Monthly Archives: September 2025
Florida’s Youthful Offender Act Isn’t Just for Minors
Laws should be specific enough to provide guidance and avoid confusion, but also sufficiently open to interpretation to account for the fact that every case is unique. Likewise, the more you try to pinpoint the exact moment when childhood ends and adulthood begins, the more difficult it becomes. On your 18th birthday, you can… Read More »
Anonymous Tips and Florida Criminal Cases
In September 2025, police arrested 19 defendants in Boynton Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and other locations in South Florida as the result of an investigation by the Boynton Beach Police Department, known as Operation Trackside. In making the arrests, they confiscated more than five kilograms of drug powders, most of which were cocaine and fentanyl,… Read More »
New Hope for Wrongfully Convicted People
If you appeal your conviction and the court overturns it on appeal, you feel like you have won the grand prize. Even more thrilling are the rare situations where the state realizes its own mistake and owns up to it on its own initiative. Going home to your family and friends after serving a… Read More »
Sixth Amendment Hearings
In fictional stories about criminal cases, the climactic scene usually occurs during the defendant’s trial. Statements made by the attorneys and witnesses of the prosecution and defense surprise the audience, even though they do not surprise the judge or the defendant. In real life, court dates other than the trial have just as big… Read More »
