• posted: Feb. 28, 2021
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• drug courts,  diversionary programs,  plea deal

About one sixth of the roughly two million people in local, state and federal jails and prisons across America are behind bars for drug crimes, the majority of them possession Read More

• posted: Jan. 15, 2021
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense,  DUI
• DUI,  physical control

Everyone understands that you can be arrested and criminally charged if you get pulled over while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. But what’s less understood is that Read More

• posted: Dec. 24, 2020
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• wrongful conviction,  wrongful incarceration,  clean hands rule,  exoneration

Florida is one of 35 states that allow those who have been wrongfully convicted and imprisoned to receive compensation from the state. Those who are eligible can collect $50,000 per Read More

• posted: Dec. 15, 2020
• Christopher Largey
• Insurance Claims,  Criminal Defense
• recreational marijuana,  legalization,  florida

Voters in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota and Montana approved legislation in November 2020 to legalize the use of recreational marijuana for anyone at least 21 years old. As a Read More

• posted: Nov. 30, 2020
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• sentencing,  crimes,  restitution,  sentencing alternatives,  financial crimes

Restitution is a court-ordered payment by the perpetrator of a crime to the victims, in addition to a jail sentence, fine and any other penalty. Restitution is not meant to Read More

• posted: Oct. 30, 2020
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• drug crimes,  drug possession,  opioids,  drug trafficking,  marijuana,  cocaine,  oxycodone,  methamphetamines

When people hear the phrase “drug trafficking” they usually think of the illegal manufacture and sale of illegal drugs or the movement of drugs in some way. The United Nations Read More

• posted: Jul. 22, 2020
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• marijuana possession,  medical marijuana,  entrapment

While many states have relaxed their laws regarding marijuana possession, Florida continues to impose heavy penalties even for relatively small amounts of the drug. Possession of 20 grams or less Read More

• posted: May 29, 2020
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• drug crimes,  sentencing,  opioids,  Oxycodone,  hydrocodone

Florida has repealed harsh mandatory minimum sentences for possession or trafficking of small amounts of opioids, but there are still thousands of people in prison time on convictions under a Read More

• posted: May 15, 2020
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• theft,  felony,  petty theft,  aggregated offenses

For the first time in more than 30 years, Florida has amended its law defining the crime of felony theft. The revised statute — signed into law last year by Read More

• posted: Mar. 30, 2020
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense,  DUI
• DUI,  controlled substance,  manslaughter,  defenses,  BAC

The number of DUI-related vehicle accidents resulting in fatalities in Florida has declined in recent years, but they still occur all too often. If you drive drunk in Florida and Read More

• posted: May 30, 2017
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• Central Florida homicides,  Teen shooters

In the wake of the Pulse nightclub massacre in which 49 people were killed, it should surprise no one that homicides in Orange County, Florida were up in 2016. Read More

• posted: Aug. 19, 2016
• Legal Team at Largey Law
• Criminal Defense

If you unfortunately find yourself being arrested by the police there are a few things that you should know and do that will help protect your interests in your pending Read More

• posted: Feb. 29, 2016
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• arrest,  criminal law,  search incident to arrest

Police often take every opportunity to conduct searches of people they stop, detain or arrest. Laws describing when searches are legally allowed are extremely complicated and confusing, but there are Read More

• posted: Nov. 29, 2015
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• license suspension,  traffic violations

Driving with a suspended license in Florida puts you at serious risk. The state takes this offense very seriously and can imprison you, even if you didn’t realize your license Read More

• posted: Aug. 29, 2015
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• controlled substance,  possession

When police find illegal drugs, they will often arrest everyone they find near those drugs. Luckily, the law requires more evidence than just proximity to convict people of drug possession.  There Read More

• posted: Feb. 28, 2015
• Christopher Largey
• Criminal Defense
• detention center,  Juvenile Justice Process

In Florida, criminal offenders under the age of 18 go through the state’s juvenile justice system, which focuses on attempting to rehabilitate young offenders instead of subjecting them to the Read More