As criminal defense lawyers in Jacksonville, Florida, we handle many drug cases and quite often, the search that led to the seizure of the illegal drugs was questionable. One example that occurred in a few of the drug cases we have is the police search for drugs based on an…
Everyone should know that prostitution is a crime, not necessarily in certain parts of Nevada and other countries, but certainly in Jacksonville and the rest of Florida. However, as criminal defense lawyers in Jacksonville, another crime we see that often comes along with a prostitution charge is the crime of…
As criminal defense lawyers in Jacksonville, Florida, we handle a lot of drug cases of all kinds. In many of them, the police ask someone to search their home, vehicle or person and find the illegal drugs. After the person is arrested and comes to discuss their case with us,…
A recent article has concluded something just about all of us already knew- not that 2 + 2 = 4, but something much more fundamental: that the war on drugs was a catastrophically expensive failure. The article notes that even the U.S. drug czar acknowledges that the war on drugs…
In Florida, a first time DUI, without an accident and injuries, is always a misdemeanor, but the penalties can still be quite severe. They range from possible jail time to a license suspension a fine and community service. The more DUI convictions a person gets, the more severe the penalties…
In a recent trafficking in cocaine case that took place a couple of hours south of Jacksonville, Florida, a police officer found cocaine in a person’s vehicle and arrested him after a long police encounter that was initiated as merely a traffic stop. Because the police officer too too long…
A man from Connecticut was charged with DUI manslaughter in St. Johns County, Florida after the victim, Jeanne Aramini, died from her injuries suffered in the crash, according to an article on News4Jax.com. In Florida, a DUI charge can be anything from a misdemeanor for a first offense that normally…
I read an article on a local Jacksonville website about an accident that occurred on Beach Boulevard in Jacksonville, Florida where a driver ran into the back of a motorcycle and then left the scene only to return with her mother ten minutes later. Is this a crime in Florida?…
In Jacksonville and throughout Florida, when a person pleads guilty or no contest to a crime or has a trial that ends in a guilty verdict, the judge will sentence the defendant. For more serious crimes, that sentence may include jail or prison time, probation or a combination of the…
Police searched the home of a Jacksonville, Florida couple on East Stanford Road and found illegal mushrooms growing in one of the closets, according to an article on News4Jax.com. The criminal drug statutes in Florida cover possession and manufacture of many illegal drugs including these kinds of mushrooms. However, in…