Monthly Archives: December 2023
What Are Some Common Conditions of Bail?
Pretrial release is available if the terms, mostly the financial terms, guarantee the defendant’s appearance at trial and the defendant is not a danger to public safety. So, the conditions of bail don’t end after money changes hands. In fact, in many cases, the conditions of bail are just beginning. More on that below…. Read More »
Top Five Search Warrant Exceptions in Florida
For many years, the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition of warrantless searches and seizures was nearly absolute. Then, mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, the Supreme Court created several search warrant exceptions, mostly based on the “reasonable search” requirement in the Fourth Amendment. In other words, the following searches and seizures are reasonable and therefore allowable,… Read More »
Challenging the DUI Field Sobriety Tests
If the defendant refuses to provide a chemical sample, prosecutors use the field sobriety tests to prove intoxication in court. If the defendant provides a sample, the three approved FSTs constitute evidence of probable cause. Either way, the FSTs are one of the most critical bits of evidence in a DUI prosecution. To bolster… Read More »