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Many Criminal Attorney Tampa are asked this question by their clients, especially when plea negotiations are centered around the individual facing roughly a year in jail/prison. A year and a day results in a defendant being housed in a Florida State Prison as opposed to a county jail. In our experience, representing over a thousand […]
Learn More...Tampa criminal lawyers are constantly discussing with their clients whether they should testify on their own behalf. This is one of the most important decisions made in any trial. As I am sure you are aware, if you are reading our Tampa criminal lawyer blog, the decision as to whether to testify in your […]
Learn More...Anyone that has watched any sort of media in the Tampa Bay area for the last 10 years has known that the Tampa Bay area has become well-known for teachers having inappropriate sexual relationships with their students. Our Tampa Sex Crimes Attorneys have worked a tremendous amount of different sex crimes throughout the Tampa Bay […]
Learn More...Tampa marijuana attorneys have kept a close eye on this new Medical Marijuana Statute in light of the upcoming referendum on the full legalization of marijuana in the State of Florida, which was on the ballot in November 2014. Many of us have kept a close eye on this act because we have concerns our […]
Learn More...A furlough or turn in date provides a criminal defendant the opportunity to be sentenced to a county jail or state prison sentence, but “turn in” later. For example, if an individual enters a plea to a sentence of a year and a day in a Florida State Prison on December 15th and the defendant […]
Learn More...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 […]
Learn More...While our Tampa criminal attorney blog has discussed issues concerning not guilty by reason of insanity, which was recently highlighted by the Julie Schenecker trial in Tampa, competency is a wholly different, separate issue. While not guilty by reason of insanity is an issue raised at the conclusion of a trial relating to guilty and […]
Learn More...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 […]
Learn More...Our Tampa Drug Possession Attorneys provide aggressive representation in getting charges reduced and/or dropped through either the Tampa Bay Area’s various Drug Court Programs or Drug Pretrial Intervention. Generally, they are dropped, but this is an important part of any negotiations with the State Attorney’s Office, it primarily depends on the severity of the charges. […]
Learn More...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 […]
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