Recent Blog Posts
How Much Can You Reduce Your Prison Sentence For Good Behavior?
Compared to other states that have consistently voted red in recent elections, Florida has a laid-back image when it comes to crime, especially drug crimes. Florida has an array of pretrial diversion programs, sometimes called alternative courts or restorative justice programs, where people can avoid criminal convictions by completing probation sentences aimed at addressing… Read More »
Welcome To The Era Of Schedule III Cannabis
Medical science is more dynamic than people outside the medical profession realize. This is why, before you file a medical malpractice lawsuit, your lawyer must consult three physicians who have recent clinical experience, review your medical records and write statements about what they would have done in the defendant physician’s situation. These corroborating experts… Read More »
Practicing Medicine Under False Pretenses
Illegal drugs and prescription drugs that are widely sold on the black market for recreational purposes are known as “controlled substances” because they are subject to the tightest legal controls regarding their use in clinical practice. Schedule I controlled substances have no legally accepted medical uses at all and are always illegal. The others… Read More »
Could Meg’s Law Be The Solution To Florida’s Nitrous Oxide Crisis?
Whether an object is an item of drug paraphernalia or a harmless implement is often a matter of perspective. You can use a small spoon to snort cocaine or heat heroin, if you are so inclined, but the more obvious use for it is to stir coffee or eat ice cream. Yes, there are… Read More »
Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Charges Can Have Serious Consequences
Not every encounter with the police leads to a criminal conviction. Criminal trials account for only a small proportion of cases, but the statistics that say that about six percent of criminal cases go to trial, while 94 percent end with guilty pleas, do not tell the whole story. There are also cases where… Read More »
Illegal Possession Of Sea Turtle Eggs
Florida law protects the nests and eggs of endangered wildlife species as much as it protects the endangered animals themselves. Perhaps you have seen signs in parks, or even in the grassy medians of shopping center parking lots, warning you to avoid disturbing the habitats of burrowing owls, and you might have even seen… Read More »
Olympic Medalist Faces Charges For Dangerous Excessive Speeding
The people who come to Florida looking for a slow pace of life tend to be retirees who settle in seniors only housing developments where it’s all fun and boring games of shuffleboard until an alligator picks off your pet dog as you take it for a walk beside a meandering river. Everyone else… Read More »
Unsuccessful YouTube Stunt Leads To Drug Charges
According to Florida’s Youthful Offender Law, if you get convicted of a crime you committed before you turned 21, the longest sentence you can get is six years of prison time, six years of probation, or some of each adding up to six years; longer sentences are only possible for violent felonies and repeat… Read More »
Impersonating A Law Enforcement Officer
Several months ago, police approached a man who was sitting in an ordinary looking parked car in a driveway in Florida and asked him why he was there. He said that he was a police officer and that monitoring the area was part of his duties, and he showed them a police badge to… Read More »
Is Hit And Run A Misdemeanor Or A Felony?
Late at night, when no one else was around, you were driving from one gig to another. While backing your car out of a parking spot, you hit the back bumper of another car in the parking lot. In your overworked, sleep-deprived state, the only focus you could muster was to concentrate on getting… Read More »
