DV Victim Refuses to Cooperate, Legal Considerations
- Early Release From Prison, It Can Happen (If You’re Sick Enough)
- Early Termination of Probation Just Got Easier, Here’s Why
- Efficient Judges Sometimes Go Too Far
- Encrypt Everything
- Entrapment Is Alive and Well
- Everyone’s Going To Jail, Unless Someone Confesses…
- Everything Is a Crime, and Some Crimes Are Multiple Crimes
- Explain This
- Eyewitness Withheld, But You’re Still Going to Prison
- Facebook Evidence Issues in a Child Sex Case
- Failing to Feed Your Dog–Misdemeanor or Felony?
- FDLE’s Sex Offender Database Lies to Florida Citizens
- Federal Government Abandoned Unfair Trafficking Sentences Long Ago, Florida Courts Still Holding On
- Felony Driving While License Suspended Overturned
- Finally! An Answer to the Big HTO Question
- Fingerprint Evidence Not Always Accurate
- Fingerprint Experts Shouldn’t Make Claims They Can’t Support
- Fingerprints Not Enough to Convict
- Fingerprints Used to Prove Drug Possession
- Fixing a Suspended License
- Fleeing or Attempting to Elude
- Florida Court Declares Drug Law Unconstitutional!
- Florida Drug Law Declared Unconstitutional!!!!
- Florida Police Arresting Patients Who Ask for Controlled Substances
- Florida Prison’s Mistaken / Accidental Early Release Programs
- Florida Supreme Court Declares Drug Law Constitutional – Mens Rea, R.I.P.
- Florida’s DHSMV Picks a Fight With County Court Judges
- Florida’s Noise Statute Declared Unconstitutional by Brevard Court
- Florida’s Prison Rate Is 7th Highest in U.S., Beating Out Most of Planet Earth
- Follow My Commands, or Go to Jail
- Free Speech Can Lead to a Conspiracy Arrest
- Free Will, Determinism, and the Criminal Justice System
- Gain Time on a Minimum Mandatory Sentence?
- Getting a Home Search Warrant Should Be Difficult
- Give ‘Em Enough Rope
- God vs. Science
- Good Faith Can Defeat a Grand Theft Charge
- Good Judges Make the World a Better Place
- Good News: Murder No Longer a Leading Cause of Death
- Government Deception Doesn’t Always Lead to a Conviction
- Grand Theft by a Contractor, Tough to Prove
- Grand Theft vs. Petit Theft
- Guilt by Marriage
- Hanging Out With a Drug Dealer Can Be Trouble (duh)
- Hanging With the Wrong Crowd Can Cause a VOP
- Hardship License (on Administrative Suspensions)
- Harassing Phone Calls, Tough Case to Prove
- Have a Little Heart
- Have You Ever Read a Court Order? Read This One
- He Made Me Do It – The Duress Defense
- High Driving Is Safer Than Sober
- Honest Cops Put Fellow Deputy in Prison
- How a Bad Joke Can Get You Seven Years Probation
- How a Plea Can Get You Deported
- How Being Homeless Can Send You to Prison
- How Cameras Affect Police Behavior
- How Can a Fine Be Unconstitutional?
- How Can Residue on My Pipe Lead to a Possession Charge? I Smoked ALL of It!
- How Did Florida’s Legislature Pass an Unconstitutional Drug Law?
- How Do You Get Probation When Scoring Prison?
- How Long Does It Take to Expunge a Case?
- How Long Does the State Have to File Charges After an Arrest?
- How Long Should an Illegal Stop Last?
- How Many State Witnesses Are Needed to Prove a Case? The Paradox of Consensus
- How Past Drug Use Can Become a Current Possession Charge
- How Shoplifting Can Become Robbery
- How Should a Court Determine the Value of Stolen Goods?
- How SpaghettiOs Can Get You Arrested
- How Storytelling Can Help Dismiss a Case
- How to Avoid Deportation by Withdrawing a Plea
- How to Beat a Drug Package Case (More Drug Trafficking Via Express Mail)
- How to Beat a Drug Trafficking Case
- How to Beat a Fleeing and Attempting to Elude Charge
- How to Beat an “Intent to Sell or Deliver” Case
- How to Beat the Felony Charge of Unlawful Use of a Two-Way Communications Device
- How to Clean Up Your Criminal History If You Cannot Seal or Expunge It
- How to Dismiss a Concealed Weapon Charge
- How to Dismiss a Drug Paraphernalia Conviction
- How to Fix a Driver’s License Suspension for Child Support
- How to Frame Someone for a Drug Offense
- How to Get Into Drug Court
- How to Preserve Error at Trial in Florida: An Appellate Lawyer’s Practice Tips (PART 1)
- How to Preserve Error at Trial – An Appellate Lawyer’s Viewpoint — PART 2
- How to Reduce a Grand Theft to a Petit Theft (and, How to Compute the Average Net Worth of a Dairy Queen Costumer)
- How to Search a Home With Zero Accountability
- How to Test Drugs (Again)
- How to Weigh Drugs in a Trafficking Case
- How Tough Is It to Prove Constructive Drug Possession?
