The U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment and the Florida State Constitution protect from unreasonable searches and seizures. The police may not conduct an investigative search of your car, your home, or you without probable cause, and that usually ...
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Anyone thinking about “taking a lie detector test” needs to read this blog post before doing anything else. Many people misunderstand the machine referred to as a lie detector, and they mistakenly believe that the apparatus can actually identify ...
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When someone is arrested by law enforcement, it is quite common that they had no idea they were being investigated for suspected criminal conduct. When someone is suspected of involvement in any kind of criminal activity, the police are free to inves...
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If you are arrested and charged with a crime in Florida, you need to know your constitutional and statutory rights to protect yourself from making errors that can significantly damage your defense. The most important and wide-ranging sourc...
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A St. Petersburg woman, Barbie Rene Killop, has been charged with felony battery after throwing a bag of lettuce at a man during a fight the morning of Saturday, May 14th. The Incident The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputi...
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Florida criminal statutes provide a range of sentencing options from which judges can choose when imposing the penalty for an offense. Among the choices are a jail or prison term, a fine, or a period of probation that requires the defendant to comply...
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When it comes to your home, your property, your loved ones, and even yourself, you should have a right to protect them or yourself, even during a crime. This act is self-defense, and under Florida law, you have this right to protect yourself, even by...
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Everyone makes mistakes, especially children. They’re still young, growing, and impressionable—they often do not look far enough ahead to understand that their actions have severe consequences that can follow them for the rest of their lives. ...
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Protective injunction orders, most commonly referred to as restraining orders, are a serious matter in Florida that is not taken lightly by a judge. They are civil orders from the court that prohibit a respondent (the person who must respond to the p...
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Resisting arrest is one of the most frequently charged criminal offenses. In Florida, a person can find themselves accused of criminal resisting arrest even if they don’t think they’ve committed a crime. At Stechschulte Nell, Attorneys ...
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