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Last week, President Obama exercised his pardon power to commute sentences for 42 nonviolent drug offenders, twelve of whom are from Florida. October first will reportedly be the last day in prison for 11 of the offenders, each of whom had been sentenced to at least...
In our last post, we mentioned that health care fraud can result in serious civil penalties, as well as possible criminal charges for those who are accused. As we noted, the actual consequences of health care fraud depend, among other things, on the statute under...
Allegations of fraud can have significant consequences for health care providers. Not only are there potential civil penalties that can result from fraud allegations, but there possible criminal penalties as well. On the civil side, depending on the facts of the case...
In any criminal case, it is up to the government to provide evidence supporting each and every element of every charge. Most people have heard the term "burden of proof" and know that, in criminal cases, prosecutors must present relevant, reliable evidence proving the...
Last time, we began looking at the case of Reggie Fullwood, who has been charged with mail and wire fraud offenses which could result in up to 20 years of prison. As we noted, Fullwood has pleaded not guilty to the charges, though it remains to be seen how he will...
Democratic state representative Reggie Fullwood was recently charged with multiple fraud-related charges that could land him in prison for up to 20 years. Among the allegations are that Fulwood created a fake campaign account to solicit donations and then embezzled...
We’ve been looking in recent posts at the importance of exploring Fourth Amendment issues when building a strong criminal defense. Again, the Fourth Amendment requires that all searches and seizures are reasonable, and there are well-established rules which law...
In our last post, we looked briefly at a case currently before the United States Supreme Court. As we noted, the case raises the issue of what exactly qualifies as reasonable suspicion sufficient to justify a brief investigative (Terry) stop, and whether a defendant...
The United States Supreme Court ruled today that "the government cannot freeze the financial assets of people accused of crimes if the money has no connection to criminal activity and is needed to pay legal defense costs."This will have a tremendous affect on federal...
The case involves a 2006 traffic stop in which a narcotics detective stopped a man who was seen leaving a house suspected for drug activity. At the time arrest was made, the officer had no reason to believe a crime had been committed, but he did discover during the...
