How much jail time is 1003.89 grams of cocaine in Sarasota, FL?

Trafficking in cocaine is a first degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison. The minimum mandatory sentence for the amount you...

Can adjudication be withheld if there is more than one charge?

Multiple charges will not necessarily bar the court from withholding adjudication for a first time offender. However, the degree of the charge...

Battery charges

Obviously it depends on the facts of the case and ultimately, whether or not the state can prove beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable...

My husband violated his probation he is on probation for a second dui.

Hire an attorney to file a motion to set bond in his case. Although you are not entitled to a bond on a violation of probation case, in Sarasota...

What is Aggrevated Burglary?

The easiest thing to do is to look at the State's charging document - which in a juvenile case is the delinquency petition - and write down the...

Juvenile burglary

Your son's attorney definitely needs to depose or take a sworn statement of the boy who just took the trespassing plea to see how his testimony...

The Criminal Punishment Code allows a judge to sentence up to and including the maximum sentence for even a first time offender. So the maximum...

What punishment am I looking at for possession of under 20 grams of cannabis and paraphernalia if it's a first offense?

You have a very good argument to have the evidence suppressed because you were arguably coerced into consenting to the search. However, more...

DUI - Civil Negligence Countersuit

Did you have auto insurance coverage? If you did then your insurance company may have a duty to defend you in the civil suit. If not, and you...