Florida Criminal Defense Blog

A recently retired police sergeant with the Hollywood police department is under investigation. Sgt. John Nevins was in charge of the evidence room for the past few years, and officials say as much as $175,000 could be missing from that room. [Read more...]

As they often do when investigating a domestic incident, the police in Port Orange asked Claudia Ambroziak to reenact the battery that brought them out. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, before she had completed her demonstration, she was being arrested for battery on a police officer. [Read more...]

Florida’s “stand your ground” law has been in the spotlight since the murder of Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. You don’t have to look far to find criticism and analysis of the law that is designed to help people acting in self-defense. But some of the media reports seem to criticize the law for some of the people it ends up helping—namely, those with a criminal record. [Read more...]

Last summer we told you about the brand new courthouse built for the 1^st District Court of Appeals and designed to suit a king. Featuring African mahogany, granite, and a private kitchen and bath for every single judge, the building had a $50 million price tag and shook up the state as taxpayers wondered how this little item made it through on the transportation bill last year. [Read more...]