Police in Florida and Georgia are on the lookout for homes in which marijuana is being grown. Marijuana grow houses, as they are often called, often use elaborate equipment to create an environment where marijuana can be successfully grown in the privacy of one’s home. The downside to that for…
With all of the talk about the terrible economy and out of control state and national deficits, one has to wonder how much sense it makes for law enforcement to spend so much time, effort and money on arresting and incarcerating people for minor drug offenses. However, recent statistics for…
Many of the crimes we see that involve computer or networking technology and criminal activity of a sexual nature deal with people in possession of child pornography on their computers. Law enforcement officials are able to track these photos and videos and find them on just about any computer. People…
As criminal defense lawyers who handle all varieties of criminal cases in state and federal court in Florida, particularly in the Jacksonville area, we get a lot of good questions from clients about the legal process in Florida. One common question from clients pertains to Miranda warnings. Most people understand…
In a Florida mortgage fraud case, the police obtained an arrest warrant for a person they claimed had obtained fraudulent mortgage loans by using straw buyers and falsifying salary and employment information on loan documents. The police located the suspect driving near her home, stopped her vehicle and arrested her.…
In federal criminal cases charging a defendant with fraud relating to the operation of a business, a common defense is asserted that the defendant relied upon the advice of a professional or other advisor, such as an accountant, and had the right to assume his/her conduct was legal. In a…
In any driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) case in Florida, the state has to prove that the defendant was actually driving, or in actual physical control of, the vehicle. That seems obvious, but it may be problematic for the state in situations where the police respond…
Consider a situation where a crime occurs and the police believe they know who committed the crime. They obtain an arrest warrant, but they are not able to locate the suspect for some time. When they do find the suspect, the suspect runs from the police. At the defendant’s trial…
As the Internet becomes more popular and more accessible through portable and handheld devices, more people are sending sexually explicit pictures in violation of state and federal laws. These pictures are also being sent as attachments to text messages to and from cell phones. What one person thinks is a…
When a police officer suspects a person of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (i.e. DUI), he/she will sometimes request a blood draw to measure blood alcohol content rather than a breath test, or breathalyzer, or a urine test. While an officer can request a breath test, or…