THE ART OF PERSUADING PROSECUTORS TO RECOMMEND THE BEST POSSIBLE SENTENCES
The goal of Clearwater criminal defense lawyers is to find the best possible outcome for every client charged with misconduct. Sometimes the best outcome will not be obtained by fighting the facts of a...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Victim Gave Police Legal Basis to Search Car for Gun in...
In most cases in Florida, the police cannot search a person's property without a search warrant or consent to search. Probable cause alone is often insufficient for a search. However, there are...
View ArticleConnecticut Roundup
AP reports, "Connecticut death penalty case delayed pending appeal." It's via the Middletown Press. A West Hartford death penalty case won't move forward until after the state Supreme Court decides...
View ArticleNevada Cost Study to Move Forward
'Nevada study will ask question: Is execution more expensive than prison?" is by Sean Whaley for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The 2013 Legislature approved Assembly Bill 444, which requires the...
View ArticleHIV test is allowed
The defendant was indicted in 1994 in a twenty-eight count criminal indictment charging that he engaged in sexual relations with his 15 year old daughter, during a three month period. A Nassau Criminal...
View ArticleMarriage licenses are studied
A Nassau Sex Crime Lawyer said that, in this case, plaintiffs, members of five same-sex couples living in New York City, move for summary judgment declaring that, under the New York State Constitution,...
View ArticleZimmerman Trial: Marijuana Evidence
Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune writes today about the judge's decision in the George Zimmerman trial allowing the defense to introduce Trayvon Martin's toxicology report into evidence. He agrees (for...
View ArticleFederal Judge Stays Virginia Execution
Today's Roanoke Times reports, "Judge stays execution of William Morva pending appeals," by Laurence Hammack. A federal judge has stayed the scheduled execution of William Morva, convicted of killing a...
View ArticleGrand Jury Testimony is challenged
On 16 December 1983, the County Court of Nassau County rendered judgment convicting a certain defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, after a nonjury trial. The defendant...
View ArticleRegistered sex offender has daughter taken away after bullet arrest
7-9-2013 California: A convicted sex offender has temporarily lost custody of his 6-year-old daughter after he was arrested at a traffic stop. Nicholas Elizondo was arrested Sunday after a... [[This,an...
View ArticleSurvey shows limited use of sex offender registry
7-9-2013 Texas: Texas has the second largest sex offender registry in the country, but relatively few people are accessing it or using it to develop protective actions against future sex crimes, a......
View ArticleWhy did the judge change for my case?
Free legal answers from attorneys - I have a court appearance coming up and I found out that the judge has changed. Why is that? Something I should worry a
View ArticleCan I accept a restraining order without going to court?
Free legal answers from attorneys - My wife wants a restraining order, which is fine because I never want to see her again. Will I have to see her in court
View ArticleOmnibus motion is questioned
A Kings Criminal Lawyer said that, this is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered September 25, 1990, convicting him of criminal possession of a...
View ArticleDouble jeopardy is involved in larceny case
Defendant was charged of four counts of common law larceny, one count alleging grand larceny, first degree, and three counts of petit larceny. This indictment was prepared in accordance with Section...
View ArticleMD - Maryland awards sex offender monitor grants
Original Article 07/08/2013 ANNAPOLIS - The Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention today announced it is distributing almost $729,000 in grants to local jurisdictions to monitor sex...
View ArticleRomount Knowell of Delray Beach, Florida Arrested for Lewd and Lascivious...
Romount Knowell of Delray Beach, Florida was arrested Monday after he was accused of masturbating in front of two adult women and two 15-year-old girls at the beach, news sources report. Knowell, 37,...
View ArticleMelonie Mahfouz of Delray Beach, Florida Arrested for Grand Theft Auto
Melonie Mahfouz of Delray Beach, Florida was arrested Monday after officers allegedly found her unresponsive and naked behind the wheel of a stolen car, news sources report. Mahfouz, 36, was booked...
View ArticleMichel Beldor, Boynton Beach, Florida Assistant Store Manager, Arrested for...
Michel Beldor, a Boynton Beach, Florida assistant store manager, was arrested Monday for allegedly giving himself fraudulent refunds and stealing items from the store, news sources report. Beldor was...
View ArticleAnthony Kehle of Jupiter, Florida Arrested for Exploitation of the Elderly
Anthony Kehle of Jupiter, Florida was arrested Sunday for allegedly defrauding the now-deceased Daniel Hull, who was 90 years old and suffering from Alzheimer's disease at the time, out of over...
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