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Facts of the Case – Rehaif v. United States Mr. Hamid Rehaif, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates, entered the United States on a student visa to attend the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. Under the terms of his visa, he was allowed to stay in the United States only so long […]
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What Is Substantial Assistance? “Substantial assistance” is a term that is often heard in the media when federal criminal cases of public interest are in the news. Substantial assistance is a process by which a federal criminal defendant helps the government to investigate and prosecute crimes committed by persons other than the defendant. A defendant […]
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What is a federal minimum mandatory drug sentence? Defendants in the Tampa federal courts with federal drug charges frequently face minimum mandatory sentences. A minimum mandatory sentence is a minimum sentence that the judge must impose by law, whether the judge likes it or not. For example, if a Tampa federal drug case involves at […]
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The Hillsborough County, Florida Drug Court is a voluntary program that is designed to take non-violent drug offenders out of the criminal justice system and place them into drug treatment. The goal is to get non-violent drug offenders the help they need to kick their drug habit. In Hillsborough County, Florida, drug court is called […]
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Frequently, rather than send a person convicted of crime to jail or prison, Florida judges will sentence a person to serve a term of probation. Florida probation rules normally involve persons having to report to a probation officer, pay court costs, pay costs of probation, perform community service hours, and attend classes. The length of […]
