A Jacksonville man facing murder charges in three different cases has been found guilty of the first two and last week received his second life sentence when a judge opted against the death penalty. But that doesn’t appear to be stopping the state from pressing forward once more to have DeShawn Green executed, according to…
Continue reading ›The Florida Supreme Court has overturned the conviction and 50-year sentence of a Jacksonville man, ruling that police illegally went through pictures on the defendant’s cell phone without his permission or seeking a warrant. Police should have gotten a Duval County warrant before searching the phone of Cedric Smallwood, accused of pointing a handgun at…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man who’s already served half of a five-year prison sentence after being convicted in the 2010 beating of a convenience store owner will now get a new trial in the case. Gerald Cribbs was convicted in a 2011 trial and sentenced to five years in prison on the Duval County felony assault charge,…
Continue reading ›Rather than face a possible life sentence on a second-degree murder charge, a Jacksonville man instead opted to plead guilty last week to one count of manslaughter with a weapon for stabbing his daughter’s boyfriend to death. Carlos Dupree’s murder trial was set to begin last week when he instead pleaded guilty to a reduced…
Continue reading ›The state released video surveillance and other evidence to the media last week in the case of a Jacksonville man accused of slitting the throat of an out-of-town football fan that had been talking to his wife. The release came about one month after a motion from Matthew Hinson’s Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorney to prevent…
Continue reading ›For the second time in less than a year, a Jacksonville jury was unable to come to an agreement as to whether Andrew King was guilty of killing his girlfriend’s pregnant roommate. A Duval County jury deliberated for a full day last week and then reported back to the judge that it was hopelessly deadlocked…
Continue reading ›A jury last week opted against a first-degree murder conviction in a case where a Jacksonville man was accused of strangling his girlfriend and jurors instead chose to find him guilty of second-degree murder. While it may seem like a minor technicality, it could have a significant impact on the sentence Kevin Jones ultimately receives…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man was arrested this month after allegedly telling a co-worker he would drive to Orlando to get his assault rifle and two pistols so he could shoot each of his four supervisors. Rodney Rhyne was charged with making threats in Jacksonville, a Florida misdemeanor, according to a report on News4Jax. The fact he…
Continue reading ›The nearly two-year saga and one of Jacksonville’s most controversial court cases wrapped up last week when a boy charged with murder at age 12 pleaded guilty to reduced Jacksonville criminal charges on Friday. Cristian Fernandez pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated battery in Duval County in the death of his 2-year-old half-brother in 2011,…
Continue reading ›Duval County Criminal Lawyers for the man accused of slashing another man’s throat with a pocketknife outside a downtown Jacksonville bar are asking for records in his case to be sealed until trial. Matthew Hinson is accused of walking up behind William “Chris” Pettry, slitting his throat and walking away, according to a report in…
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