bLAWgger
Florida crime news and commentary.
Author: Joe Bodiford is a solo practitioner in Tampa, Fla.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • States • Florida • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from bLAWgger
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Remembering Manny Machin
My thoughts on a departed friend.
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Why don’t we ask Barak Obama which Supreme Court cases he doesn’t agree with (Part I)?
If it is not resoundingly clear by now, the republican vice-presidential canditate is out of her league. She’s probably smart enough to learn the answers to a lot of questions, and capable of absorbing concepts…
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What IS “judicial activism”, anyway?
Why a real-life practitioner does not think that "judicial activism" exists.
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Ragusa update: “How’s it looking?”
The quote is from the question that seemingly every one of my clients asks me about their case. In Case No. 08-CF-005094, wherein Ragus is charges with three counts of lewd and lascivious battery,…
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What makes an attorney a good candidate for judge?
A few things to consider when chosing who to support for judge in your area.
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The windmills of Drew Park & the morality police.
The city of Tampa is harassing and humiliating citizens who may or may not have committed crimes in adult establishments, under the do-good guise of cleaning up the town. But who is policing the police?…
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Hope is not lost: pardons and commutations of sentence
I recently was able to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of getting a client’s sentence communted to a “time served” disposition. My client had been convicted of DUI with serious bodily injury, and sentenced to…
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Being a criminal defense attorney.
For those of you reading this, thanks. Thanks letting me help you understanding who I am. I am a criminal defense attorney. Trials and appeals. My job is different at different times, requiring me to…
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Sex, lies, and AUDIOtape . . . but is it LEEEEEEGAL?
Riddle me this, bLAWgonians: how does a seemingly private tape recording make its way into the public eye? Seems that our poor, misunderstood, saucy biology teacher (***bLAWgger note: what’s the irony of her being a biology…
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Sleepwalking media?
For all of you Justin Cox supporters, I offer this: The media did not report the excellent defense that he was given. The media did not report that there was expert testimony to support his…