Monthly Archives: August 2025
Hearsay Evidence in Florida Drug Cases
The sensationalized talk shows that used to play on TV between the 1970s and the 2000s were designed for an audience that had nothing better to do during the day than watch TV. While the gainfully employed people of the world were at work, or else sleeping off last night’s shift in preparation for… Read More »
Justice for People Convicted Under Illegal Drug Sting?
The best thing that can happen after you plead not guilty to criminal charges is that the state dismisses the charges against you during the pretrial discovery phase. The next best thing is that the jury acquits you at trial; if this happens, then pursuant to the “no double jeopardy” rule, the state can… Read More »
Drug Charges Are Worse When Teens Are Present
The popular media tend to depict illicit drug use as a young person’s game. When several local governments in Florida decriminalized recreational use of cannabis for people 21 years old and up, they did so on the assumption that, if you are in your 20s or older, you can make responsible decisions about smoking… Read More »
Fentanyl Tears Apart a Community Suffering From Addiction
In certain parts of Florida, fentanyl is as ubiquitous as reptiles far from their native range who have found a fertile breeding ground in the Sunshine State. Everyone knows someone who died an untimely death because of opioids and others separated by their addiction from the ability to work and to repair their relationships… Read More »
