Like we needed more bad news about our sports heroes. This week, reports circulated that legendary hard thrower (and apparently hard-headed) Roger Clemens has been charged with Perjury for his 2008 congressional testimony. TESTIMONY HE GAVE WITHOUT BEING SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY. Florida Criminal Defense Attorneys work very hard with their…
Miranda has lost a little strength in Florida criminal cases after a surprising 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court this summer where the majority found that when the prosecution can “show that a Miranda warning was given and that it was understood by the accused, the accused’s uncoerced statement…
According to reports, 76 Florida criminal suspects responded to a mailing promising “South Florida Stimulus Coalition” funds, but instead of receiving money, they were lured to their arrest. Using the name of the fictitious coalition, Fort Lauderdale police mailed letters asking targeted criminal suspects and those with outstanding arrest warrants…
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the Lake County Sheriff’s Office has been using federal immigration detainers to arrest and jail suspected illegal immigrants. Lake County is not the only jurisdiction making use of this practice but, according to the report, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office is one of the…
Convicted Ocala, Florida Federal Criminal Defendant and Hollywood Actor Wesley Snipes was ordered to turn over his U.S. Passport by a Federal Judge this week. Snipes was convicted last year by an Ocala, FL jury for three federal misdemeanor charges claiming that he willfully failed to file tax returns for…
Florida prosecutors and defense attorneys now have an unlikely resource to score impeachment material for their trials. Social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook have provided both sides of the courtroom with evidence that is used to cast a negative light on a witnesses’ character. For example, defense attorneys representing…
Florida’s 5th DCA– the appellate body that reviews criminal cases in counties like Hernando County or Brooksville, FL, Sumter County or Bushnell, FL, Citrus County or Inverness, FL and Marion County or Ocala, FL, to name a few–declined to change a $500,000 bond ordered in a potential homicide case in…
According to Nomaan Merchant of the St. Pete Times, Pasco County Clerk of Courts Candidate and current Deputy Pasco Clerk Paul O’Neil has had upwards of 10 signs stolen or destroyed. Most were in the New Port Richey area, however others signs in Land O’Lakes, Hudson and Dade City were…
Marion County Judge Jim McCune ordered a prospective juror to serve three days in Marion County Jail and pay an estimated $200 in court costs and fines according to Suevon Lee from the Ocala Star-Banner. Marion County Judge McCune made this ruling after the juror was found to have used…