Author: bwauy

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed a new bill into law (SB 2276) requiring people “arrested” for felony offenses to provide a DNA samples to be placed into a statewide database. Prior to this enactment, only those citizens “convicted” of specific felony offense were required to provide DNA. Just so you know, the State keeps the…

One of the questions we hear most often from our clients is: “Can the police go into my home without a warrant?”  And the answer, as always, is – IT DEPENDS. In a recent case out of Palm Bay, Florida; the police were investigating a domestic disturbance. They offered to give the intoxicated defendant a ride,…

A man stopped under very tenuous circumstances finally obtained justice from a recent Second District Court of Appeal ruling. The underlying “suspicious” conduct of which the accused man was guilty consisted of nothing more than just running from his home to catch a taxi in a hasty manner, and this was not enough to amount to acting…

In today’s modern world, cell phones have become nearly ubiquitous. With this in mind, privacy activists hailed the US Supreme Court’s 2014 Riley v. California decision this past summer, which ruled that law enforcement officers must obtain search warrants before searching the cell phones of persons under arrest. This decision, along with a similar one from the…

I thought I should write about how the Department of Juvenile Justice has changed the way juvenile crimes are prosecuted in the past year. Last year an appellate case came out, basically transferring the power to sentence juveniles from the Court and judges, to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Here’s how it used to work:…

There’s an 11 year old girl being held in the Pinellas County Juvenile Detention Center on charges of arson and attempted murder.  Apparently, she and her 15 year old boyfriend, poured gasoline around mom’s bed while she slept and tried to light mom on fire.  Luckily mom escaped. She’s now being represented by a private…

It seems the public is starting to realize what all criminal defense attorney‘s already know -police reports are often not accurate. Last week, an off duty 6 foot sheriif’s deputy, Mark Eastty, handcuffed a 9 year old boy for fighting on the playground. (St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 12, 2010) There are numerous witnesses who say…

What Qualifications Should an Experienced Tax Attorney Have? The need for qualified experienced tax attorneys on this website and in the rest of the country as a whole is expected to be on the rise until at least 2018. Although the market will remain competitive, it is a great job market to head into, especially if you already…

Many people hear the term IRS and tend to be intimidated. There is no real reason for this. Most problems with the IRS can be easily solved with the use of an IRS tax attorney. Many times an IRS tax attorney simply means that one is trained in the practice of dealing with the tax…

The reasons you may be in need of the services of an income tax attorney are varied, but one thing is for certain when you do find yourself in need of one you want to be sure that you select one that is able to get your needs met without difficulty. If you are looking…