The 20-gram line, concentrates and Stevenson, hemp lab proof under Campbell, the Second DCA’s 2025 odor ruling, medical card limits, trafficking, Amendment 3, and Hillsborough diversion.
Continue reading ›From First DUI to Death Penalty
The 20-gram line, concentrates and Stevenson, hemp lab proof under Campbell, the Second DCA’s 2025 odor ruling, medical card limits, trafficking, Amendment 3, and Hillsborough diversion.
Continue reading ›Fully rewritten and updated October 23, 2026. Yes, but only in narrow cases. Florida sex offender registration lasts for life under section 943.0435(11), Florida Statutes, unless the person receives a full pardon, has the qualifying conviction set aside in a postconviction proceeding, wins a Romeo and Juliet motion under section 943.04354, or persuades a judge…
Continue reading ›How Florida proves premeditation and felony murder, the independent act defense, death or life without parole, the 45-day notice and 8-4 jury rule upheld in Hunt, executions, and defenses.
Continue reading ›Florida’s leaving the scene tiers, the duties after a crash, the actual-knowledge rule from Dorsett, Paleveda and Chang, the 4-year minimum and departure, 2023 crash data, and defenses.
Continue reading ›What the State must prove in a Florida burglary case, the remaining-in theories, curtilage and porches, penalties and emergency upgrades, C.G., Lanzo, and Russell, trespass, and local arrest data.
Continue reading ›What the State must prove under section 817.568, the penalty ladder and when the 3, 5, and 10-year minimums apply, special-victim felonies, unlawful possession, Fravel, King, venue, and FTC data.
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 ›The elements of assault and aggravated assault in Florida, Hillsborough cases on fear and deadly weapons, penalties and enhancements, the 2016 10-20-Life change, and how charges get dropped.
Continue reading ›What the State must prove in a Florida theft case, the 2024 changes, Negron and the 2026 Russell decision on value, retail theft and civil demand, the license myth, and Hillsborough diversion.
Continue reading ›When Florida law justifies non-deadly and deadly force, no duty to retreat, the home and vehicle presumption, the aggressor rule, Oquendo (2025), Cordell (2026), and the new resisting-officer law.
Continue reading ›