A 2018 guidance memo regarding drug cases states that “federal prosecutors must consider every lawful tool at their disposal.” As well, this memo suggests “the pursuit of capital punishment in appropriate cases.” There is currently national discussion about combatting this memo already.
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A call regarding a home invasion in the Hill ‘n Dale subdivision of Brooksville resulted in drug charges against three. A deputy responding to the call at 2:40 a.m. brought Hernando County Sheriffs to the home where they smelled marijuana and saw other drugs in the home. A search revealed 27 grams of marijuana, 34 grams of…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled governments must show how money or easements for land development permits are related to the damages that they might cause. The case started nearly twenty years ago when Florida landowner Coy Koontz Sr. wanted to develop 3 acres of a 15-acre parcel of land near Orlando, donating the remaining 12 acres to…
The Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud alleges the owner of a staffing agency misled consumers into believing that his company was licensed and could perform workers’ comp services for client companies. The owner then billed $130,000 for services that were not provided. Five people were arrested in total and fave up to 30 years…
Third Amendment violations are fortunately ones you don’t see every day. The lesser known of the first three amendments prohibits quartering soldiers in a private home. A Las Vegas family filed a lawsuit based on a July 2011 domestic violence call, unrelated to the family, where police wanted to use the complainant’s home for surveillance. When denied…
Brian Tannebaum, a criminal defense lawyer in Miami, on some of the comments seen surrounding the George Zimmerman trial. Law is a complex subject with intricacies that vary by region. Of course the media should do a better job of finding and quoting pundits and guests, and each person who do well to know more about…
In a case that defines why you should never talk to the police without council, Salinas, the petitioner was questioned when not in custody or Mirandized. After answering some of the officer’s questions about a murder, Genovevo Salinas stopped answering questions about whether ballistics testing would match his firearm. This silence was used at trial as…
After speeding and crossing the center line, Missouri police stopped Tyler McNeely. After declining a breath test he was arrested and transported to a hospital where he refused to a blood test. The officer instructed a lab tech to take the sample. After the BAC tested above the legal limit, McNeely was charged with Driving…
The Florida Supreme Court has come back with a decision in favor the defendent in Florida v. Joelis Jardines. In this case the police took a drug sniffing dog on the property of a homeowner suspected of growing marijuana. At the front door, the dog allegedly sensed one of the odors it was trained to detect.…