From our attorneys
Florida stalking starts as a first-degree misdemeanor, but a credible threat, a violated injunction, or a victim under 16 turns it into aggravated stalking, a third-degree felony. What the state has to prove, how a criminal charge differs from a civil stalking injunction, and where the two overlap.
Reckless driving in Florida is a criminal charge, not a traffic ticket: willful or wanton disregard for safety, not a simple mistake. The penalties by offense and injury level, how it differs from careless driving, and how it connects to a DUI case.
What a Florida DUI charge actually carries (jail, fines, license revocation, and when it becomes a felony) plus the implied consent rules for refusing a breath test.
Robbery is theft plus force, violence, or fear, and that one added element turns even a low-value taking into a felony that can mean life. How § 812.13 grades robbery, how it differs from theft and burglary, and where sudden snatching, carjacking, and home-invasion robbery fit in.
Florida criminal defense counsel has a Sixth Amendment duty under Padilla v. Kentucky to advise noncitizen clients about a plea's immigration consequences, a separate duty from the court's own deportation warning. What each requires, when it applies, and how a Florida plea can be challenged when neither was met.
How to confirm an active Florida arrest warrant, why it doesn't expire on its own, and how a voluntary surrender differs from waiting to be arrested.
How bail is set after a Florida arrest, the difference between a cash bond, a surety bond, and release on your own recognizance, and when the law lets a judge deny bond entirely.
In Florida, the weight of the drugs found, not intent to sell, is what can turn a possession charge into trafficking with a mandatory prison sentence. How the thresholds work by substance.
Every Florida felony sentence starts with a scoresheet: a point total built from the charge, any additional counts, injury to a victim, and criminal history. How the Criminal Punishment Code scores a case, what 44 points means, and when a judge can go below it.
Florida's fleeing-and-eluding law has no misdemeanor tier: the baseline charge is a felony, and a 2025 law change made every level harsher. How § 316.1935 grades the offense, what changed, and how it differs from reckless driving, resisting arrest, and hit-and-run.