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Miami Cops Drop Charges Against Liberty City Murder Suspects

Posted on May 08, 2018 by Evan Hoffman

Miami Cops Drop Charges Against Liberty City Murder Suspects

Miami Cops Drop Charges Against Liberty City Murder Suspects The Miami Herald reported on May 7 that just hours after a press conference announcing the arrest of two suspects in the murders at the Liberty Square housing projects last month, Miami-Dade prosecutors were expected to ask a judge to quash the arrest warrants the following morning in court. The Herald wrote that the “unusual development… Read more

More Florida Bills Seek to Reduce Mandatory Minimums

Posted on Mar 28, 2018 by Evan Hoffman

More Florida Bills Seek to Reduce Mandatory Minimums

Florida’s so-called 10-20-Life law, established under § Florida Statute 775.087, has been in effect since 1999 and has largely accomplished its primary goal to sentence thousands of people to mandatory prison terms because of certain convictions involving firearms or other dangerous weapons. The prosecutor is the only person with the power to waive a mandatory minimum sentence, and judges are only… Read more

Florida Considering Bills to Ease Mandatory Minimums

Posted on Mar 01, 2018 by The Hoffman Firm

Florida Considering Bills to Ease Mandatory Minimums

In 2017, Governor Rick Scott signed House Bill 477 (HB 477), adding the opioids fentanyl and carfentanil to the list of drugs that can result in mandatory minimum sentences. Now, two bills have been proposed in the Florida Legislature that could allow judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentencing requirements. House Bill 481 (HB 481) provides that mandatory minimum sentences for controlled substance… Read more

Marijuana Cultivation Investigation Leads to Additional Charges

Posted on Jan 19, 2018 by The Hoffman Firm

Marijuana Cultivation Investigation Leads to Additional Charges

The Miami Herald reported on January 18 that police suspected there was a "marijuana lab" inside a warehouse on 123rd Street in Medley and saw a Hialeah man park a pickup truck in front of the warehouse, go inside, and return back to the truck about two hours later. According to the police report, officers entered the warehouse with a search warrant and found “two fully functioning hydroponics laboratories,”… Read more

Miami Man Arrested on Two Active Warrants

Posted on Dec 18, 2017 by Evan Hoffman

Miami Man Arrested on Two Active Warrants

The Miami Herald reported on December 7 that a 28-year-old man was arrested during a traffic stop near U.S. Route 1 and Southwest 136th Street in Pinecrest. Police set up surveillance near the Pinecrest Whole Foods on Dixie Highway where the man was spotted. According to the Herald, the alleged offender had been accused of offering rides to female students at the University of South Carolina, taking… Read more

Miami-Dade Elementary Principal Reassigned After DUI Arrest

Posted on Nov 20, 2017 by Evan Hoffman

Miami-Dade Elementary Principal Reassigned After DUI Arrest

On October 27, the Miami Herald reported that the principal at Wesley Matthews Elementary in Miami was reassigned on by Miami-Dade County Public Schools after she was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) on July 21. The 46-year-old woman who has been with the school system for 23 years will work at a district administrative office, a non-school site, Miami-Dade schools spokeswoman Daisy Gonzalez-Diego… Read more

North Miami Man Arrested For Alleged Rape of Minor

Posted on Oct 23, 2017 by Evan Hoffman

North Miami Man Arrested For Alleged Rape of Minor

The Miami Herald reported that a North Miami man would be spending his 60th birthday in Miami-Dade's Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after being arrested on September 27. The man was being held with no bond after being charged with seven counts of sexual battery on a child between the ages of 12 and 16. WPLG-TV reported that the arrest affidavit stated that the alleged victim told police… Read more

Fraudulent Worker’s Compensation Claims

Posted on Sep 28, 2017 by Evan Hoffman Being injured on the job can cause serious financial and resourceful hardship. These injuries can change your lifestyle, your method of enjoyment, and even your career path. Worker’s compensation was created to aide individuals who have been injured on the job, while performing their job duties. Faking an injury or making a minor injury out to be more serious than it really is in order to obtain benefits… Read more

Student Claims University of Miami 'Did Nothing' After Alleged Rape

Posted on Sep 28, 2017 by Evan Hoffman

Student Claims University of Miami 'Did Nothing' After Alleged Rape

The Miami New Times reported on September 20 that a University of Miami (UM) student filed a lawsuit against the university on September 15. According the New Times, the student alleges in her lawsuit that she was raped on August 23, 2013, at an off-campus apartment complex known informally as "Red Road" that caters to UM students. The student claims that her assailant—who was a resident adviser… Read more

Miami Judge Rules Stand Your Ground Changes Unconstitutional

Posted on Aug 25, 2017 by Evan Hoffman

Miami Judge Rules Stand Your Ground Changes Unconstitutional

On July 3, the Miami Herald reported that Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that Florida's updated "Stand Your Ground" law was unconstitutional. The ruling was not binding, likely meaning that the appeals process would lead to the revised law being reviewed by the Florida Supreme Court. Senate Bill 128 (SB 128), which shifted the burden of proof from the defendant to the prosecutor during… Read more

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