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Category Archives: Blog

Abogados de infracciones de tráfico: Licencia de conducir suspendida?

Desafortunadamente, este es un tema común traído a los abogados penalistas de Hackworth Law. Si uno tuviera que contar el número de causas penales actualmente en los expedientes de los condados de Hillsborough, Pinellas y Polk, la abrumadora mayoría de los cargos estan relacionados a licencias suspendidas. Los oficiales de la policía están entrenados a […]

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How can a Tampa traffic attorney help me get my license back in Florida?

Many Tampa traffic attorneys are often asked about how their clients can get their Florida driver’s license back as soon as possible. As we’ve discussed elsewhere on our Tampa traffic attorneys blog, driving while license suspended or revoked and/or no valid driver’s license are some of the most common charges filed here by the State […]

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Can the police search your phone without a warrant?

Tampa criminal defense attorneys and defense attorneys across this country have been debating this issue frankly since the first cell phone came out – can one search your phone without a warrant. Fortunately, the United States Supreme Court and the Florida Supreme Court very recently have provided somewhat strict guidance on this issue. For your […]

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Tampa Divorce Lawyer: Katharine McPhee, Husband To Divorce

  Last week, actress Katharine McPhee announced that she had filed for divorce from Nick Cokas, her husband of six years. Tampa residents may remember that last year, McPhee (who first achieved fame on “American Idol”) was photographed kissing Michael Morris, who directed her in the now-defunct NBC show “Smash.” Morris is married to actress […]

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What is a proffer? Criminal Defense term defined.

A proffer has two separate meanings depending on its context. The meaning differs on whether it is used in a trial or evidentiary hearing setting or a criminal matter, either in the Federal or State system. First, if the term is used regarding a trial or evidentiary hearing setting, it is referring to an attorney […]

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Why can the State Attorney’s Office require me to provide fingerprints and/or DNA?

Yes, the State Attorney’s Office can compel a DNA sample, by using a cotton swab to swipe the inside of a defendant’s mouth, or a fingerprint, by literally “rolling the prints in the actual courthouse”. Many times this is difficult to explain as a Tampa criminal defense attorney to our clients based on their perception […]

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How can the State use my refusal against me in my Tampa DUI?

Many Tampa DUI attorneys are asked by their clients about the actual effects of their refusal in their Tampa DUI case. As we have discussed elsewhere on our Tampa DUI attorney blog, a “refusal” occurs when someone is given the chance to take a breath test and they refuse to do so. Aside from the […]

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Will the jury see the video of me from the night of my Tampa DUI?

Yes, the video of you pre-arrest, arrest and at central breath testing will be view by the jury during your Tampa DUI trial. Generally, it is one of the first pieces of evidence introduced by the State Attorney’s Office during a DUI trial. If the State isn’t admitting it, then it must be extremely beneficial […]

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