- How Will Florida Courts Respond to Federal Court’s Ruling Striking Down Florida Drug Law?
- Humor Me and Tell Me Lies
- I Agree With Obama
- I Blew a 0.00 and Still Got a DUI Charge? …or… “Why Did I Tell That Cop About My Meds?”
- I Can’t Tell You to Destroy Evidence, But…
- I Got 7 Cops at My Door, Should I Let Them in?
- I Know My Rights
- I’ve Violated My Probation, What Will the Judge Do?
- If I Had a Mission Statement, It Would Be This
- If You Have Your Mind Made Up
- Illegal Conditions of Probation Can’t Support a VOP
- Illegal Police Activity Negates Consent to Search
- In a 100 Years, Who’s Going to Remember?
- Induction – A Weak Form of “Knowledge”
- Innocent People Submit to Guilty Pleas
- Intending to Sell Drugs vs. Use Drugs
- Intent to Sell vs. Personal Use: How Much of a Drug Is Too Much?
- Intent, Intent, Intent
- Intention Is Everything (?)
- iPhones Can Open the Door to Jury Misconduct
- Is “Passing the Dutchie” Against Florida Law?
- Is It a Crime to Break a Rental Agreement?
- Is Stealing Always a Crime?
- It Wasn’t Me
- It’s a Crime to Be Poor
- It’s a Long Way Down
- Jail Calls Are (Still) Being Recorded
- Jail Privacy Alert–The Phones Are Being Recorded
- Jail Time for Failing to Appear at Depositions
- Judge Bends Over Backwards to Uphold Child Porn Conviction
- Judge Calls Cop a Liar (Well, Sort of)
- Judge Cannot Ban Early Termination of Probation
- Judge Gets Booted From Case After Denying Defendant Drug Court
- Judge Waves His Magic Wand, But Cannot Deny a Seal and Expunge
- Judge’s Denial of an Expunge / Seal Gets Overturned
- Judge’s Sentencing “Policy” Can Violate the Law
- Judges Should Be Involved in Plea Negotiations
- Junk in the Trunk, Again
- Just Because a Judge Says So… Doesn’t Make It So
- Justice on Appeal Can Be Tough to Find
- Justice vs. Procedure
- Lab Reports Suck (Crawford 102)
- Lawyers Gone Wild
- Leaving Your Pipe Out Where Police Can See It May Get You a Drug Paraphernalia Charge
- Lesson: Don’t Leave Your Drugs Out
- License Suspensions for Drug Convictions Just Got Better
- Lie, or You’re Going to Violate Probation
- Life After a Felony
- Life Just Got Worse for Sex Offenders
- Loitering and Prowling Is Barely a Crime
- Looks Like Beer, But Is It Really Beer?
- Lots Can Go Wrong When Sealing a Criminal Record
- Lying Is Not Illegal
- Lying to the Police Isn’t Always a Crime
- Make the Connection, or Case Dismissed
- Mall Security, Flexing Their Muscles
- Medical Marijuana in Florida?
- Mere Proximity to Drugs Is Not Enough to Convict (Part 2?)
- Minimum Mandatory Sentences, and Gain Time
- Missed Court Date, Now What?
- Missing a Probation Visit Not Enough to Support a VOP
- Missing Mens Rea
- Money for Nothing and Your Chicks for Free
- More Injustice From Minimum Mandatory Sentences
- More Taxpayer Funds Wasted on Poor Police Work
- More Trash Talk
- Motion to Dismiss Due to Expiration of the Statute of Limitations (Example)
- Motion to Dismiss Felony Criminal Mischief (Example)
- Motion to Dismiss Intent to Sell or Deliver (Example)
- Motion to Dismiss ROWOV (Example)
- Motions to Dismiss
- Must a Sworn Document Be Notarized? Are “Unnotorarized Oath’s” Legal?
