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Which penalties do Florida embezzlement charges risk?

Embezzlement might involve someone in accounting writing checks to themselves or an executive assistant pocketing petty cash. Embezzling can also involve the misuse of a company credit card or the physical theft of property from an employer. Any of these actions can...

Who will Florida charge with assault after a fistfight?

Maybe you were at a family reunion when your cousin started making off-colored jokes about your wife. The next thing you knew, family members had to pull the two of you apart because you absolutely lost your cool. Perhaps you were out at a bar when things took a turn...

Is jail time the right solution?

The two main sentences used in the United States are fines that need to be paid or time that has to be spent behind bars. When someone gets arrested, this is likely the potential outcome that they’re facing. Both of these are seen as a deterrent, in the sense that...

3 things you should know about your Miranda rights

There are many federal protections that you can invoke when dealing with law enforcement. For example, the Fourth Amendment protects you from unreasonable searches, which means you could deny entry to your home if officers don't have a warrant for probable cause to...

2 ways police can do warrantless searches on cars

You may have been driving when police pulled you over and requested to investigate your car. Maybe it’s because you were driving someone who they suspected might be carrying drugs, or they believed they would find something incriminating. Whatever the case, you have a...

You have options to defend against assault charges

You might have been trying to defend yourself, or you may have made a mistake and thought someone entering your home was an intruder. Whatever the issue was, if you’ve been accused of assault, you deserve an opportunity to defend yourself and protect your good name....

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