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Category Archives: Drug Crime Defense

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Can Where You Live Affect the Drug Charges You Get?

By FL Drug Defense Group |

All over Florida, people are using illegal drugs in the privacy of their homes, and the police will probably never find out.  Police cannot enter your house and search for drugs unless they have a search warrant, and the court will only issue a warrant if police officers submit a statement to the court… Read More »

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Important Dates in Your Criminal Case

By FL Drug Defense Group |

Drugs can really mess with your perception of time.  Remember when you sat on the couch and lit up a joint sometime in late 2016, and the next thing you knew, it was 2018 and the movement to decriminalize weed was in full swing?  Time never moves more slowly than when you are sitting… Read More »

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Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Could Prevent Fentanyl Overdose

By FL Drug Defense Group |

When a new and deadly disease appears on the scene, people often react by stigmatizing those affected by it.  In the 1980s, when the first AIDS cases were diagnosed, public health officials identified gay men, people who had received blood transfusions, and people who had traveled to Haiti or used intravenous drugs as high-risk… Read More »

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Staying Silent While the Police Examine Your Drugs Is Better Than Making a Fool of Yourself

By FL Drug Defense Group |

When you see a police cruiser flashing its blue lights behind you, you might assume that you are toast.  The location of your drugs might be so obvious to you that you cannot take your eyes off of it, but at least for now, the cops don’t know that the drugs are there.  Sometimes… Read More »

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Can You Get Convicted Four Times and Acquitted a Fifth?

By FL Drug Defense Group |

Whenever you face criminal charges, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty.  The right to a fair trial with an unbiased jury means that, if you have previous criminal convictions, the attorneys for the prosecution cannot mention these during your trial, lest it influence the jurors’ decision about the present case.  The only way… Read More »

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How to Avoid Getting Arrested When the Police Crash a Party at Your House

By FL Drug Defense Group |

Police harassment in public is bad enough, but can cops really show up at your house and start looking for reasons to arrest you?  Most of the time, they cannot.  The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against unlawful search and seizure, so police cannot enter a residence unless they have a… Read More »

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Cannabis

Florida Enacts Two Laws Imposing New Restrictions on Cannabis

By FL Drug Defense Group |

How legal is cannabis in Florida?  Increasingly, it depends when you ask.  Cannabis is a hot topic for legislation at the state and local levels.  In just a decade, cannabis has gone from being completely illegal in every state to our current confusing, but noticeably 420 friendlier, state of affairs.  Some states have given… Read More »

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Depositions in Florida Drug Cases

By FL Drug Defense Group |

The evidence that the prosecution and defense present at a criminal trial is a surprise to the jury, but it is not a surprise to the defendant.  Before the trial, there is a long process where both sides search for and examine evidence and form the arguments that they plan to present at trial. … Read More »

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Search Warrant at Indian River County House Leads to Two Arrests on Drug Charges

By FL Drug Defense Group |

Robert King and Nicole Ladouceur live on 40th Avenue in Vero Beach.  If they lived somewhere else, several important details of the criminal case against them would be different.  In April 2023, the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office and Vero Beach Police Department executed a search warrant at King and Ladouceur’s house.  During the… Read More »

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Proposed Recreational Cannabis Constitutional Amendment Gets Enough Signatures for Ballot Initiative

By FL Drug Defense Group |

Compared to a decade ago, there are many more opportunities to smoke weed or eat cannabis edibles in Florida without fear of criminal penalties.  Medical cannabis once sounded like something that only made sense when you were high and waiting for the pizza delivery to arrive, but now numerous Floridians have medical cannabis cards… Read More »

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