Tweets From The Feds Tampa Federal Criminal Defense Attorney notes that tweets are now discoverable in federal criminal cases. Because the Feds (United States Attorneys) were caught hiding evidence, the DOJ (United States Department of Justice) has written a memo on information to provide criminal defense attorneys. After 3 years, the memo has been released. Potential Sources…
Continue reading ›Florida Criminal Statute of Limitations “Time starts to run on the day after the offense is committed.” Frequently Asked Questions How Long Can Prosecutors Wait to Go Forward on a Criminal Case? What Is the Statute of Limitations for Criminal Cases in Florida? The Florida Criminal Statute of Limitations, Theft, Drug and general Felony Statutes…
Continue reading ›“Lawyers Cite These Classics in Official Documents With Pride” As a Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney, I can say with certainty that the works of Theodore Geisel, more commonly known under his pseudonym Dr. Seuss, are not a body of literature one would expect to see cited nor mentioned in a court of law. However, as…
Continue reading ›Marijuana Drones Drugs and Defenses – Tampa Drug Lawyer on Marijuana, Drones & Your Legal Defense Options In 1989, a soon-to-be former drug crimes prosecutor and now a Tampa Drug Lawyer published an article in prominent law review. Almost 25 years ago, Florida and the Feds were in the middle of the war on drugs…
Continue reading ›Deportation of Cuban Nationals From the United States remains an open question for Federal Criminal Defense Attorneys in United States District Courts. One source says, “At this point we do not know how/when the normalization will impact the U.S.’s ability to deport Cuban individuals. At any rate, those who are in lawful status and not…
Continue reading ›2023 and historically, there were 42 Gasparilla Pirate Festival related arrests and 63 open container civil citations (No open containers of alcohol outside the “wet-zone” or the parade route). Do not end your party in jail! With just a little fore thought you here are 8 ways to get to Gasparilla 2015 and avoid a…
Continue reading ›A friend at the Federal Defender’s Office in Florida just sent us this information on Wiretaps in Federal Prosecution and provided us with a new Congressional Research Service report entitled “Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping.” It is comprehensive and should be useful to anyone with a case in which wiretaps are an issue.…
Continue reading ›The too-pretty-for-prison teacher, Debra LaFave was released from probation early by today’s ruling in the Florida Supreme Court. The Court ruled that the state attorney could not appeal the trial court’s order terminating the probation, even though the no prison plea agreement provided that her probation was not to be terminated early.The Florida Supreme Court…
Continue reading ›What Is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act? Indictment Charging Criminal Violations of the Fcpa. For those of you unfamiliar with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), if may be time to get acquainted. The FCPA, found at Title 15 U.S. Code Section 78dd, prohibits “bribes” to any individual working in the executive, legislative, or judicial…
Continue reading ›Sometimes law enforcement behavior can be so despicable that their conduct and method of investigation leads only to entrapped citizens. This form of entrapment is rare but not unheard of. What Is Entrapment? Entrapment occurs when criminal conduct is a product of law enforcement officials. In other words, a police officer can’t lure an innocent…
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