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Prescription Drug Investigations Scrutinized in Florida

Drug investigations dated as far as 2006 will be reviewed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. A laboratory chemist is suspected of tampering with evidence from investigations by taking pills and replacing them with over the counter medications, according to Reuters reporter Bill Cotterell. The investigation has yet to determine if the stolen drugs […]

Cyber Theft Impacts South Florida Residents with Credit Card Fraud

Credit card fraud can invade through camera captures of card information and even international hacking. According to the SunSentinel, cybercriminal Egor Shevelev, known online as ‘Eskalibur,’ has been convicted for theft of credit card numbers and sale of fraudulent cards, totaling more than 118,000. Victims of Shevelev’s scam were primarily from Florida and New York. […]

Is There Hope for the Children of Imprisoned Parents? Part 2 of 2

Part 1 of this article focused on several aspects of what children go through when their parent is imprisoned. It also discussed whether children are more likely to become criminals themselves as a result. Part 2 will discuss who is to blame … the parent in prison or the system? What can be done to […]

Supreme Court Allows Warrantless Search of House if at Least One Occupant Consents

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that police can now search a home without a warrant so long as one occupant gives permission, even if another occupant refuses to give permission. Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the court, which voted 6-3 to approve the decision. The decision in Walter Fernandez v. California, No. 12–7822, […]

Is There Hope for the Children of Imprisoned Parents? Part 1 of 2

We recently argued to a federal judge that he should not just lock our client up and throw away the keys forever because, among other reasons, our client had seven children that would be left without a father. To our astonishment, the prosecutor stood up and told the court that society would be served even […]

Direct Appeals in a Criminal Case

Many of our clients ask about filing a direct appeal in a state criminal case. They usually want to know: what is it? Can it help me? Should I do it? What is it? A direct appeal is the first stage in the appellate process. In state criminal court in Florida, there are lower level […]

The Impact of False Testimony

Criminal cases are largely built upon the testimony of people. People testify in thousands of courtrooms across the country everyday and their testimony serves as the basis for putting people in prison. The job of a jury is to determine whether these people are telling the truth or are giving false testimony. Based upon conviction […]

Jailhouse Snitches

On countless occasions we have been told by inmates in jail that they were talking to another inmate about their case and that other inmate told them x, y and z about what they should do.  They consider these other inmates “their friends” or “people they can trust,” rather than jailhouse snitches. This is true of […]

Lie Detector Tests – Are They Useful?

The current state of the law regarding lie detector tests is that they can be admissible in a trial at the federal level, and at the state level they can be admissible if both parties agree.  But the reality is that they are rarely ever used during trials.  The reason is that in order for […]

Facebook Posts as Evidence in Criminal Cases

In today’s technologically savvy world, smartphones are as common now as computers were 10 years ago and typewriters were 50 years ago. People use their smartphones for multiple purposes, from accessing their bank accounts to updating their status on Facebook. For centuries, police have counted on criminals bragging to their friends on the street or […]

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