Monthly Archives: September 2011

The trial tax

NY Times has the Florida trial tax story here. H/t Rumpole. In the hands of the wrong prosecutor, things can go real bad.  If your client chooses not to plead guilty early and often, the feds typically add counts to the indictment.   In Florida state court, it is relatively new.  Min Mans, PRR, HFO, [...]

Posted in criminal lawyers, trial statistics, trying cases

Your next palm beach county judge

Your next judge will be one of these folks: The 15th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission recommended six candidates to Gov. Rick Scott for appointment as a Palm Beach County judge, replacing Janis Keyser who was elevated to circuit court. The candidates are: county magistrate Sara Alijewicz; Boca Raton attorney Lloyd Comiter; assistant Delray Beach city [...]

Posted in criminal lawyers

PBC 1st Appearance moving

1st appearances are going to be held out at the Stockade. And you thought they were just shutting it down for nothing. Gun Club will only be a jail. A lot of inmates will still be housed in Belle Glade. Currently, they are at capacity in Belle Glade, which is about 1,000. Can you say [...]

Posted in criminal lawyers

Glades CI being shut down

Post has the story here. What the article doesn’t mention – Glades CI is one of the oldest prisons in the entire state. When the guv’ment tried to privatize it initially, every private company turned it down. The layout of the prison is such that it is just too expensive to operate. They look at [...]

Posted in Belle Glade, criminal lawyers