Criminal Defense News

Federal Criminal Prosecutions are up for 2012 in the Middle District of Florida says a United States Department of Justice report. USDOJ national statistics reveal in 2012, there were 84,307 criminal filings in the nation. In the Middle District of Florida for 2012 there were 1,505 Filings and 2011 had 1,290 filings. Sadly, drug cases,…

Federal Pretrial Diversion The Eligibility Criteria for the DOJ Pretrial Diversion Program have been updated.  The disqualifier for having a history of substance abuse (alcohol or drugs) has been removed. Federal Pretrial Diversion Eligibility Criteria According to the Feds, “Pretrial diversion (PTD) is an alternative to prosecution which seeks to divert certain offenders from traditional criminal…

Employee Drug Testing Unconstitutional Criminal Defense Attorney has just obtained the full text of a Florida Federal District Court ruling on employee drug testing. The court found where there is no legitimate safety concern, drug testing without probable cause violated the Fourth Amendment. Case Excerpt: Great news for Employees subjected to Florida Employee Drug Testing  – Unconstitutional Court…

Finished another Criminal Defense morning at the United States Attorney’s Office Building in the Middle District of Florida – Tampa Division in Florida. 400 N Tampa St, Tampa, FL 33602, USA Help Need Here? Call Casey (813) 222-2220.

Crime scene evidence goes here for prosecution of cases by the Pinellas State Attorney’s Office. Located across the street from the Courthouse and the jail. Evidence Used Against You? Call Casey at (813) 222-2220.

TrueCrypt and the Fifth Amendment Federal Defense Attorney just won a case where the defendant was ordered to decrypt a hard drive the government had lawfully seized. Feds tried to force a defendant to give up a password used to encrypt several hard drives using TrueCrypt. Case Excerpts: “The Fifth Amendment protects Doe’s refusal to decrypt and produce the contents of the media devices because the act…

ESI Discovery in Federal Criminal Cases Federal Criminal Defense Attorney just received an excellent checklist and  list of principles to be applied in electronic discovery in criminal cases. Thanks to our Federal defense lawyer for this excellent outline. Below the principles are a quick ESI checklist. “Today, most information is created and stored electronically. The advent of electronically stored information (ESI)…

Criminal Defense for USF Campus Students, Visitors, and Faculty Tampa Attorney Casey Ebsary is available to help with Criminal Defense for University of South Florida Students and Faculty. At USF there is Student Code of Conduct that the University officials attempt to enforce, even for activities that are not on campus. There are 23 separate offenses that can cause…

911 Recording Violates Wiretap Statute Florida Criminal Defense Attorney notes that a call from a 911  dispatcher TO a crime scene violated the Florida Wiretap Statute “section 934.03(2)(g)2, which the court broadly construed to allow an emergency agency to intercept and record  any  wire communication in order to acquire necessary information to render aid and assistance.” Complete Opinion…

Tampa Federal Criminal Defense Attorney was just informed that a Florida Lawyer’s Mail Fraud conviction in a United States District Court in Florida was eviscerated by the 11th Circuit: “A jury convicted Joseph T. Lander on mail fraud and money laundering charges related to two separate fraudulent schemes, and he appealed. The Eleventh Circuit held…