http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/ Published by William Moore, P.A. en-us 2010-02-27T10:20:51-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2010/02/florida_attorney_a_word_on_fir.html It is unlawful for any licensed dealer, manufacturer, or importer willfully and intentionally to request criminal history record information under false pretenses, or willfully and intentionally to disseminate criminal history record information to any person other than the subject of... William Ryan Moore 2010-02-27T10:20:51-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2010/02/fort_lauderdale_criminal_attor_11.html Although there is authority holding that self-defense is not a viable defense to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, it has also been held that there may be circumstances under which a convicted felon's... William Ryan Moore 2010-02-26T17:32:45-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2010/02/consiracy_multiple_offenses_in.html A single criminal conspiracy may have for its object the violation of two or more criminal laws or two or more substantive offenses, but the conspiracy is still one offense, if a single agreement exists, no matter how many repeated... William Ryan Moore 2010-02-21T12:13:50-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2010/01/broward_county_arrest_warrants.html Broward County Arrest Warrants - Requirements When issued, the arrest warrant must (1) be directed to a law enforcement official, (2) name the accused or set forth a description by which the accused can be identified with reasonable certainty, (3)... Broward County Arrest Warrants William Ryan Moore 2010-01-22T06:28:30-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2010/01/broward_county_criminal_defens_3.html Ernesto Miranda, the defendant who took an appeal all the way to the United States Supreme Court after his arrest was ultimately convicted of the same crime at his second trial. Furthermore he was ultimately murdered at a bar following... Miranda Rights William Ryan Moore 2010-01-22T00:42:09-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2010/01/assault.html An "assault,"or "simple assault," is an intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such... William Ryan Moore 2010-01-18T07:58:32-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2009/12/broward_criminal_defense_law_o.html The criminal defense attorneys & support staff of William Moore, P.A. wishes all of their clients, Courthouse personnel and Judges a merry holiday season. Our offices will be closed from December 24th to the 29th, however, we will have attorneys... William Ryan Moore 2009-12-24T14:32:09-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2009/12/broward_county_criminal_attorn_1.html Broward County Criminal Attorney Forum – Larceny & Embezzlement We recently received an email from a Broward County individual asking as to make the distinction between larceny and embezzlement. An important clue to distinguishing among larceny, embezzlement, and false pretenses,... William Ryan Moore 2009-12-18T12:27:44-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2009/12/criminal_attorney_on_theft_cri.html As criminal defense attorneys we deal with defending theft crimes on a regular basis. More often than not, we are asked to explain statutes pertaining to the knowing acceptance of property that is known to be stolen. Receipt of Stolen... William Ryan Moore 2009-12-16T21:42:59-05:00 http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/2009/12/fort_lauderdale_defense_batter.html Any Fort Lauderdale criminal attorney will tell you that an unlawful touching in a battery may involve direct body-to-body contact or an indirect touching by some instrumentality used by the defendant. The defendant causes a touching by launching any force... William Ryan Moore 2009-12-05T16:24:28-05:00