From our attorneys
Grand theft in Florida starts at $750 and climbs to a 30-year felony at $100,000, and some property, like cars and firearms, is grand theft at any value. How § 812.014 grades the charge, how value is actually proven, and where the defense fights.
How Florida grades fraud charges, what the State has to prove about intent, and why the dollar amount decides whether you are facing a felony.
An arrest is not a charge. How long the State Attorney has to file, what happens at arraignment, and when the speedy trial clock starts in Florida.
Only the State Attorney can drop a charge in Florida. Six paths that end a case early, including diversion, self-defense immunity and speedy trial.
Identity theft in Florida is charged as criminal use of personal identification information under § 817.568: a felony from the very first offense, with mandatory minimum prison terms as the dollar amounts and victim counts climb, and a federal system that adds a mandatory two-year consecutive sentence. How the charges are graded and what actually matters in the defense.
Florida has no separate crime called embezzlement. It is prosecuted as theft under § 812.014, and the dollar amount decides whether that means a misdemeanor or a 30-year felony. How the charges are graded, when the case turns federal, and what actually matters in the defense.
First degree misdemeanors carry up to 1 year in county jail, second degree up to 60 days. The common charges, and when a misdemeanor becomes a felony.
In Florida, agreeing with someone to commit a crime is itself a crime, even if the planned offense never happens. How conspiracy charges are ranked and punished under state and federal law, what prosecutors must prove, and the defenses that apply.
A no-contact order in a Florida criminal case can only be changed by the judge, not by the alleged victim, and not by private agreement. What the order prohibits, how to ask the court to modify it, and how it differs from a civil injunction.
Domestic violence is not a single crime in Florida: it's a designation that changes arrest, bond, jail minimums, probation, record sealing, and gun rights. What the accused and the accuser both need to know.