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Online shopping and delivery rates have increased significantly during the pandemic, due to stay-at-home orders. Current consumers' habits are very likely to continue even when life returns to normal. With delivery rates high, “porch piracy” has also increased. Porch...
During the Holidays, more likely than not, there will be alcohol available in different events. A lot of people don´t intend to drink and drive, let alone get a DUI arrest. But this can happen because they don´t plan ahead, or don´t realize how alcohol affects them,...
If you have no prior convictions on your record you may be entitled to have your official court records expunged or sealed. Even if you were placed on probation but completed it without a conviction (i.e. received a withhold of adjudication) you may still be able to...
The Holiday season is here, and for many, emotions can run high. These heightened emotions can make you more susceptible to holiday scams and other types of unlawful acts. This season is known to have an increase in criminal activity, each year, around the country....
Thanksgiving is known to be a holiday that brings families together. However, this is not the case in every household. On the contrary, in many families, the chances of being a victim of a crime perpetrated by a member of the family or an acquaintance rise more than...
When a person who is under the legal drinking age of 21 is driving under the influence or drunk driving, this individual may be accused of an Underage DUI, and would therefore, face several punishments. Of course, no individual is legally allowed to drive or be in...
The Criminal Punishment Code (CPC) is a scoring system that was implemented in 1998 to ensure uniform, proportional and unbiased minimum sentencing decisions for all felony crimes. With this code, each felony offense is assigned an Offense Level between 1 and 10, 10...
Bribery is a white-collar crime that can lead to serious penalties if an individual is convicted. Therefore, it is important to have a better understanding of this crime. Under Florida Statute 838.015, Bribery is defined as corruptly offering, promising, or giving a...
According to the 2021 Florida Statues, Uttering Forged Instruments occurs when a person knowingly offers, passes, or makes use of a forged document with the intent to defraud or injure a third person or entity. A conviction for uttering a forged instrument is...
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...