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Fort Lauderdale Federal Judge Sentences Mortgage Broker to Six Years

Local criminal lawyer Ralph Behr represents several mortgage brokers accused of fraud and related crimes in South Florida, Miami and Fort Lauderale. But not the one sentenced by a local Federal Judge. Sadly Mr. Villaba, who pled guilty, was sentenced to six years and a heavy send off from the…

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Guns: Change in Law May Permit Those with Felony Convictions to Own Guns

FLORIDA FELONY LAW AND GUNS The June 2008 US Supreme Court decision may arguably force a change in Florida’s law prohibiting those with a felony conviction from owning or possesing a gun. Fort Lauderdale and Miami have the highest rate of gun ownership in Florida, and the highest felony conviction…

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Federal Sentencing Guidelines Hijacked by Judge

Federal criminal prosecutions too often are one-sided. For many accused and tried in Federal court it appears to them that the rules change with each turn of the wheel. Florida federal criminal defense attorneys see it again and again. From drug possession prosecutions through wire fraud and money laundering the…

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