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The “I’m Just a Burglar” Defense
As you know, I’ve been practicing criminal defense here in Orlando for twenty years. The time has flown by, doesn’t even seem possible. And, I’ve never ever been a prosecutor–only defense, all these...
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Old Weed Charge Denies Canadian Super Bowl Trip
Do you know how hard it is to get into a communist country like North Korea? How about the former Soviet Union, back during the Cold War? How about getting into Cuba (as an American, of course)? I...
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Throw Down Cases Are Tough to Prove
Let’s face it, Americans like their drugs. Especially weed. For some folks, their entire existence revolves around the substance. So, it can be tough to throw it away when the cops are approaching....
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Don’t Answer the Door
Have you read our Constitution? In case you haven’t recently, there’s nothing within it that requires American citizens to open their door when somebody knocks. Opening your door to a stranger is...
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Possessing 18 Baggies of Weed Doesn’t Equal an Intent to Sell Charge
There are plenty of bogus charges out there, and one of my favorites is Possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell or deliver. In my twenty (plus) years of defending criminal cases in...
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What Technologies Can Police Use to Look Inside Your Home?
Can a government drone use it’s “x-ray” vision to take a peek inside of your home, and then use that information to obtain a search warrant of your home? Can a spy satellite zoom in on your backyard,...
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Bad Driving Leads To Drug Charges
Please permit me break off a piece of wisdom to anyone driving around Central Florida with drugs in their car: try not to drive like a jerk. That’s right. I’ve defended a zillion drug cases in Orlando...
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Will Florida Honor an Out-of-State Prescription?
For years, we’ve been kicking around the boundries of state to state travel for citizens who are medically prescribed marijuana. Americans take for granted our lofty right to travel and assume that,...
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The Government Cannot Knock on any Front Door They Choose
I grew up in a great neighborhood, full of kids who liked to play kickball and soccer. Now, when you combine balls and kids, you end up with broken windows, and having to jump fences to retrieve a...
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Should the Odor of Cannabis Constitute Probable Cause in Florida?
Oh the times, they are a changin’. Every time I walk into the Orange County Courthouse, I see some guy asking me to sign a petition to “put medical marijuana on Florida’s Ballot”. Somehow, whenever...
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Drugs In the Backseat
Sometimes, the toughest thing to do is to not do anything. A common, thoughtless phrase goes something like this: Don’t just stand there, do something. Almost always, this is bad advice. Our brains...
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How To Get Into Drug Court
Some of you are too young to remember late fees. Late fees involved renting a $3 movie and paying another $6.42 in late fees. Late fees created that pit in your stomach when you glanced over at your...
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Weed Charges in Orange and Osceola County Are Going to be Dropped
We have science to thank for much of our progress in the last thousand years. Any guess as to what is the most important technology ever invented? The wheel? The printing press? Hands down, whoever...
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License Suspensions for Drug Convictions Just Got Better
Have you ever been told, “Don’t just stand there, do something?” Often times, “doing something” is a terrible idea, yet folks cannot seem to let go of this impulse to pretend that “doing something”...
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Because Officers Cannot Tell the Difference Between Illegal Marijuana and...
Remember those scratch n sniff stickers growing up? It seems weird that, somehow, you can put the smell of just about anything onto a sticker. Fruity smells are pretty popular: orange, grape, apple,...
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