Board-Certified Criminal Defense Representation In Central Florida
Florida authorities recently announced that they arrested 35 alleged sex offenders in Pinellas County.The sting was actually a collaborative effort, involving the local police, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the FBI, and the U.S. Department of Homeland...
In a legal dispute, opposing sides may have different factual accounts of the events or evidence. Witnesses and experts may also have different interpretations of documentary evidence. When disagreements over facts do arise, a judge typically responds to evidentiary...
In a recent post, we discussed some of the pending sex offender legislation before Florida lawmakers. In this post, we provide an update on how some of those proposals have fared in the Florida Senate.One article described the response of several Senate committees as...
Readers may not have realized that a sexual assault conviction, arising in the context of alleged date rape, might include a penalty of sex offender registration in some jurisdictions.A high school football player recently received this harsh penalty -- and made...
Readers of this sex crimes blog have learned about the restrictions that may follow an individual who served time for a sex crime. The most obvious example is sex offender registration. However, readers may not have realized that state identification cards and...
Florida lawmakers recently filed a package of proposed laws that will tighten the penalties for convicted sex offenders -- both during their incarceration and after their release. The laws are the result of a series of hearings held in both the state House and Senate....
In the public eye, a sex crime accusation can be as incriminating as the actual conviction, and even an acquittal in a court of law does not always restore the harm to one’s reputation. People may suspect that the accused was guilty, regardless of whether...
Florida college football fans may have heard that Jameis Winston, a quarterback for Florida State, has been cleared of an accusation brought by an alleged sexual assault victim.The quarterback has been the object of national media scrutiny, which is an invasion of...
Today’s story raises the question of whether some ideas might be better left in the realm of criminal justice theory, rather than applied in actual practice.Readers of this blog know that Internet sex crimes can implicate serious penalties, including fines and...
A recent story sends a cautionary message about the dangers of sex crime allegations, regardless of their underlying merit.According to reports, a psychologist recently decided to accept an alternative punishment, rather than contest allegations that she had sex with...