Cathy Jordan, who is the president of the Florida Cannabis Action Network, was surprised by cops in her home where they seized the marijuana plants she had. What the cops who raided her house didn’t know is that Cathy Jordan has Lou Gehrig’s disease, and she needs to use marijuana…
In South Florida and all of its jurisdictions such as Broward County, Miami-Dade county, Palm Beach county, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, etc, it is actually possible to have your domestic violence charges dropped. There are a few requirements the defendant needs to fulfill in…
There is a major sea-change coming and it will lift many Brokers’ boats: FINRA lost a major case in California and is forced to retreat from its position refusing to deal with Broker Check defamation. Financial Advisors, prior to a case that came out in October 2012 ( Lickiss v.…
In South Florida and most of its counties such as Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward, first time offenders being charged with a Misdemeanor have an opportunity to enter what it’s called a Misdemeanor Diversion Program, or MDP. A misdemeanor diversion program allows those first time offenders to accept responsibility for…
After an innocent 17 year old boy was shot by accident by a neighborhood watch volunteer, his mother, Sybrina Fulton and Democratic lawmakers are asking for the repeal of the Stand your Ground law. The stand your ground law gives a person the right to justifiably use deadly force as…
The book contains definitions of the 50 most often charged crimes and answers to the 100 most asked criminal law questions. It gives practical and readable definitions of 50 crimes from: arson to witness tampering, plus answers to the 100 questions most often asked of lawyers from those either involved…
In South Florida and all of its jurisdictions such as Miami, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami-Dade county, Broward county and Palm Beach county, a criminal case starts with the State putting all the evidence they have together. Now, the defense counsel has the right, under Florida Rules of Criminal…
Florida is one of the 33 States that have death penalty. There is currently a population of 407 in death row, which includes 4 women. On Tuesday, December 11th 2012 Manuel Pardo was executed by lethal injection. He is an ex Sweetwater cop who was responsible for the death of…
Battery is defined in Florida Statute 784.03 as when a person actually and intentionally touches or strikes another person against his or her will or when someone intentionally causes bodily harm to another person. This crime constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree. A felony battery is when a person…
Florida Statute 784.046 for Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence for protective injunction defines violence as “any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, or false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death, by…