A former client called me late last Wednesday night, seeking advice. Her son’s former wife had disappeared with their child, and four private investigators had tried to find her without success. Could you please help me, she asked. Of course, I told her. I only work with the best. Within minutes, I was on the…
Continue reading ›I was delighted to be a Featured Instructor at the Criminal Defense seminar in Miami presented by International Legal and Forensic Science Services (ILFSS) on February 18. I led off the seminar with a session on Pre-Trial Strategies and Tactics, and joined in on the Trial Panels teaching Cross-Examination and Closing Arguments. A special thanks…
Continue reading ›I spent an enjoyable Tuesday afternoon in Court, playing the role of Freedom Fighter as a stood up for the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits the police from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures. In this case, my guy had a pocketful of pot. As the curtain rises on this drama, several deputies were investigating a reported…
Continue reading ›A quiet Friday finds me sitting in a courtroom, watching a trial that is definitely not the trial of the century. The young man at the defense table has been accused of the crime of disorderly conduct. He allegedly danced naked in the street near his home after midnight one night. Some dogs noticed, and…
Continue reading ›Robert Fulghum and I do not have much in common. All I really need to know, I did not learn in kindergarten. Not in law school, either. Continuing To Learn New Criminal Defense Strategies That Work My formal legal education ended in 1985, when I graduated from UNC School of Law, and passed the Florida…
Continue reading ›The Government may claim that the Mouth Alcohol Detector NEVER fails, but we showed them to be just plain wrong. The Intoxilyzer 8000 comes equipped with a device called a mouth alcohol detector. It is a necessary safeguard, because if mouth alcohol were blown into the machine and not detected, the machine would report a…
Continue reading ›It must seem to take forever for your case to get to court. You’ve posted bond, hired the best lawyer you could find, and now you find yourself waiting and waiting for your day in court. Why? Isn’t there something your lawyer can do? Yes, there is. Actually, yes, there are. Florida Rule of Criminal…
Continue reading ›As I prepare to occupy the kitchen, and then the Thanksgiving Dinner table, I am moved to pause, and to give thanks. I have so much to be thankful for. I thank God for giving me good health and great ambition. I am thankful for a wonderful, patient and supportive wife, who overlooks my obvious…
Continue reading ›I am shocked. Shocked, I say, to learn that prosecutors can lie and cheat, and go unpunished, even when they are caught. It only happens every day. The latest proof comes from Washington, D.C. Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was indicted by the Feds on charges of public corruption. He was convicted, but the jury’s…
Continue reading ›Patient medical records are protected against Governmental Snooping under Florida’s constitutional right to privacy. Article I, section 23, declares, Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life except as otherwise provided herein. This section shall not be construed to limit the public’s right…
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