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Know Your Rights If You Have Been Charged With Traveling to Meet a Minor

Traveling to meet a minor is a second-degree felony offence in Florida. In Florida, if you have been charged with traveling to meet a minor, you need experienced criminal defense counsel to handle your case. Just because an individual may be charged with a criminal offense in the State of Florida does not necessarily mean...

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Child Pornography in Polk County and Florida

Today, a man was arrested for 100 counts of child pornography in Hillsborough County.  These are very serious felony charges that will score mandatory prison time under the Florida Sentencing Guidelines Scoresheet.  Each picture or movie in his possession is a separate count of the Information or charging document.  When arrested for one of the...

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Lakeland DUI lawyer challenges breath test in court Polk County driving under the influence case

My client was pulled over by an officer of the Lakeland Police Department DUI squad.  After taking the field sobriety tests, the driver was placed under arrest for DUI.  In Polk County and Florida, it is only after you have been placed under arrest for driving under the influence that the police or sheriff can...

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Why hire a local Polk County criminal lawyer for your case instead of representing yourself?

When someone represents themselves in court, it is called pro se.  Before a court can allow someone to go forward without the aid of an attorney, they must perform a Faretta inquiry.  This inquiry insures that the defendant properly waives his right to counsel.  As the old saying goes “he who represents himself has a...

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Polk County drug dog sniff cases affected by new court decision

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Florida Supreme Court decision concerning the legality of drug dog sniff cases. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a police officer’s use of a drug sniffing dog to search a vehicle during a traffic stop was legal, even though the drugs the police found after the searching...

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Plant City criminal defense attorney takes domestic violence case to trial

My client was charged with domestic violence.  In Polk County, I can often get Domestic Violence or Domestic Battery charges dismissed without ever going to court. This allows my arrested client to start expunging their domestic violence charge immediately.  Even a Domestic Violence charge that has been dropped will cause you problems when seeking employment. ...

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Polk County lewd & lascivious defense attorney explains double jeopardy case

Today, the Fifth District Court of Appeal issued a ruling in a Lewd and Lascivious sex case.  In this sex case, the individual was charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation in violation of section 800.04(5)(b), Florida Statutes.  In the criminal sexual molestation case, the prosecutor charged the defendant, a person eighteen years of...

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Florida Southern college student and arrested affect enrollment

If you attend college and are arrested, it can affect your enrollment in school.  This is especially true if your arrest occurred on campus.  Florida Southern has an especially tough disciplinary policy.  If arrested on Florida Southern’s school grounds or campus, it could be cause for expulsion.  If the arrest did not occur on school...

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POLK COUNTY VOP ATTORNEY RESOLVES FELONY VIOLATION OF PROBATION CASE

What should you do if there is a warrant out for your arrest?  My client was on felony probation for Domestic Violence.  He had previously violated his probation and was reinstated by the court, but had violated again only six (6) months later.  This time the affidavit for violation of probation alleged that he: failed...

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