How do you get credit for the full number of days you spend in jail in another county when you have a warrant out of Pasco County, Florida? In a perfect world, your Seattle WA immigration lawyers merely asks the judge at sentencing. Unfortunately, it sometimes isn’t that easy. Let me give you an example: Let’s say […]
Supreme Court Reinstates Additional Molestation Charge in Case of Stepfather’s Rape of Stepdaughter
A man charged on multiple counts based upon one incident of sexual contact with his underage stepdaughter saw the state’s highest court conclude that he could be convicted of two different offenses based upon the single occurrence, because each crime related to a separate and distinct act. Because the second criminal act was not an incidental and […]
False Information to Law Enforcement: The Casey Anthony Saga Continued
The Fifth District Court of Appeal in Florida recently overturned two of Casey Anthony’s four convictions for Providing False Information to Law Enforcement during an Investigation. Just to refresh everyone’s memory, when Casey Anthony finally called the police to report her child missing, she spoke to a police detective in her home. During that interview she told […]
Tampa Bay Foreclosures – Is it Burglary when you steal your own stuff?
Technically, the law describes burglary as a crime where a person enters either a structure, conveyance or curtilage with the intent to commit a crime therein. A structure could be a house or business or shed; a conveyance is usually a car; and curtilage, is the surrounding area of the house that is fenced in. […]