Florida Criminal Defense Blog

MUST FLORIDA POLICE OFFICERS VIDEOTAPE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS?

Technology advances have made recording a DUI suspected driver’s performance on the Field Sobriety Tests that police officers rely upon to decide whether to arrest someone easier and more cost effective. These tapes are often the best evidence to persuade a jury that the DUI suspect was or more importantly, was not DUI. What happens if you performed great on these exercises, you saw the officer ...

IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND AN IMPROPER EXHIBITION IN FLORIDA MERELY WHERE IS THE GUN BARREL POINTED?

In Florida, crimes involving Firearms and other Deadly Weapons will often be based not on the weapon, but in how the weapon was either used or how it was handled. If the weapon is not fired, and the weapon was not used to physically hurt someone, the manner in which the weapon was handled can have a significant impact on the potential charge and punishment. An Aggravated Assault with a Firearm (or ...

YOU NOW CAN HAVE AN INTERNET MUGSHOT OF A SEALED RECORD REMOVED IN FLORIDA

Have you followed all of the steps necessary to have your criminal record Sealed or Expunged, kept a copy of the order directing the records to be Sealed or Expunged, only to find out that some offshore internet company has posted that horrible booking photo for all of the world-including your boss, to see? Upon learning that it will cost you at least $399.00 for that same offshore company to ...

NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING IN FLORIDA

In Florida, not only is possessing certain drugs a crime, the amount/weight of the drugs can make a significant difference, not only in the punishment, but the defenses to the charge itself. Florida has multiple levels of penalties not just for the drug itself; also the amount of the drugs that are seized can have a huge impact on the charges as well as the penalties that can be imposed. Fla. ...