Florida Rule 3.191 after the July 1, 2025 rewrite: time limits from formal charge, the notice of expiration, the 30-day recapture, continuances, Barker v. Wingo, and Hillsborough court data.
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Florida Rule 3.191 after the July 1, 2025 rewrite: time limits from formal charge, the notice of expiration, the 30-day recapture, continuances, Barker v. Wingo, and Hillsborough court data.
Continue reading ›Your right to pretrial release in Florida, Hillsborough’s 2026 bond schedule, the factors judges weigh, the new Rule 3.131 reconsideration, detention hearings, Arthur hearings, and Missy’s Law.
Continue reading ›Since October 1, 2025, refusing a breath or urine test is a crime in Florida even the first time. The five elements, Birchfield and blood tests, recent cases, and the 10-day license deadline.
Continue reading ›A step-by-step guide to Florida’s pretrial Stand Your Ground immunity hearing: the sworn motion, the State’s clear and convincing burden, recent decisions, and review by prohibition.
Continue reading ›Florida’s open carry ban fell in McDaniels v. State. Where you still cannot carry a gun, who is still prohibited, the under-21 rules after Eubanks, and how our attorneys defend gun charges.
Continue reading ›How Florida’s Intoxilyzer inspection and repair rules work, what State v. Kilburn held, what changed on July 1, 2026, and how our attorneys challenge breath test results.
Continue reading ›Updated November 8, 2026 Published September 8, 2026. Yes — even when your trial lawyer never objected. The usual rule is that an unobjected-to error is waived on appeal. The exception is “fundamental error”: an error so serious that “a verdict of guilty could not have been obtained without” it. On September 4, 2026, the…
Continue reading ›Rewrite/update date: October 13, 2026. Originally published in December 2025. Your lawyer must object at trial in Florida because an appeals court can reverse a conviction only for a prejudicial error that was preserved in the trial court or that rises to fundamental error. Under section 924.051, Florida Statutes, an issue is preserved only when…
Continue reading ›Usually yes, but not always. If you threw drugs or a gun before police seized you, such as while walking away or running, Florida courts treat it as a voluntary abandonment and the evidence comes in even if the officer had no lawful reason to stop you. If you had already stopped and submitted to…
Continue reading ›Updated November 8, 2026 Yes, inside their own jurisdiction. An off-duty Florida officer keeps full arrest power within the agency’s territory, including while working a paid security detail. Outside it, past the city limit for a police officer or the county line for a sheriff’s deputy, the officer can arrest only through fresh pursuit, a…
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