Category Archives: Drug Crime Defense
New Amendment to the Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act
Thanks to the “no double jeopardy” rule, an acquittal is forever, but if you get convicted of a crime, you still have a chance to make things right. If you acknowledge that you committed the crime, then the best thing to do is to get through your sentence as quickly as possible and then… Read More »
Florida Doctor Convicted of Supplying Opioids to Drug Trafficking Operation
Florida’s pill mills are the stuff of legend, but by now, they belong to the legendary past. There was a time, so the story goes, when drug dealers would make road trips to Florida from across the southeastern United States to visit shady pain clinics in strip malls, and licensed physicians would prescribe untold… Read More »
Hearsay Evidence in Florida Drug Cases
The sensationalized talk shows that used to play on TV between the 1970s and the 2000s were designed for an audience that had nothing better to do during the day than watch TV. While the gainfully employed people of the world were at work, or else sleeping off last night’s shift in preparation for… Read More »
Justice for People Convicted Under Illegal Drug Sting?
The best thing that can happen after you plead not guilty to criminal charges is that the state dismisses the charges against you during the pretrial discovery phase. The next best thing is that the jury acquits you at trial; if this happens, then pursuant to the “no double jeopardy” rule, the state can… Read More »
Drug Charges Are Worse When Teens Are Present
The popular media tend to depict illicit drug use as a young person’s game. When several local governments in Florida decriminalized recreational use of cannabis for people 21 years old and up, they did so on the assumption that, if you are in your 20s or older, you can make responsible decisions about smoking… Read More »
Fentanyl Tears Apart a Community Suffering From Addiction
In certain parts of Florida, fentanyl is as ubiquitous as reptiles far from their native range who have found a fertile breeding ground in the Sunshine State. Everyone knows someone who died an untimely death because of opioids and others separated by their addiction from the ability to work and to repair their relationships… Read More »
Fort Myers Man Wanted for Selling Drugs Near a Church
In November 2024, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation known as Operation Paradise City, in which they arrested more than 50 people on suspicion of buying or selling cocaine. One of the defendants that they could not find was Kalvin Jones, who was already known to law enforcement in Lee and Charlotte… Read More »
Can You Call the Police When You Have Drugs in Your Possession?
Ten years after cannabis decriminalization initiatives began to gain traction, it is clear that legalizing weed was not a miraculous, peaceful resolution to the War on Drugs. It has protected people who use cannabis to manage chronic health conditions from constant harassment by police, and it has acknowledged that, like it or not, many… Read More »
Juvenile Drug Court Is Far From the Worst-Case Scenario
Many teenagers consume alcohol and cannabis out of curiosity, but when minors get in trouble with the law because of drugs, it is usually a sign of a deeper problem. You often see news stories about people in their early 20s, or even younger, getting arrested on charges of drug trafficking or for repeat… Read More »
Psilocybin Mushrooms Test Positive for LSD in Florida Crime Labs
The biggest danger of fentanyl is that it is almost invisible. A tiny grain of fentanyl powder, smaller than a grain of sand, can produce effects as strong as a commercially produced oxycodone pill, and even though Floridians’ math scores may be abysmal, drug dealers understand the economic implications of this. Fentanyl can turn… Read More »
