Criminal Lawyer Blog

JUAN JOSE FARIAS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D08-406. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. March 31, 2010. Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County, Gary L. Sweet, Judge, L.T. Case No. 562004CF3201A. Jonathan Jay Kirschner, of Jonathan Jay Kirschner,...

/23 Jan 2013

/Appeals, Successes and Wins

Defendant’s 15 year sentence reversed !!!

In State v. J.F., St. Lucie County case number 56 2004 CF 320/ DCA # 4D08-406, the Defendant was charged with one (1) count of Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of a ten (10) year old child. The charge carries with it a maximum prison sentence of thirty (30) years in...

/23 Jan 2013

/Miscellaneous Cases, Successes and Wins

Botterbush Case

BOTTERBUSCH v. BOTTERBUSCH Cite as 851 So.2d 903 (Fla. App. 4 Dist. 2003)Donald L. Botterbusch, Appellant,v. Terri L. Botterbusch, Appellee. No. 4D03-1831 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. Aug. 13, 2003Mother, who was primary residential parent of child, brought action seeking residential parent of child, brought action seeking...

/23 Jan 2013

/Drugs and Alcohol, Successes and Wins

Defendant acquitted of 7 year minimum mandatory prison drug charge

TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE NOT GUILTY !!! In State v. H.M., 99-3838-CF, H.M. was arrested and charged with his co-defendant, S.L., with Trafficking in Cocaine over 200 grams, a crime which carries a “minimum mandatory” penalty, if convicted, of seven (7) years in the Department of Corrections, as well as a...

/23 Jan 2013

/Drugs and Alcohol, Successes and Wins

Illegal Vehicle Search Results in “420” Felony ‘Knockdown’

In June, 2006, M.A. was returning to his home in Broward County, traveling southbound on “Florida’s Turnpike in Okeechobee County, when the accident occurred. A U.S. Army convoy also was traveling southbound, and a Humvee hit M.A.’s vehicle from the rear. Typically, a “rear-end” accident results in the driver of...

/23 Jan 2013

/Drugs and Alcohol, Successes and Wins

Judge: Hallucinogenic mushrooms not illegal

A Fort Pierce lawy firm found a 17 year-old Supreme Court decision that kept his client out of jail. Every year, dozens of people traipse through pastures in wester Martin and St. Lucie Counties picking hallucinogenic mushrooms that grow in cow manure. For just as long, authorities have arrested and convicted...