The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office has established the Reducing Impaired Driving Recidivism (RIDR) Program. RIDR seeks to reduce impaired driving by imposing requirements like alcohol monitoring devices and DUI education programs on first-time, non-aggravated DUI offenders. Who Is Eligible for RIDR Consideration? The case must be a misdemeanor DUI.
If you are under investigation, or if you have been arrested for a federal offense, you should hire a federal criminal defense lawyer. The Bureau of Prisons reports that there are 177,286 federal inmates in prison in the United States as of August 1, 2019. The United States has the
About 100 law enforcement boats from some 20 agencies patrolled the Gasparilla pirate invasion in 2020 looking for drunk boat operators. According to the Tampa Police Department, the total number of boating under the influence arrests was fifteen. The Tampa Police Department said there were nine arrests during Gasparilla 2019
Do not leave the scene of a crash without complying with the reporting requirements. Leaving the scene of a crash is a criminal offense. The penalties depend on the damage caused by the crash and whether anyone was injured or killed. If you or a loved one have been involved
If you or a loved one have been arrested and evidence was seized without a warrant as a result of the arrest you are entitled to a suppression hearing to determine whether the evidence was properly seized. In many cases, a law enforcement officer will improperly seize evidence after a
We’ve all heard the term, “throw yourself on the mercy of the court.” What that saying is referring to are mitigating factors that the defense would present at the time of trial to support leniency in sentencing. In the 1978 decision in the case of Lockett v. Ohio, the judge
There is a Misdemeanor Pretrial Intervention Program (MIP). The court shall dismiss the charges upon finding that the defendant has successfully completed the pretrial intervention program. In Florida, the Pretrial Intervention Programs are provided through Sections 948.08 and 948.16, Florida Statutes. Misdemeanor Pretrial Substance Abuse Intervention Program A person who
Here are the basic court procedures surrounding your trial proceedings, including what to wear, how early to come to the courthouse, and what type of participation will be expected of you when in front of the judge.
If you are facing criminal charges, you probably want to put them behind you as soon as possible. Many of our clients just want to move forward with life, and we completely understand that. If you are wondering when your criminal case process will come to an end, you are
The term “scheme to defraud” is defined as an ongoing course of conduct with intent to defraud one or more persons. When charged as an organized scheme to defraud, multiple acts become lesser included offenses, For example, if someone tricks several people into purchasing a bicycle when there is no
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