How to fight an aggravated battery charge in Florida: what the State must prove, prison scoresheet math, 10-20-Life, and the defenses our Tampa attorneys use.
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How to fight an aggravated battery charge in Florida: what the State must prove, prison scoresheet math, 10-20-Life, and the defenses our Tampa attorneys use.
Continue reading ›Fully rewritten and updated October 27, 2026. Youthful offender sentencing is a Florida sentencing option, under section 958.04, Florida Statutes, that lets a judge sentence a person who committed a felony before turning 21 to no more than six years of combined prison and supervision, even when the charge carries a 15-year, 30-year, or life…
Continue reading ›The elements of robbery in Florida, the three degrees, sudden snatching and carjacking, 10-20-Life and the 2025 consecutive-term change, Dale on BB guns, the mask statute, and local arrest data.
Continue reading ›No. Under Florida Statute 790.23, a convicted felon cannot own, possess, or have in their care, custody, or control any firearm, ammunition, or electric weapon or device. Violating that law is a second-degree felony carrying up to 15 years in prison, and actual possession of the firearm triggers a 3-year mandatory minimum sentence. The ban…
Continue reading ›Completely rewritten and updated September 1, 2026. Originally published February 22, 2026 Key Takeaway: Florida gun law has transformed: concealed carry no longer requires a permit (2023), and a 2025 appellate ruling declared the open-carry ban unconstitutional. But the gun crimes that remain are punished harder than almost anything else in Florida law — carrying…
Continue reading ›Florida’s 10-20-Life law, codified at Florida Statute § 775.087, imposes three mandatory minimum prison sentences when a firearm is used during certain enumerated felonies: 10 years for possessing or displaying a firearm, 20 years for discharging it, and 25 years to life if the discharge causes great bodily harm or death. There is no parole,…
Continue reading ›An armed robbery charge in Florida is a first-degree felony. If the state proves you carried a firearm during the offense, Florida’s 10-20-Life statute attaches a 10-year mandatory minimum on top of the underlying sentence. If the firearm was discharged, the floor rises to 20 years. If anyone was injured or killed, the floor is…
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