Criminal Law

2008 Florida Super Lawyers

Posted on July 06, 2008
                                         Congratulations to the Broward lawyers named to the                                              2008 Florida Super Lawyers criminal defense list:                                                                    James Benjamin                                                                  David Bogenschutz                                                                      Michael Cohen                                                                  Howard Finkelstein                                                                      Jeffrey Harris                                                                        Bruce Lyons                                                                         Steve Rossi                                                                         Bruce Zimet

SPECHLER PUTS EARLY RETIREMENT TO GOOD USE

Posted on July 02, 2008
BOB NORMAN'S DAILY PULPBattle of The Judges: Spechler Sues Tobin©2008 Village Voice Media All rights reserved"Former Broward County Judge Jay Spechler, who resigned in April after he was banned from the courthouse by chief judge Victor Tobin, is looking for revenge...

WAR IS OVER! (if you want it)

Posted on July 01, 2008
Please join us for the Alternatives to Incarceration Summitto be held Friday, July 11, 2008, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.At the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Lauderdale415 S.E. 15th Avenue ? Fellowship Hall Steering Committee: Doug Brawley, Chief Assistant Public DefenderBrian Browne, O...

THINGS GETTING ROUGHER FOR JUDGE COLIN

Posted on July 01, 2008
                                                                                                      Palm Beach County's Martin Colin            Lewis Kasman joins Jay Gordon in the battle against Colin's perceived improprietiesPALM BEACH POSTMob informant claims corruption in court system in wake of divorce "The self-proclaimed adopted son of the late mob boss John Gotti, Kasman didn't like the way the Gambino crime family treated him after the Dapper Don died in prison in 2002...

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A FOND FAREWELL

Posted on June 30, 2008
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ABOLISHING CRIMINAL CASE MANAGEMENT UNIT

JAABLOG SPONSORED BY: GRILL-B-GONE

Posted on June 28, 2008
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TAILPIPE ON ANA GARDINER

Posted on June 27, 2008
BROWARD NEW TIMESMovin' DownAs told to Edmund NewtonPublished on June 26, 2008When last Tailpipe heard from Judge Ana Gardiner, it was Super Bowl Sunday and she was sitting mutely in her BMW after having driven into the rear of a new Mercedes Benz. It seemed that Gardiner, chief judge of the Broward Criminal Court, had been so preoccupied with checking up on an ex-boyfriend in Fort Lauderdale's upscale Sunrise Intracoastal community that she forgot to look where she was driving...

MEDIA 6/27

Posted on June 27, 2008
SENTINEL"Let the Jury Decide": Satz plays politics with a man's freedom"In a 30-minute decision Thursday, Broward County jurors rejected felony vehicular homicide and instead convicted a Parkland man of misdemeanor reckless driving for running a red light and killing a community stalwart...

ARREAZA KEEPS SWINGING

Posted on June 27, 2008
SUN SENTINEL BROWARD POLITICS BLOGPublic defender candidate: Incumbent misused office resources"Broward public defender candidate Alex Arreaza has accused incumbent Howard Finkelstein of misusing office resources and staff to research his legal-advice news segment ?Help Me Howard? on WSVN-Ch...

ABA WEEKLY DIGEST

Posted on June 27, 2008
Life After BigLaw: 'No Job, No Baby and 10 Pounds of Leftover Fat'Shinyung Oh, the ousted Paul Hastings associate who sent a scathing mass e-mail denouncing the firm's layoff tactics, is airing her feelings once again, this time on her own blog, Because You Never Know ...

JAABLOG'S ONCE UPON A TIME

Posted on June 26, 2008
                                                                                           So unpleasant you'd rather do three days in jail?                                                 JUDGE TYSON vs...

CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT COURT APPOINTMENTS?

Posted on June 26, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 25, 2008Contact:  Arturo Alvarez, ChairSupreme Court JNCTelephone:  305/461-5100APPLICANTS SOUGHT TO FILL VACANCY ON FLORIDA SUPREME COURTThe Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission announces a vacancy on the Florida Supreme Court created by the resignation of Justice Raoul G...

ARREAZA GETS 14 DAY DEADLINE

Posted on June 25, 2008
 SUN SENTINEL BROWARD POLITICS BLOGPublic defender candidate gets 14 days to back up his complaint"The Florida Ethics Commission has given Broward public defender candidate Alex Arreaza 14 days to supplement a complaint he filed against incumbent Howard Finkelstein with something more than hearsay, according to a June 17 letter...

119 Public Records Request

Posted on June 25, 2008
JACKSONVILLE.COMBringing sunshine in proves too costly"A Fernandina Beach lawyer can have the e-mails he suspects would reveal illegal campaigning in the contentious state attorney race. But to get them, he'll either have to pay the six-figure price tag of his open records request or narrow down that request...

OUCH!

Posted on June 24, 2008
 Tallahassee drops a house on the politically controlled Broward BarDAILY BUSINESS REVIEWFlorida high court asks if attorney?s comments are protected speechby Jordana MishoryCopyright document.write((new Date()).getFullYear()); ALM Properties, Inc...

COURTHOUSE LOSS

Posted on June 23, 2008
                                                                     Michael Lukasievich                                  ADM THO BROWARD CENTRAL                                             1962-2008

KANSAS BALANCES THE SCALES

Posted on June 23, 2008
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSASIn the Matter of L.M. (June 20, 2008)"Changes to the Kansas Juvenile Justice Code since 1984 have eroded the benevolent, child-cognizant, rehabilitative, and parens patriae character that distinguished it from the adult criminal system...

