The State of Florida has laws which determine who can consume and sell alcohol. In South Florida, DUI arrests are becoming common. People in Ft Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach and other places in Florida are being arrested by police officers and charged with an alcohol related offense. The most important…
The answer is there is no “right”, but you can protect yourself or others according to the current Laws in Florida. If you meet the elements of the commonly named statute of “Stand Your Ground” then you have the right to protect you and others from grave bodily harm from…
Even if Florida has a “Right to Carry and Bear Arms Law”. That doesn’t mean everyone is allowed to do so. Convicted felons are not allowed to carry or bear arms for the simple fact that they were convicted of a crime and as such they are not allowed to…
Spring is here and South Florida is a great place to some spend time because of the mostly sunny weather. But with the busy streets and crowded businesses comes some angry driving, and inpatient patrons. Just recently road rage has been reported to be increasing in Miami, Palm Beach and…
In Ohio, a mother was accused and jailed for sending a friend a cell phone video, that depicted she was instructing her 2 year old daughter how to smoke a Marijuana cigarette. In case you were wondering? This is a crime. In Florida, the State could add several charges to…
You may have heard the news that many stoplights throughout South Florida, including Palm Springs, West Palm Beach, Coral Gables, and Broward County have cameras attached to them that are in place to monitor red light runners, now processing automated tickets for individuals who ran red lights. However, many of…
Florida criminal courts, like most states, recognize the inability to understand the nature of what is going on, and actively participate in your defense, as incompetency: incompetency stops the criminal trial process. If you’ve been charged with a criminal act in Florida, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, or Miami, and…
Florida has an extensive set of statutes requiring convicted felons to register. In the past these statutes were rarely, if ever and enforced, in Miami, South Florida, Broward Fort Lauderdale and the West Palm Beach area. Things have changed! Within the last six months there’s been an exponential increase in…
The fraudulent use of credit cards and debit cards has prompted the creation of special prosecutorial task forces. The state attorney’s office in Fort Lauderdale which prosecutes in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County has a special unit just for credit card and identity theft. The state attorney’s office for Palm Beach…
Extradition concerns laws and treaties used to transfer criminal suspects from one sovereign nation to another for prosecution. This is not to be confused with removal proceedings by the Homeland Security Department whereby people are deported from United States because of a criminal history. Extradition is also a concern when…