by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | Criminal Defense
Search TagX on Google View all posts tagged as Tagx I have always lived by the motto that good things happen when you show up. Being in the right place at the right time can often catapult you into great opportunities, sometimes when you least expect it. By the same...
by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | Criminal Defense
Did you know that in addition to a criminal punishment, most drug related convictions in Florida (including possession of marijuana) require a two year driver’s license suspension? That’s regardless of whether you were driving or anywhere near a car when...
by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | Criminal Defense
Most of the time, people who are ready to resolve their criminal case without trial opt for some form of probation in lieu of jail time. While I do not have statistics on the failure percentages, I know they are high. I would think that one has better odds of beating...
by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | Criminal Defense
A civil lawyer’s favorite thing to hear his client say is “I’m fighting this on principle!” When both sides feel that way, it sets up the perfect storm. When the gloves come off, the meter goes on, and usually the only ones happy at the end of...
by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | Criminal Defense
Especially your Driver’s License. How many women still have that driver’s license from their 16th birthday with the disintegrating laminate all falling off simply because they will never be 90 pounds again? How many men have even looked at their license,...
by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | Criminal Defense
A physician, an engineer, and an attorney were discussing who among them belonged to the oldest of the three professions represented. The physician said, “Remember, on the sixth day God took a rib from Adam and fashioned Eve, making him the first surgeon....
by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | Criminal Defense
I get calls all the time from people who applied for a job, only to miss out on it because of an old arrest that shows up on their Florida criminal record from high school, college, or some other time in the distant or not so distant past. They often want to know how...
by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | Criminal Defense
Did you know that carrying your prescription pills loosely in the bottom of your purse will probably get you arrested? Always keep your prescription with you NO MATTER WHAT. Otherwise you will likely be booked for possession of a controlled substance without a...
by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | Criminal Defense
Don’t run if a police officer is looking at or speaking to you. If they had any question about whether to arrest you, they won’t after you run!In December, the Florida Supreme Court held that the act of running from an officer in a high crime area is resisting arrest...
by RJ Ferraro | Apr 14, 2011 | DUI Defense
My good friend Captain Ken Hinsley of Patients Sportfishing in Miami, Florida called me to tell me (brag) that he would be taking out Jimmy Buffet on a sailfish charter during Super Bowl Week in Miami. As I sit here behind my desk wondering what strange twists of fate...
