You've moved out of your parents' house and into your college dorm. As you embrace your new life, you start to appreciate the freedom you have and the new friends you make in school. Life many students, you will go to parties with the people you've met and drink. But...
With stay-at-home orders in effect, government entities are working tirelessly to serve and protect public health needs. However, you may wonder whether some efforts to minimize the impact of the coronavirus could violate your rights. For example, your ability to...
Not every American state allows for the operation of so-called sobriety checkpoints within its borders.Florida does.It is likely that not all the readers of our criminal defense blog at the Law Firm of Scott T. Moorey are fully familiar with what a checkpoint...
Brennan Clancy wanted a new start in life, so he moved from the Midwest’s blustery cold to Florida’s warming sunshine. The relocation got him away from the people and places that had been a part of the drug and alcohol abuse of his youth.What he didn’t know at the...
Legislators, safety regulators and law enforcement agencies across Florida unquestionably endorse DUI-linked data relevant to the state that was recently released by a national drug testing company.Its bottom line: From a national perspective, Florida does not flash...
On a Thursday earlier in December, a police officer was on patrol in an area where multiple burglaries had been reported. When he noticed a parked vehicle and saw four people exiting, he approached them. He asked for proof of identity, perhaps to check whether any of...
Safety regulators and criminal law authorities work hard to capture the attention of motorists concerning various enforcement campaigns they periodically roll out across the country.One standard tactic is to work with marketers skilled in conjuring memorable phrases...
Readers of our Fort Myers criminal defense blog at the Law Firm of Scott T. Moorey know a loaded question when they see one. We are confident that most visitors to our website harbor reasoned doubts regarding today’s above-posed headline entry and any claim that a...
Driving under the influence of alcohol in Florida can have severe consequences. When an impaired driver causes an accident in which serious injuries occur, or lives are lost, the outlook may appear bleak. Facing DUI manslaughter charges is serious, and it is always a...
A Boca Raton man was arrested and locked up in a Florida jail on a recent Friday morning. He faces a DUI manslaughter charge, following an accident that caused the death of a 36-year-old man from Sanford. According to court documents, the fatal car accident occurred...