Category Archives: Criminal Law
Juvenile Adjudication
January 12, 2015 Two teenage sweethearts were arrested in Panama City Beach, Florida, on Sunday, January 18th, after a crime spree across the South. Dalton Haynes, eighteen, and his girlfriend, Cheyenne Phillips, thirteen, had run away from their Kentucky hometown earlier this month and were spotted in South Carolina and Georgia, stealing vehicles and… Read More »
A Proposed Amendment to the Expungement of Juvenile Criminal Records
January 8, 2015 The expungement of juvenile criminal records may soon become easier in Florida. State representative Mia Jones has introduced a new bill, HB 205, to the Florida House of Representatives to amend the state’s juvenile criminal record laws. What Is Expungement? In Florida, the public has the right to access a person’s… Read More »
The Legality of DUI Sign Checkpoint Tactics
January 5, 2015 Though police officers normally need to have probable cause to stop a vehicle, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz that DUI checkpoints, in which police officers can stop vehicles and briefly question drivers without probable cause to believe that the drivers are impaired, are… Read More »
