Florida Criminal Law: Is Voluntary Intoxication a Defense in Florida?
May 27, 2011
Prior to 1999, Florida law recognized a defense of voluntary intoxication for specific intent crimes. The rationale was that when a specific or particular intent was an essential element of the offense...
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Florida Criminal Appeals: What is the Contemporaneous Objection Rule?
May 26, 2011
The contemporaneous objection rule goes to the heart of preserving trial court error for appeal. In general, in order to raise a claimed error on appeal, the litigant must first object to the error dur...
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Bringing a Claim for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Florida
Oct 08, 2010
If you believe that your criminal defense attorney was ineffective in representing you in your trial, you may file a motion for postconviction relief. This article discusses what motion to file and wha...
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Florida Criminal Procedure: The Judge as "Second Juror" on a Motion for New Trial
Sep 24, 2010
Motions for new trial in Florida criminal cases typically fall under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.600(b), with defense counsel seeking to establish that the client was prejudiced by an error th...
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Florida's "Stand Your Ground" Self-Defense Law
Sep 24, 2010
Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law took effect in 2005, making for a lot of headlines at the time. Some people fearedthat it would turn Florida into a modern day Wild West. At the least, th...
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