- Must an Alleged Victim Show Up in Court?
- New Diversion Program for Orange County
- New DUI Laws Punish the Wrong People
- New iPhone App May Help Prosecutors Sentence Florida DUI Offenders
- New Law for Technical Violations of Probation
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
- Noise Law Declared Unconstitutional, Again!
- Not All Those Drugs Are Mine
- Not Every Felony Conviction Permits a Prison Sentence
- Old Weed Charge Denies Canadian Super Bowl Trip
- Once Again, Constructive Possession Is Tough to Prove
- One Concert Review Every Five Years – Gogol Bordello & Frank Turner
- One of My Favorite Loopholes
- Orlando Court Forced to Give VOP Credit Time Served
- Orlando’s Loud Music Statute Now Unconstitutional
- Orlando’s Red Light Camera Law Struck Down
- Out of State Habitual Offender Cannot Support Florida DWLS as an HTO
- Over-Criminalization
- Overzealous DWLS Prosecution Gets Struck Down
- Package Arrives Containing Drugs, Now What?
- Please Don’t Write a Letter to the Judge
- Please, Don’t Put It In Writing
- Police Can Trespass Too
- Police Define “Concealed” Firearm as “In Plain View”?
- Police Opinions on the Law Are Not Admissible
- Police Pat Down Goes Too Far
- Positive Drug Test Not Enough to Support VOP Conviction
- Possessing 18 Baggies of Weed Doesn’t Equal an Intent to Sell Charge
- Possession of Alprazolam and Hydrocodone Convictions Overturned
- Possession of Ammunition and a Firearm by a Convicted Felon
- Possession of Oxycodone Gets Overturned Based Upon the Prescription Defense
- Possession With Intent to Smoke (2)
- Pretrial Diversion Agreement
- Prison Mistaken Release Update
- Probation Reinstatement an Option for Most VOP Offenders
- Proof of Grand Theft
- Prosecutor Sued Over Nolle Pros
- Public Service Announcement to Arrestees
- Punching Your Lawyer Never Helps
- Punished for Going to Trial
- Quality Control for Prosecutors – Only in America
- Reading the Minds of Our Elected Officials
- Recanted Testimony in Battery Cases
- Recorded Jail Calls Causing Problems Again
- Recordings of Inmate Phone Calls Not Available to General Public
- Red Light Cameras May Soon Be a Thing of the Past
- Reflections on a Guilty Verdict
- Religion and Judges
- Renting a Car Fits Drug Trafficker Profile?
- Resisting an Officer Without Violence Gets Its Own Diversion Program
- Restitution Is Tough to Prove
- Risk Protection Orders – The Government Wants Your Guns
- School Children Must Talk to Police
- Scientific Data Demonstrating All Swans Are White (Fooled by Randomness, Part 2)
- Sealing a Traffic Ticket
- Search Incident to Arrest
- Seminole County’s New DUI Program
- Sentencing for Painkiller Trafficking Changes July 1st, 2014
- Sex Offenders Get Screwed Again
- Sex Offenders Must Cut Red Tape, or Risk Arrest
- Sex Offenders Will Pay Government Fees Forever
- Sex Offenders, Probation, and Pornography
- Shoplifting and Technology
- Shoplifting (Grand Theft) Conviction Reversed
- Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- Should Judges Be Consistent?
- Should the Odor of Cannabis Constitute Probable Cause in Florida?
- Should We Always Tell the Truth?
- Shouting and Cursing Isn’t a Crime
- Sitting in Jail on a VOP Because Nobody Knows the Law
- Smelling Like Weed Can Get You in Trouble
- Some Basics of Carrying a Concealed Firearm Charge
- Some Judges Don’t Give Enough Credit
- Some Jurisdictions Have Banned Plea Bargains
- Someone Stole My Stuff, and I’m Gonna Steal It Back! (Is That Legal?)
- Sorry, the Public Defender Can’t Help You on an HTO Suspended License Case
- Speedy Trial Not Tolled by a Nolle Pros
- State and Federal Government Disagree on What Constitutes a Conviction
- State Can’t Prove Violation of Probation on a New Arrest
- State Couldn’t Prove Felony Battery, Case Reduced to Misdemeanor Battery
- Supreme Court Will Allow You to Turn Up the Radio
- Surprise Surprise, Jail Phone Calls Are Recorded!
