Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

A man who shot and killed another man during an argument in a fast-food drive-thru will not face criminal charges. Prosecutors ruled, nearly a year after the New Year’s Day 2015 shooting, that the 29-year-old man was acting in self-defense, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. He could have faced charges including murder…

A Jacksonville man who is a registered sex offender is on the run, possibly still handcuffed. According to a report in the Florida Times Union, the man was at the Jacksonville Re-Entry Center trying to register as required by Florida law and the police discovered that he had failed to register sometime in the past.…

A Clay County fire/rescue officer has been arrested in Clay County on allegations he sold heroin. According to a report in the Florida Times Union, the officer sold the drug to an undercover detective at a meeting site in Clay County. The officer allegedly sold the detective the heroin for $40.00. The incident was videotaped…

A St. Johns County jury found a man guilty last month – but not of the first-degree charge the state indicted him on. Instead, the man was found guilty of second-degree murder and kidnapping, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Police said the man and his roommate beat another man to death and…

A Jacksonville man pleaded guilty to 14 charges related to a 2014 drunken driving incident, but the state backed off the most serious charge he was facing. The man was initially charged with attempted second-degree murder for driving his vehicle at officers that were trying to speak with him, according to a report in the…

While Bill Cosby has certainly been accused by many women of sex charges, only one case to date has been filed. Cosby faces prosecution in Pennsylvania for allegedly giving the woman drugs without her consent and having sexual relations with her. Los Angeles prosecutors have recently decided not to charge the television star in two…

At the very end of 2015, a bill was introduced in the Georgia legislature that would make possessing any amount of marijuana a misdemeanor. As the law currently stands in that state, and many other states, possession over a certain amount constitutes a drug felony charge. In Georgia, if you are found to have over…

A man set for trial this month on charges that he killed three people in 2013 will have his case heard in St. Johns County, a judge ruled. The man is accused of killing his wife and his two children in Central Florida, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. Police said the man…

A tip from an anonymous party has led to the arrest of a St. Johns County woman for a hit and run crash injuring a St. Johns County officer. According to a report on news4jax.com, early on the morning of New Year’s Day, the police car was hit from behind. The at-fault driver allegedly then…

A man accused of stealing items from a Clay County store is now looking at even more serious charges after allegedly beating a man who tried to stop him from shoplifting. Police and witnesses said the man was running out of the store with items he didn’t pay for when another man tried to tackle…