Articles Posted in Criminal Defense

Cell Phone Search | Evidence Suppressed Criminal Defense Attorney / Lawyer notes a recent Cell Phone Search ruling on a Motion to Suppress Evidence, filed pursuant to Rule 3.190(h), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. Search and seizure law can apply to cell phones. Lately cops have been searching the phones and calling them a Search incident to arrest. Sometimes cops claim they…

Florida Computer Crime Defense Attorney / Lawyer notes a Florida guy got a visit from the Feds, after a long distance wireless antenna was used to access his network on the 12th Floor of a Tampa Bay area condominium. The guy the Feds eventually busted was on a boat in the bay and was eventually indicted.…

Questions for Potential Jurors “jury decision should be based upon the evidence in court, trial lawyers want to know if prospective jurors have been following a case in the media” Defense Attorneys who go to trial would like to know more about those who are seated on a jury in their client’s trials. In a…

Spring Break Update |Criminal Defense Expert, notes that some police agencies are employing mobile 3G and WiFi ID Card Scanners, and a non-discretionary “zero tolerance” policy to encountering and arresting Spring Break visitors. Police are using fairly vague and discretionary charges, such as Disorderly Conduct Florida Statute 877.03. These seemingly minor charges can result in…

Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney / Lawyer, Casey Ebsary, found this internet Video produced by the Tampa Police Department. We have been working through the night helping those who were charged at this year’s Gasparilla Pirate Fest in Tampa, Florida near Bayshore Boulevard.. Call Me Toll Free at (813) 222-2220. Gasparilla Arrest Video, Tampa Police, Open…

Gasparilla Arrest Report Update: “Tampa police reported 349 arrests, most for alcohol violations and all but three misdemeanors. The felonies were charges for grand theft auto, resisting arrest with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer. Hillsborough County deputies made an additional 10 arrests on disorderly conduct or open container charges.” Original Report Gasparilla…

Criminal Forfeiture Standard (A District Magistrate’s View) “18 U.S.C. §§ 981(a)(1)(C), 982(a)(5), and 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c) provide in pertinent part that any property, real or personal, which constitutes, or is derived from proceeds traceable to the charged offenses in this case are subject to forfeiture by the United States. For the property to be…

What About the Feds on Twitter? Most Twitter multimedia is handled by 3d party links. Twitter allows both public or private updates. On Twitter Direct messages are private and the sender can delete these messages. the feds noted that short URLs used to serve malicious links and code. Today we learned the feds will seek…

A St. Petersburg Police Department Officer was acquitted when he went on trial for hit and run in his police car. During the trial there was testimony that “exposed some embarrassing revelations for the St. Petersburg Police Department when [the cop] testified that he disabled the tracking device on his police cruiser several times so that his superiors couldn’t…

“You may infer from the Government’s failure to preserve these messages, or the fact that they were deleted by agents, that the missing text “messages were relevant to this case and that they were favorable to both Defendant[s]” Penalties for Destruction or Spoliation of Cyber Evidence Tampa Cyber Crime Attorney just received this tip from a…