As you are driving along with your significant other or with friends in your car, you see emergency lights up ahead. You slow down with traffic, and the multiple lane road you are on is merged into one lane because of traffic cones. As you slowly proceed through the one lane, a police officer directs […]
What is Statutory Rape in Florida?Laws that prohibit sexual activity with a minor, even when the minor is a willing participant are referred to as “Statutory Rape” laws. These provisions make it illegal to have certain types of sexual activity with minor’s a crime even if the underage person was a willing participant, even an […]
An assault is an intentional unlawful threat by work or act of violence to another with the apparent ability to do so, and perform some act which creates a well-founded fear that violence is imminent. This 2° Misdemeanor is often referred to as “Simple Assault. Fla. Stat. § If a person commits an act that […]
Since Florida is a state that has a long history of people relocating here and retiring due to the weather, and a lack of state income tax, we have a significant retired and elderly population. Based upon this fact, Florida has enacted laws to protect the retires and the elderly population from harms that are […]
If you’ve received a letter from the Department of Public Assistance Fraud notifying you that there is an investigation to resolve discrepancies in your reported income contained in your application for benefits with any of the following agencies:Department of Children & Families,Agency for Health Care Administration,Department of Health, Department of Education’s Office of Early Learning,U.S. […]
Whenever there is a Warrant or a Capias (Court Order to arrest someone), the first reaction is often panic and fear. Once that subsides people tend to want to find out what this is about, and try to resolve it themselves, often by calling either the local sheriff or the clerk’s office. While these offices […]
Can a Cop Give a Ticket Out of Jurisdiction?Can an officer stop or detain you when he is outside of his jurisdiction? In limited circumstances, yes, and if the office has done so illegally, all of the evidence that has been gathered as a result of the unlawful detention will be thrown out of court.Officers […]
If you hold a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), you already know that you are not only subject to the State of Florida traffic laws, but also subject to Federal Code and Regulations. Because of this double set of statutes and regulations, if you receive a “minor” moving violation, certain dispositions that would have no […]
Everything! In order for a police officer to stop a vehicle that he suspects is being driven by an impaired driver, he must have a reasonable articulable suspicion to stop that driver. Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), and Wren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 116 S.Ct. 1769, 135 L.Ed. 2d 89 )0996). If the […]
Fla. Stat. § 316.1937 provides that certain convicted DUI offenders shall be ordered to have an ignition interlock device installed on their car prior to making an application for a restricted license in the following circumstances: Discretionary for a First DUI Conviction with a BAC of .08 or above for a period of […]