- Surrogate Testimony (Crawford 103)
- Synthetic Marijuana Confuses Know-It-All Cops
- Talk Back to a Cop – Get Punched
- Technically “Possessing” a Drug Isn’t an Automatic Conviction
- Tell Grandma to Leave Her Prescriptions at Home When Visiting Orlando, Just to Be Safe…
- Testimony About ‘High Crime Areas’ Is Inadmissible
- The Anatomy a Credit Card Theft Charge
- The Art of Seducing Lonely Men Into Traveling to Meet a Minor
- The Best Marketing Strategy Ever
- The Core Mystery of Quantum Mechanics
- The Crusade Against Child Pornography Marches On
- The Foundations of a Motion to Suppress
- The Government Cannot Knock on Any Front Door They Choose
- The Government Wants to See Your Medical Records
- The “I’m Just a Burglar” Defense
- The Justice Gap Is Widening
- The “My Cousin Vinny” Defense
- The Only Evidence on a Burglary and Grand Theft Was Fingerprints – Is That Enough?
- The Real Reason You Must Seal or Expunge Your Criminal Record
- The Search for Truth
- The Two Big Questions
- The Witch Hunt for Child Porn
- The Wrong Place, at the Wrong Time – Not Always a Crime
- There’s a Phone in My Face, Is It Legal for Them to Record Me?
- This Crime Is Impossible to Prove
- Throw Down Cases Are Tough to Prove
- Time Limits on Technical Violations of Probation
- Timing Can Be Everything in Theft Cases
- Today, Garden of Eden Would Be Illegal
- Traffic Stops on Private Property Can Be Illegal
- Trafficking 15 Year Minimum Mandatory Thrown Out
- Trafficking Conviction Overturned Due to Uncorraborated Anoymous Tip
- Trafficking in Oxycodone Just Got Harder to Prove
- Trafficking Weights Not Always Accurate
- Transmitting Child Porn Case Overturned
- Trash Can Be Used Against You
- Trespassing Case Overturned
- Truth Which Can’t Be Proven Logically
- Unbelievable Loophole in Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
- Unholy Alliances
- Unlawful Access to a Computer
- Unlawful Police Command Gets Case Thrown Out
- Unsympathetic Sex Offender Gets Bad Ruling
- Urban Theft Myths
- Using a Video Waiver for a Virtual Court Appearance 2
- Violation of a Drivers License Restriction at a Burger King Drive Thru
- Violation of Probation for an Uninspired Job Search
- VOP for Being Kicked Out of Drug Treatment
- VOP for Being Poor
- VOP for Change of Address Overturned
- VOP Judge Abuses Discretion
- Wal-Mart Shoplifting Case Overturned on Appeal
- Walking Down the Street Can Get You Arrested
- Watch Your Mouth
- We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know
- We Should Tell Juries the Truth
- Weed Charges in Orange and Osceola County Are Going to Be Dropped
- We’ve Seen Red Light Camera Issues Before, in Toll Violation Cases
- What Do Fingerprints Prove?
- What Happens If I Lose at Trial?
- What Happens When You’re Late for Court?
- What Is a Cop Qualified to Tell a Jury?
- What Is Drug Paraphernalia?
- What Should Happen at a Bond Reduction Hearing?
- What Technologies Can Police Use to Look Inside Your Home?
- What to Do When the Police Want to “Talk” to You
- What to Look for When Appealing a Sentence?
- What’s the Difference Between a “Weapon” and a “Deadly Weapon?”
- What’s Worse, Raping a Child, or Possessing Pictures of Such?
- When a Plea Gets You Deported, Can You Undo It?
- When a Prosecutor’s Words Overturn a Conviction (We Rejoice)
- When Aggravated Battery Is Really Only a “Battery”
- When Can I Call a Lawyer?
- When Can You Get Credit for Time Served in Another Jail?
- When Cops Are Lying vs. Bullshitting
- When Cops Aren’t Doing Their Job
- When Delay Leads to Dismissal
- When Does Bad Driving Become Criminal?
- When Is a Weapon Considered a “Deadly Weapon”?
- When Is Leaving the Scene of an Accident Not a Crime?
- When Rude, Nasty Behavior Becomes Criminal
- Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
- Where Will Red Light Camera Tickets Go From Here?
- Who Are You?
- Who Gets to Watch a Public Jury Trial?
- Why Do I Love My iPhone & iPad So Much???
- Why Florida Has So Many Entrapment Cases
- Why Florida’s Drug Law Is Unconstitutional
- Why Is There Something, Rather Than Nothing?
