Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

The state will seek 35 years in prison for a 16-year-old Jacksonville boy who pleaded guilty last week to Jacksonville vehicular homicide charges in connection with the death of a 22-year-old hospital employee. Zachary Lambert was being chased by police about 3 a.m. after an officer saw him driving erratically, according to a report in…

The Florida Highway Patrol spent one day last week cracking down on speeders and aggressive drivers along Interstate 95 in Northeast Florida. The FHP dubbed it Operation Checkered Flag and camped out primarily in Duval County, Nassau County and St. Johns County, according to News4Jax.com. Officers handed out more than 300 Jacksonville traffic citations –…

The drama meter is well into the red already in the George Zimmerman Florida second-degree murder case, and the only issues in the court’s hands thus far are where Zimmerman will be before the case goes to trial. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, is charged with murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a…

As a Duval County Probation Lawyer, I have many clients who have been placed on some kind of criminal probation in Duval, Clay and Nassau Counties. Probation is a form of court imposed sentence in a criminal case with certain conditions. Certain crimes, such as Jacksonville Driving Under the Influence and Duval County Domestic Battery…

The domestic battery charges that led a 31-year veteran of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office to resign rather than be fired have been dropped. The State Attorney’s Office said the victim in the case has recanted her story, leaving the state without enough evidence to prosecute the case, according to a report in the…

A United States Supreme Court ruling this week will pave the way for a resentencing in one of Jacksonville’s most notorious murder cases – the 1998 killing of 8-year-old Maddie Clifton. The high court last week shot down mandatory life sentences for juveniles convicted of first-degree murder – and there are differences of opinions locally…

The twists and turns in the now-well known case of Clay County man Ronald Thompson took another turn last week – this one in favor of Thompson. A judge threw out his conviction on four counts of Clay County aggravated assault stemming from a September 2009 incident, according to an article in the Florida Times-Union.…

A fireman in Jacksonville, Florida has been arrested for a sex charge in Duval County and remains in jail on no bond. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, Daniel Evans has been accused of raping a woman in downtown Jacksonville. A witness flagged down a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer and told the…

A former Jacksonville City Council president was arrested for DUI last month in a case that stems from him backing into a car at a stop sign. John D. “Jack” Webb was arrested and charged with DUI and DUI causing injury or damage to a person or property, according to a report in the Florida…

Child abuse charges are serious accusations in Jacksonville and every city in the country. Allegations of violence against children are often felony charges that carry not only possible prison time, but a lifetime of having a “violent” criminal history. The state of Georgia has made it a crime to fail to report signs of child…