Ticket Quotas are used in Florida. Are Traffic Ticket Quotas Legal in Florida? The short answer is “No.” Traffic Ticket Quotas are illegal. The Florida Statute specifically forbids these contests. Florida Statute 316.640(8)(b) (2017) states: “A traffic enforcement agency may not establish a traffic citation quota.” The issue turns on the question: “What is a…
Continue reading ›In a blood test “burden arises from the Constitutional right to privacy in one’s medical records, which requires the State to demonstrate a compelling interest in the disclosure.” Requests to Subpoena Medical Records of a Blood Test After a typical crash police will sometimes attempt to assign blame. The police may suspect alcohol or drug…
Continue reading ›Criminal Mischief Attorney Needed Defense Attorney and racer has been looking for opportunities in dirt track racing. Never thought of this – “motorcycles were observed by officers [on baseball diamond] . . . Officers were able to stop all of the motorcycles before the riders could flee. ” So says the Tampa Tribune. “There were no injuries, but…
Continue reading ›Criminal Convictions, Immigration, ICE, and Deportation Here is an outline titled “Crimigration: The Marriage of Immigration and Criminal Law.” Friend of the site and author, Terry Christian is a former Immigration Judge and is also Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law. Complete text for download is avaivaible below for Immigation Consequences of Criminal Convictions and Conduct. In…
Continue reading ›Android Security Pattern Feds cannot Bypass Android Security Pattern Screen Lock! After too many failed attempts phone is locked. Forensic software apparently cannot read a locked Samsung Android phone. We have just posted the FBI application for the search warrant issued to Google to tell Feds how to retrieve data here: Android Phone Search Warrant Easy to…
Continue reading ›Pit Maneuver “Chase terminated . . . call the Coroner.” After an alleged rampage in our Tampa Palms neighborhood, great pursuit driving by a Tampa Police Officer, pulled a Pit maneuver, the car skidded into a ditch, and the gunfire starts in this aerial video from the helicopter. Chase terminated, call the ambulance, and call…
Continue reading ›Crime Maps “check your neighborhood and see if it is safe to go outside.” Keeping score is now possible for Police. Statistics are kept for Traffic Cameras, Government Grant Applications, and to Justify or disprove profiling allegations. Our research has noted that the public information available from the crime mapping systems below is just the…
Continue reading ›Confused about refusing a Breath test? Refuse Breath Test Drivers can seek to have an alleged refusal to take a breath test thrown out of court using the “confusion doctrine,” when the implied consent warnings are given following the administration of the Miranda warnings. If successful, the refusal of a breath test was not willful…
Continue reading ›Do Florida Police Need a Search Warrant to Download the Data From a Motor Vehicle’s Black Box? A court in Palm Beach Florida has just ruled that the police need a search warrant in a DUI case when they seek to recover the data from a car’s Black Box. This device is known as a…
Continue reading ›“we are not inclined to believe that the Fifth Amendment should provide greater protection to individuals who passcode protect their iPhones “ A court in Florida just ruled that a defendant could be forced to provide the password to his iPhone. A distinction is important – they got a search warrant. Without a warrant, the…
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