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Henry Sireci * was convicted in the stabbing death of Howard Poteet in 1976. His attorneys had been seeking DNA testing in this case, and Attorney General Ashley Moody is looking to stop such testing. Recently, a Florida circuit court judge ruled that the Attorney...
Businesses use trademarks to help consumers identify their products and to protect themselves against intellectual property theft. A trademark is a word(s) or symbol legally registered by use as resenting a product or company. When an individual or a company uses...
Earlier this year, many new laws took effect in the state of Florida after being passed during the legislative session back in April. Last Friday, October 1st more laws took effect. Here are some of the newest laws, that you should know about: State regulatory...
What Is Drug Trafficking? There is a variety of drug crimes outlined by Florida laws, and one of the most serious charges is drug trafficking. This crime is defined by Florida statute 893.13 as the act of selling, purchasing, manufacturing, delivering, or bringing...
What are Embezzlement Charges? The difference between plain theft and embezzlement relies on the fact that in the latter, the funds or property were entrusted to the person who seized it. However, in Florida, embezzlement falls under the definition of theft, meaning...
Aiden Fucci, a 14-year-old Florida boy, will be tried as an adult in the alleged first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl, due to circumstances surrounding the case. Tristyn Bailey showed up at the house of a friend at 12:30 am on Mother´s Day, where Aiden Fucci, his...
Under Chapter 777.04 of the Florida Statutes, a Conspiracy Crime is defined as “A person who agrees, conspires, combines, or confederates with another person or persons to commit any offense, commits the offense of criminal conspiracy”. This type of crime is separate...
Domestic violence is defined by the Florida Statute 741.28, as “any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical...
In the United States, the legal system acknowledges two bodies of law: civil cases and criminal cases. The former is filed by a private party, which usually is an individual or a corporation, against another private party, where they dispute legal duties and...
Crimes are classified differently according to the severity and seriousness of the offense. This categorization exists to determine the appropriate punishment as it influences the substance and procedure of every criminal charge. Hence the importance of understanding...
