After yet another incomprehensible act of violence, people around the country are wondering what can be done to prevent the death of more innocent people. Certainly, the accessibility of guns with the capacity to inflict maximum damage to maximum numbers of people...
Cases of Interest
Our Experience in The History of the Speedy Trial Clause of The Sixth Amendment
Marc Doggett was charged by indictment with conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine. He called me and made an appointment a few days after he had been arrested in Reston, Virginia. The case itself was in Jacksonville, Florida, so he came to Jacksonville and hired...
Sheppard White Featured in Folio Weekly
Recently Sheppard, White & Kachergus was featured in the Folio Weekly because of their involvement with a civil rights case. Bryan DeMaggio works with Sheppard, White & Kachergus and was the lead attorney on a civil rights case. DeMaggio represented Leroy...
Times-Union, First Coast News seek access to records in Cristian Fernandez Case
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - First Coast News and its news partner, The Florida Times-Union, are parties in a court motion seeking to ensure full and timely access to public court records in the case against Cristian Fernandez. At issue in the motion to intervene filed Monday...
Remembering Adam Yauch and the 1987 Legal Case
How many lawyers get to walk into a courtroom and say, "Judge, I'm here to fight for the right to party."? That's just what happened in 1987, when I represented the Beastie Boys in federal district court in Jacksonville. The Boys were touring the country with Run DMC...
New Cases of Interest
Many people mistakenly believe that if a police officer smells marijuana coming from their vehicle, it's game over and time to plead guilty. The recent case of Smith v. Florida, ___ SO.2d____, 37 Fla.L.Wkly.D970a (Fla. th DCA 2012) shows why this assumption is wrong....