When "discovery" does not provide all of the answers to the questions that your lawyer believes are relevant to your defense, a statement of...

Employees resign, get promoted, get reassigned, etc. In my experience, it is not uncommon, it is even routine, for a case to be touched by more...

What makes sex a crime (between adults) is the absence of consent. Since an "operation of the mind', what someone is thinking, is rarely 100% clear...

There is no 11 year old who has any business "dating" anyone of any age. This person probably hasn't even hit puberty yet. Some people are playing...

What is it that you are hoping to learn about the details of the offense by filing a request for bill of particulars that you do not already know?...

There is a fundamental flaw in your question. Prejudice, the hardest prong of the 'but for" Strickland standard to establish, is case-specific. You...

Your friend's lawyer may be trying to satisfy himself that his client understands what is being discussed. Sometimes clients do not want to admit...

You have 30 days from judgment and sentence to move to withdraw your plea. That deadline is jurisdictional, meaning it is too late to request a...

You must have a written opinion to even attempt to invoke the discretionary jurisdiction of the Florida Supreme Court. They don't have to accept...

A new District Court of Appeal (the 6th DCA) was born January 1 consisting of circuits (and appellate judges) formerly found in the 2nd and 5th....