Criminal Defense

Entrapment is an affirmative defense raised in a criminal case where the defendant was induced by a law enforcement agent to commit an offense that he or she would not have committed otherwise. In Florida, the defense of entrapment is most commonly used in cases that...

A Florida high school student was arrested this week after allegedly spiking his teacher's soft drink with hand sanitizer, according to local reports. The 15-year-old student is known as a prankster around the school and according to administrators was playing a...

An 18-year-old Florida high school student was behind bars for more than a month after police arrested him on suspicion of sexual assault. He was finally released after 35 days behind bars when he was finally presented with the charging documents and he noticed that...

In June 1989, three bodies were found floating in Tampa Bay. All three of the bodies had their hands and feet bound, as well as concrete blocks tied to their necks and duct tape placed over their mouths. These three bodies were identified as a mother, Joan Rogers, and...

In a controversial ruling this week, the United States Supreme Court decided that a warrantless search of a home is lawful even over the objections of the suspect if another lawful occupant later consents and the objecting party is no longer present.This case has a...

As medical and recreation marijuana begin to become legal in more states across the country, safety officials have begun to look more closely at the impacts of marijuana use on driving.Although instinctively we are inclined to assume that marijuana significantly...

The exoneration of a Florida man contributed to a record-high number of exonerations nationwide in 2013, with a total of 87 prisoners being released. An exoneration occurs when new evidence comes to light to prove that the person who was convicted for the crime did...

After practicing law for 40 years in North Dakota, Henry Howe had his law license suspended in an emergency action this past Friday. The North Dakota Supreme Court suspended his license and stated in it's decision that "sufficient information exists that Howe poses a...

The remains of 55 people were uncovered on the school grounds of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. The researchers at the University of South Florida announced that this number is 24 more than what was listed in the school records. Finally, relatives of some of...

A 27 year old woman lost her unborn child when boyfriend John Andrew Welden gave her a fraudulent prescription for a drug called Cytotec. A drug commonly used to prevent ulcers is also used, in combination with another drug, to terminate pregnancies. Welden was first...