Bonded out of jail in Tampa and holding paperwork with an arraignment date on it? You are not alone, and you are not behind. An arraignment in Hillsborough County is a routine early hearing, not a trial. You are generally required to attend, but an attorney may be able to file paperwork that excuses you…
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Sometimes it starts with a call from a probation officer asking you to come in. Sometimes deputies arrive at work or at home with a warrant. For someone on probation in Tampa, a violation of probation arrest, usually called a VOP, can feel like the old case has come back to life. In a sense,…
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If you or a friend or family member was just arrested, the arraignment in Florida is usually the next court date you’ll hear about. The word itself can sound intimidating, but the arraignment is a routine early step in a criminal case. It is not a trial, and no one decides guilt or innocence there.…
Continue reading ›Autonomous Vehicles have the potential to dramatically alter the legal landscape. Although traffic stops are not systematically tracked around the country, it is reported by OpenPolicing.Stanford.edu that “Police pull over more than 50,000 drivers on a typical day, more than 20 million motorists every year.” Further, in 2017 alone, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
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