Recent Blog Posts
A Domestic Violence Attorney Can Protect Your Rights
Being accused of a domestic violence offense in Florida is a serious event, and if a person is convicted, the results can change a person’s life profoundly. If you have been accused of this type of crime, it is pivotal to enlist the right attorney to represent you in court, to ensure that your… Read More »
What Is Drug-Induced Homicide?
Florida’s laws on drug offenses are some of the strictest in the nation. Any drug offense, even simple possession, is seen as a crime against society, and thus is prosecuted aggressively. If someone loses their life due to a drug overdose, this is no exception; the person who gave them their fatal dose will… Read More »
Domestic Battery On A Pregnant Person Carries Harsher Sentences
In most cases, a crime that involves physical injury or death to a spouse, ex-spouse, unmarried co-parent, or another family or household member falls under the legal umbrella of domestic violence. Domestic battery technically does as well, but when the alleged victim of the battery is a pregnant person, things are slightly different. An… Read More »
Explaining Florida’s Entrapment Defense
The concept of entrapment is discussed often in the media, but too many people are unaware of what it actually means in practice. It is usually defined as a situation in which law enforcement pushes a person to commit a crime that they would not have committed otherwise. This is usually employed in drug-related… Read More »
The Burden Of Proof For A Domestic Violence Injunction
When a person is charged with a crime of domestic violence in Florida, it is common for their alleged victim to seek what is known as a domestic violence injunction (DVI), which used to be called a restraining order. While it is usually possible for them to obtain an ‘ex parte’ injunction (a temporary… Read More »
Florida Has Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Drug Crimes
Mandatory minimum sentences are sentences where a certain specific amount of time must be served without exception – in other words, no parole or early release for that period of time. This is common in drug cases, and while a mandatory minimum period is not normally the entire length of one’s sentence, it can… Read More »
When Does Drug Possession Become Trafficking?
No one likes to think that they might somehow blunder into ‘accidentally’ committing a crime – but Florida is one of the places where it can unfortunately happen if one is particularly unlucky. Florida’s drug laws are some of the strictest in the United States, and the offense of simple drug possession is much… Read More »
Domestic Violence Crimes & Statutes of Limitations
In this day and age, murder (homicide) is one of the few offenses that has no statute of limitations in most countries. The rationale is that the offense is so awful that a perpetrator should not be permitted to simply live out their life before answering for their crime. Most other offenses, including most… Read More »
Why Do Domestic Violence Victims Need Attorneys?
In a criminal case in the United States, the victim or alleged victim is represented in court by the prosecuting attorney (at least in theory), while the defendant is represented by their own attorney. However, many victims of domestic violence choose to retain their own attorney as well, even though they are not being… Read More »
Man Leaves Illegal Drugs Behind After Being Trespassed
A simple trespass call in Holmes County led to drug charges for the person being trespassed. In February 2025, the homeowner called police to have a man removed from their home. However, once the man was gone, he texted the homeowner asking after a baggie of cocaine he had allegedly left behind. Unfortunately, police… Read More »