In most situations, bad driving gets you a traffic ticket. However, for some driving offenses, traffic tickets are not enough as far as the law is concerned. You can be arrested for being a bad driver. Recently, a woman was arrested in Virginia after being caught driving over 90 mph…
Being arrested can be a scary and very embarrassing ordeal. After an arrest, a person’s criminal record is public information and can be viewed on request by pretty much anyone. That means that a nosy neighbor, friends and family, or even your employer can look into why you were arrested…
Search and seizure issues are normally at the top of the list in any criminal case where physical evidence is recovered from a defendant. Florida law, like federal law, provides protection for citizens against illegal search and seizure. This protection stems from the Florida Constitution and the United States Constitution.…
I recently came across a story where a woman was arrested for stealing a car that Florida law recognizes as, in essence, half hers. After a verbal altercation with her husband, the woman left in the family car, which was registered in her husband’s name. The husband reported the car…
The United States Supreme Court recently found that Florida’s death penalty sentencing process was unconstitutional. Specifically, the Court found that Florida’s death penalty scheme violated the 6th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The case of Hurst v. Florida was argued before the Court in October of 2015, and the case was…
Last month, a Florida woman was arrested for Domestic Battery when she attached her husband… for passing gas in bed. According to huffingtonpost.com, a Florida woman was so offended by her husband passing gas during the wee hours of the morning, that she elbowed him and then, literally “kicked him…
Posting pictures or videos of yourself committing crimes is probably not the wisest thing to do in a country where just about everyone is on social media and can easily view what you post. Even grannies, people with no real friends, and the police have social media accounts, like Facebook,…
Second chances are a precious commodity in the world. Second chances in the criminal justice system are even more precious. Oftentimes, the opportunity to be given a break in the criminal justice system comes in the form of diversion programs. They give people the opportunity to say, “oops”, and try…
Things that you don’t know can, and oftentimes, will hurt you. Under Florida’s criminal law, it appears to not be widely known by the average person that crimes committed by another person can get you into trouble under some circumstances. Florida Statute 777.011, entitled Principal in the first degree, states “Whoever…
The Jacksonville city council, in February, approved changes to a city ordinance that addressed issues of registered sex offenders and holiday celebration. The purpose of the ordinance is to protect the public. The idea is the same as the registration requirement for convicted sex offenders; putting the public on notice…