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As many of you will recall, Nicholas Lindsey’s resentencing hearing on September 24, 2013 for the murder of a St. Petersburg police officer. By way of background, Nicholas Lindsey was charged and convicted with the shooting of a St. Petersburg police officer on a Sunday evening near Tropicana Fields as the police officer was investigating […]
Much has been written about the legality of the death penalty in Florida in the last month between the recent execution of Oscar Bolin, a well-known killer in the Tampa Bay area, and the United States Supreme Court ultimately deeming the current death penalty procedure unconstitutional as applied in Florida four days later. While the […]
This is one of the first questions many individuals ask the criminal attorneys and family law lawyers of Hackworth Law. Ultimately, the specific judge’s primary implication on the case will be by making specific legal decisions in your case, like on a motion to dismiss, motion to suppress, etc. The current Florida sentencing scoring system […]
Our Criminal Attorneys Tampa are often asked about these issues. Many individuals previously convicted of criminal charges in Florida are incredibly frustrated with Florida’s current sentencing structure which permits the prosecution in its preparation of score sheets to continue to bring up old charges. Further, many judges in misdemeanor cases, which legally do not rely […]
Our Clearwater VOP Attorneys are often asked by our Clients, which judge will be handling their violation of probation case regardless of whether it is a felony or misdemeanor. All counties have their own arrangements for the handling of VOPs/violations of probation because of the sheer number of the cases in the system. Prior to […]
Many Tampa criminal defense attorneys are often asked about what specifically community control entails as part of a criminal sentence. As we have discussed elsewhere on our Tampa criminal defense attorney blog, community control is a potential sentencing option during your Florida criminal case. Chapter 948 provides the statutory limitations for community control and/or probation. […]
Tampa Sex Crimes Attorneys are often asked questions about the calculations of one’s sentence based on their Florida score sheet. As we’ve discussed elsewhere in our Tampa Sex Crimes Attorneys blog, Florida utilizes a score sheet system to determine the minimum of one’s sentence, while Florida law dictates the maximum. If you have further questions […]
The Florida legislature also recently passed the “Florida Unborn Victims of Violence Act” during its legislative session of 2013-2014. This act is unique in the sense that it creates an entire new criminal offense for acts against women, who have an unborn child inside of them. In short it provides a separate offense if a […]
Tampa sex crimes attorneys often use psychosexual evaluations in their negotiations with the State Attorney’s Office and as mitigation before the court with sentencing. In essence, it is one of many tools, a Tampa Sex Crimes Attorney has to assist you in your criminal case. Unfortunately, many folks are unaware of what all the evaluation […]
Tampa Criminal Lawyers routinely deal with issues relating to the victim injury points being added to a Florida scoresheet. This effect is twofold – victim injury points almost certainly either make the minimum sentence some time in prison and/or significantly increases any potential prison sentence. In short, Florida law permits the Assistant State Attorney handling […]