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Drug Delivery Resulting In Death
The after-school specials that were the bread and butter of aspiring actors and television producers in the 1980s and an inexhaustible source of stoner entertainment in the 1990s and beyond draw a short and direct line between first experimentation with illicit drugs and an early and painful death. In real life, the path is… Read More »
Broward Woman Convicted Of Fraud After Small Business Loan Investment Scheme
The good news about Ponzi schemes is that they are not as insidious as pyramid schemes. In a Ponzi scheme, the person soliciting payment misleads others into believing that they are paying money to him or her for an investment, in which the payors will eventually receive a return, whereas the speaker knows that… Read More »
Online Solicitation Charges Usually Are Not A Matter Of Entrapment
The law treats Internet sex crimes against minors seriously. You can get a felony conviction and be required to register as a sex offender for online solicitation of a minor, even if you never met the minor in person and have never been in the same room together. Charges of online solicitation apply if… Read More »
When Does The Law Require You To Tell Police Your Name?
You have the right to remain silent, except when you don’t. It is possible to face criminal penalties for refusing to tell a police officer your name or to show a government-issued identification card in situations where the law requires this. Police officers have the right to ask you your name if they are… Read More »
Introducing Medetomidine, The Most Recent Addition To The Illegal Drug Supply
For good reason, most people consider opioids the hardest of hard drugs. They are among the most addictive substances around; perhaps only nicotine, the active ingredient in tobacco, is more addictive. Opioid overdose can cause life-threatening respiratory depression, and for the past several years, the synthetic opioid fentanyl has caused more fatal overdoses than… Read More »
What Does The Decline In Fentanyl Deaths Mean For Your Drug Case?
Fear has always been a key ingredient in the criminal process when it comes to drug cases. At trials, prosecutors play on jurors’ fears of how things might have gotten worse if police had not arrested the defendant and confiscated the drugs when they did? They say, “This bag of powder contained fentanyl. If… Read More »
Credit Card BIN Attacks
Most financial crimes are not as elaborate as identity theft. It is possible to cause financial losses simply by stealing someone’s credit card or credit card information, and there are plenty of ways to do this, from surreptitiously photographing a card number from a credit card or a document where the number is written… Read More »
Unlawful Carry Of Weapons
Last summer, Florida made news headlines for enacting a “permitless carry” law. Pursuant to the new law, you can carry a concealed firearm whether or not you have a permit, as long as you meet the eligibility requirements for getting a permit. Florida’s gun laws are notoriously lenient, but that does not mean that… Read More »
When Does Extreme Couponing Become A Crime?
Everything is so expensive in Florida that the only ways to afford anything are coupons and crime. The problems begin when reasonable minds disagree about when coupon shopping becomes a crime. Florida law recognizes the criminal offense of coupon frauds when a customer knowingly attempts to redeem fraudulent coupons or counterfeits coupons and distributes… Read More »
How Bad Is It If You Fail To Appear In Court?
This week, the Florida Man who is on everyone’s mind is Joseph Malinowski, nicknamed “Lieutenant Dan” after the tough as nails Vietnam War veteran from the movie Forrest Gump. Malinowski achieved fame by staying on his boat during Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, while everyone else scurried for higher ground. Shortly after his image… Read More »