Florida’s Laws on Attempt, Solicitation, and Conspiracy In Florida, the offenses of attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy – sometimes referred to as “inchoate offenses” are charged under Florida Statutes Section 777.04. It reads, in part: Attempt: A person who attempts to commit an offense prohibited by law and in such attempt does any act toward the commission of such offense, but …

What to Know About Florida’s Evolving Laws on Child Porn, Child Pornography, Child Sexual Abuse Material or “CSAM”, Deepfakes and More Florida’s Child Pornography Laws Florida’s child pornography laws are harsh and scary – even for the law-abiding citizen. You would expect someone who knowingly and intentionally possesses child pornography to know child pornography laws in Florida are harsh and …

It’s big and nasty like a Fujita 5 Tornado – everyone gets sucked into the vortex of destruction in the form of the most serious possible charge.  The “Principal Statute,” Florida Statutes Section 777.011, pulls everyone (who aids, counsels, abets, hires, procures) in like a tornado and makes them as guilty as the person who pulled the trigger in a …

Entrapment is wrong. It’s a “hawk tuah” on democracy, and all over that thing called due process. However wrong entrapment may be, it is not necessarily intentional – or if intentional, can be the product of poor training or poor planning. Sometimes law enforcement – in trying to do the right thing – does so in the wrong way. Objective …

Several expert witnesses have taken the stand in the sentencing trial for Nikolas Cruz, the school shooter of the horrific 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school. The job of the expert witnesses is to determine if Cruz has underlying mental health issues that may have caused him to act out in the violent mass shooting. We will …

Expert witnesses are key players in a criminal trial who use their specific skills, expertise, knowledge, education, or training to offer an opinion that is relevant to a specific issue in a case. The purpose of rendering this opinion is to aid the trier of fact, either the judge or the jury, in coming to an overall decision regarding the …

Although each criminal case is different from the next, one commonality among criminal cases is that they often involve the use of an expert witness. An expert witness will use their scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge to assist the trier of fact in reaching a decision. To read more about expert witnesses, as well as the other two kinds …

Despite common confusion, there is a difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist. The same is true for an expert witness in a criminal case. Both a forensic psychologist and a forensic psychiatrist can be used to aid in the defense of a criminal defendant. In simple terms, a psychologist does not have any medical training, but has training and …