- Why Refusing to Blow a Second Time Is Unconstitutional
- Why Tanorexia Will Be Illegal Soon
- Why Won’t God Heal the Amputees?
- Wild House Party, Drugs Everywhere, Who Get’s Charged?
- Will Florida Honor an Out-of-State Prescription?
- Wisdom From “We Learn Nothing”
- Would You Help a Friend’s Dying Cat?
- You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
- You Have the Right to Be Stupid
- Your Cell Phone May Testify Against You
- Your Constitutional Rights vs. The Pandemic
- Your Driving Is So Bad, It’s a Crime!
- Your Honor, May We Approach the Bench?
- Your Phone Pics Can Land You in Prison
- Your Right to Confront an “Implied” Accuser
- Video Transcripts
- 2 Ways to Remove an HTO Suspension
- A Couple of Ways to Get Off Probation Early
- An Overview of Community Control
- Battery Domestic Violence
- Burglary Basics
- Business Purposes Only license (BPO), The Basics
- Can I Buy Out My Community Service Hours?
- Can I Modify My Probation?
- Can I Seal or Expunge My Arrest Record?
- Carrying a Concealed Firearm
- Cases That Can, and Cannot, Be Sealed in Florida
- Caught Shoplifting But Never Left the Store?
- Coronavirus Update for Criminal Cases in Orange, Seminole & Osceola County
- Criminal Mischief Basics
- Declination of Prosecution
- Disorderly Conduct
- Do I Need to Use the Same Attorney on My Expunge?
- Do I Qualify for Early Termination of Probation?
- Do I Qualify to Have My HTO Suspension Removed?
- Don’t Qualify for an Expunge Due to a Prior Conviction? Maybe We Can Fix That
- Driving While License Suspended
- DUI Diversion, the Basics
- DUI Diversion, the Details
- DUI First Offender Program (Seminole County)
- DUI First Steps
- Early Termination of Probation in Florida, the Basics
- Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
- First Thing to Do With a 5 Year HTO Suspension
- Fleeing and Attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Officer
- Florida’s Different Types of Shoplifting
- Getting a Hardship License After a DUI Arrest
- Good News for Petit Theft First Offenders
- How Does the State Prove Possession of Drug Paraphernalia?
- How Long Does the State Have to File Charges?
- How to Avoid a Weed Arrest
- How to Beat a Battery Domestic Violence Case
- How to Beat a Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Case
- How to Reduce a DUI to a Reckless Driving
- How to Reduce Grand Theft to Petit Theft
- How to Seal or Expunge an Arrest in Florida (Part 1 of 3)
- How to Seal or Expunge an Arrest in Florida (Step 2 of 3)
- How to Seal or Expunge an Arrest in Florida (Step 3 of 3)
- How to Start Erasing Your Criminal History
- Is There a Deadline to Seal or Expunge an Arrest Record?
- Leaving the Scene of an Accident
- Mandatory Early Termination of Probation
- Misdemeanor Battery vs. Felony Battery vs. Aggravated Battery
- Notice to Appear on a Petit Theft (Shoplifting)
- Options for First Offense Drug Offenders
- Resisting an Officer Without Violence (Is It Legal to Run From the Cops?)
- Resisting an Officer Without Violence (ROWOV)
- Self-Checkout Lane Shoplifting / Petit Theft
- Shoplifting (Petit Theft)
- Shoplifting / Petit Theft Law Update 2020
- Shoplifting & Petit Theft, the Basics
- The 4 Types of Probation
- The Difference Between a Seal and an Expunge
- The Most Important Step After Dismissal of Shoplifting Case
- The Nasty Effects of a Domestic Injunction
- The Petit Theft Hidden Nightmare
- The Three Types of Bond Motions in Florida
- The Top 3 DUI Myths
- Unauthorized Possession of a Driver License, Possession of a Fake ID
- Understanding the Process of Early Termination of Probation
- Violation of Probation for Dirty Urine (Positive Drug Test)
- What Am I Facing on a First-Time Petit Theft or Shoplifting?
- What Happens at a Bond Hearing?
- What Happens at a Pre-trial Conference?
- What Is a Scoresheet?
- What Is a Technical Violation of Probation?
- What Is Aggravated Battery Great Bodily Harm?
- What Is Aggravated Battery With a Deadly Weapon?
- What Is an Arraignment?
- What Is Assault in Florida?
- What to Do If You Have a Warrant?
- Will I Get Gain Time on a Minimum Mandatory Sentence?
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