Monthly Archives: November 2024
Can You Get Criminal Charges For Chroming?
Every week, the news media comes up with something new for adults to panic about, usually something apparently dangerous that teenagers are doing on social media. This week, the Internet is abuzz about chroming, which the young generation apparently thinks it invented, if the news reports are to be believed. Of course, chroming is… Read More »
Nebbia Holds
Whether the state allows you to post bail or keeps you detained until trial is mostly beyond your control, although legal remedies are available if the state keeps you detained unfairly when you have not been convicted of a crime. Some people want to abolish cash bail entirely, while the Bill of Rights only… Read More »
Could You Be Extradited From Florida To Another Jurisdiction?
South Florida is a gateway to the world. Just look at the array of languages and national flags in Sawgrass Mills mall. While we are on the subject of Sawgrass Mills, South Florida is where people go to be seen and to bend the rules; it is also where people have close encounters with… Read More »
Habeas Corpus And Florida Criminal Cases
The confusing thing about legal terms is not that they are in Latin, but when you translate them into English, it is still not always clear. For example, “habeas corpus” means “you shall have the body,” but which body is it, and what does it mean to have it? Doesn’t everyone have a body? … Read More »
