In Florida, criminal convictions carry a wide range of punishments in addition to the formal sentence imposed by the court. The court’s sentence can include incarceration, fines, and a period of conditional probation. But after the sentence is serv...
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Law enforcement in the United States has used a wide range of tactics to counter the success of crimes committed by individuals and criminal organizations. Everyone knows that people charged and convicted of criminal activity can be sent to prison an...
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The IRS processed over 164 million tax returns for the 2021 tax year. With that many returns filed by individuals from every walk of life, from every educational background, including professional tax preparers and novices doing their own taxes for t...
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, § 12 of Florida’s Constitution prohibit law enforcement from conducting unreasonable searches or seizures of our person, houses, papers, and effects. And the U.S. Supreme Court has decla...
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If you are charged with a misdemeanor or a qualifying third-degree felony in Florida, you could be eligible to have the charge diverted out away from the criminal courts and into a program called “Pretrial Intervention,” or PTI. There are PTI pro...
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In Florida, the sentencing of convicted felons is determined by a mandatory point-scoring system adopted by the legislature in 1998. The Florida criminal justice system applies minimum sentences to many felonies based on a total score when the case f...
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If you or someone in your family is with violating federal gun laws, contacting the most experienced federal gun defense lawyer near you is essential. While all federal criminal offenses require immediate, professional attention, gun charges are espe...
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The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is charged with more than just policing international drug traffickers, street dealers, and other parties whom we generally think of when drug enforcement is mentioned. The DEA also has authority under the Controlled...
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Federal crimes and state crimes can seem indistinguishable from one another until you look more closely at each one. The Florida state legislature has jurisdiction to enact laws, including criminal laws, that apply throughout Florida’s own territor...
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Federal authorities recently announced the arrest and indictment of a national network of catalytic converter thieves who pocketed hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from the crimes. The government is now using forfeiture proceedings to recov...
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