Marijuana is legal in several states, but Florida has only legalized medical marijuana. That means using marijuana recreationally can still land a person in jail, fines and potentially other consequences based on the amount in possession. With all the changes in the...
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Is the First Step Act working as planned?
The First Step Act was a wonderful bipartisan plan to help reduce the populations in federal prisons. The goal was to release low-level offenders while leaving the violent criminals behind bars. The focus was really on releasing drug offenders who committed minor...
Violent crime in Florida is down aside from murder
Statistically speaking, Florida is a safer place to live than anytime in the last 48 years. New data shows that the violent crime rates in the state have dropped to their lowest levels since the early 1970s in 2018. Crimes like burglaries and robberies saw the...
Committing robbery with a weapon can increase jail time
Robbery is already a serious offense that can land a person serious jail time if a court hands down a conviction. But committing robbery with a weapon in the state of Florida can literally be the difference between being let out of prison at a future date and never...
Defining and understanding domestic violence
Domestic violence can be a complicated legal matter than can involve both the criminal law and family law systems. It can lead to serious penalties and consequences that can increase if there is a protective order that the accused individual us also accused of...
How a criminal defense can address drug charges
A criminal defense for drug charges is important because drug charges can, unfortunately, be both common and serious. Drug charges oftentimes lead to long prison sentences in Florida which is why preparing a criminal defense to drug charges is essential for accused...
What are the protections against an illegal search or seizure?
When facing criminal charges, and considering criminal defense strategies and options, it is helpful for accused individuals to be familiar with their criminal defense rights. Knowing those rights can help accused individuals develop a strong criminal defense strategy...
The importance of knowing criminal defense options
A strong criminal defense is important to develop and to understand. In many respects, it is based on the situation, alleged facts of the situation, circumstances of the accused individual and how authorities and prosecutors are approaching the charges the accused...
Criminal defense protections for drug charges
Unfortunately, drug charges are common and can also commonly lead to long prison sentences which can result in the loss of freedom and future for accused individuals. Because of the serious impact of drug charges, it is important for accused individuals to be familiar...
Criminal defense basics
Knowing criminal defense basics is important for every accused individual because criminal defense rights may be all that stands between the accused individual and a potential loss of their freedom. Developing a strong criminal defense strategy to combat the charges...