Quick Dips: Probation Violations and the Right to Representation Florida Joins the Growing Ranks of States who Sentence Probationers to Jail without Providing an Attorney Arguably, one of the most fundamental of the rights found in the United States Constitution is the right to an attorney in any criminal prosecution.  This right can be found…

RED FLAGS: RISK PROTECTION ORDERS, FREE SPEECH, AND GUN RIGHTS Motion to Dismiss Granted! It is a sad commentary on our country as it exists today that, while in general violent crime is going down, mass shootings and mass killings appear to be on the rise. For many, a night out to a movie or…

The Love Machine, a rusted out and spray-painted 1964 Impala Super Sport, barrels down the highway with smoke billowing from the tops of the rolled-up windows. Cut to the interior, and a haze of smoke at first obscures the shot, slowly dissipating to reveal our two heroes smoking a huge joint.  The driver, hands on…

Tampa’s City Ordinance for Open Container “City of Tampa Code of Ordinances, Chapter 3, Alcoholic Beverages, Article IV, Section 3-40, prohibits possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages outside of licensed premises.

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