SCALIA AGREES WITH FINKELSTEIN

Posted on June 23, 2008
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ROTHGERY v. GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS No. 07?440.?Argued March 17, 2008?Decided June 23, 2008   Texas police relied on erroneous information that petitioner Rothgery had a previous felony conviction to arrest him as a felon in possession of a firearm...

"Doubting Case, a Prosecutor Helped the Defense"

Posted on June 23, 2008
NEW YORK TIMES"The Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, had a problem. The murder convictions of two men in one of his office?s big cases ? the 1990 shooting of a bouncer outside the Palladium nightclub ? had been called into question by a stream of new evidence...

THE JACK THOMPSON MEMORIAL THREAD

Posted on June 21, 2008
Dear Jack,JAABLOG hereby dedicates this thread to your nonsensical, never ending stream of emails and complaints.  As you enjoy the last few weeks of your hard earned notoriety, please don't forget JAABLOG.  Post all your thoughts, hot sweats, and generally amusing posts right here on your very own JAABLOG thread, named in your honor (we have to admit, we did enjoy forgerygate)...

"Don't let the inmates run the asylum, a la Dade County"

Posted on June 20, 2008
NAPLES DAILY NEWSE-mail hints that Collier traffic judges predetermine sentences(A)ttorneys Mark Gold and Ted Hollander of The Ticket Clinic in West Palm Beach (are) accusing Collier County judges of conspiring to prejudge cases to whittle down their increased caseloads...

THE FG BLUES

Posted on June 20, 2008
                                                Talk about scheduling mishaps...

GOODBYE WITHHOLD/COURT COSTS - HELLO PROSECUTION FEES

Posted on June 20, 2008
State v. Tribble"The trouble with Tribble's case..."             -Judge May, TrekkieState v. DorchAnd from the Chief Judge:"The Governor signed SB 1790 on June 10, and it contains a provision that modifies the imposition of the costs of prosecution against someone convicted of a crime...

MEDIA 6/19

Posted on June 19, 2008
DAILY BUSINESS REVIEWMiami circuit judge candidate works around his checkered past"Ricardo Corona was permanently barred from the banking profession by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. after running a bank acquired with drug money two decades ago." Sick smokers likely to see smaller recovery amounts from tobacco litigationJudges finally occupy the Wilkie D...

PARTY AT FRED'S HOUSE

Posted on June 19, 2008
             A Sure Cure for the "Summertime Blues!" Fred Haddad Candidate Reception  Fred Haddad and Dr. Christine Haugen, together with Master Hunter Haddad and the Howes for Judge Campaign Committee, invite you to the Haddad home to an intimate "meet and greet" on Thursday, June 26th, from 5:30 p...

MEET THE MAYOR

Posted on June 19, 2008
   Please join Mayor Peter Bober,for a fundraiser honoring his brother, Bernie Bober, candidate for Circuit Court Judge Group 3     www.BoberForJudge.comDate: Monday, June 23, 2008Time: 6:00 PM  Location: Conca D'Oro restaurant1833 Tyler StreetHollywood, FL 33020 RSVP: Ilana Bofford Entin, 954-551-9401 or GrassRootsCommunications@Hotmail...

Would you want a family member to be a defendant in such circumstances?

Posted on June 18, 2008
CBS NEWSWith time running out, Texas halts execution (June 18)Man Facing Execution Alleges Judge Was Sleeping With Prosecutor, But Court Refuses Appeal (June 17)"The wrinkle in the Hood case came two weeks ago when Matthew Goeller, an assistant district attorney during the time in question, filed an affidavit stating under oath that it was ?common knowledge? that Hood?s prosecutor, Tom O?Connell, was engaged in a sexual relationship with Hood?s judge, Verla Sue Holland, during Hood?s capital trial...

CASES

Posted on June 18, 2008
Criminal law -- Attempted robbery with a deadly weapon -- Evidence was insufficient to establish that defendant used a weapon during the attempted robbery where record contains no evidence that whatever defendant had in his hand during attempted robbery was used in a manner that could have caused great bodily harm or death or otherwise constituted a weapon -- Record supports jury's finding that defendant attempted to rob victim -- Remand for entry of judgment for offense of attempted robbery and for resentencing for that crime     33 Fla...

Cases-Civil

Posted on June 18, 2008
Wrongful death -- Automobile accident -- Dangerous instrumentalities -- Leased vehicles -- Lessor's liability -- Statutory immunity -- Trial court erred in finding that owner of automobile dealership that leased vehicle which struck vehicle in which decedent was passenger was immunized from suit because lease agreement complied with Floridalaw regarding minimum insurance requirements for long-term leases -- Lease provision reserving to lessor the right to ?change the amounts of required insurance,? without imposing any standards governing the lessor's discretion to modify the insurance requirements, did not strictly comply with statute, which immunizes a vehicle lessor from liability for damages caused by a lessee's negligence so long as the lessee has obtained bodily injury and property damage coverage with specific policy limits     33 Fla...

NEW TIMES STRAITJACKETS JACK THOMPSON

Posted on June 18, 2008
 (Kyle T. Webster)BROWARD NEW TIMESJack Don't Know JackWhy will the right-wing crusader likely lose his license? Swastikas are just the start...

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