Archive for March, 2023
Mar 30, 2023

Disclaimer: This article is in response to questions frequently asked of Mr. Cobb and is an unedited dictation transcript. Just like talk to text on your smartphone, there may be misspelled words or sentence fragments. Florida assault and battery law is very broad. There are many ways that a charge can be aggravated and I’ll list […]

Mar 29, 2023

Disclaimer: This article is in response to questions frequently asked of Mr. Cobb and is an unedited dictation transcript. Just like talk to text on your smartphone, there may be misspelled words or sentence fragments. Not at all. There is no injury requirement, in part because of the very nature of the definition of misdemeanor assault […]

Mar 29, 2023

Disclaimer: This article is in response to questions frequently asked of Mr. Cobb and is an unedited dictation transcript. Just like talk to text on your smartphone, there may be misspelled words or sentence fragments. We find a lot of different types of cases where people want to immediately take corrective action in order to lessen […]

Mar 27, 2023

Disclaimer: This article is in response to questions frequently asked of Mr. Cobb and is an unedited dictation transcript. Just like talk to text on your smartphone, there may be misspelled words or sentence fragments. Florida has an entire section of statutes relating to criminal offenses and many of these criminal offenses predate statutory law and […]

Mar 26, 2023

Disclaimer: This article is in response to questions frequently asked of Mr. Cobb and is an unedited dictation transcript. Just like talk to text on your smartphone, there may be misspelled words or sentence fragments. There are several different defenses in assault and battery cases. The first thing that needs to be done is to have […]

Mar 25, 2023

DEADLY WEAPON DESIGNATION DURING AN ASSAULT I get this question a lot about what items are a deadly weapon and what items are not. When you look at the case law on a case by case basis, you end up with a laundry list of all these different items that are considered a deadly weapon […]

Mar 24, 2023

Maybe. I don’t know and I need more information. Not the answer most people want to hear. Here is why I say that. I routinely look for these types of things but Florida rule of criminal procedure 3.992 sub paragraph b specifies that problems such as ADHD are justifiable grounds for a reduction or what […]

Mar 21, 2023

Disclaimer: This article is in response to questions frequently asked of Mr. Cobb and is an unedited dictation transcript. Just like talk to text on your smartphone, there may be misspelled words or sentence fragments. Let’s say that someone is a tourist and they are arrested on the beach. If it’s Pensacola beach they’ll be going […]

Mar 20, 2023

Disclaimer: This article is in response to questions frequently asked of Mr. Cobb and is an unedited dictation transcript. Just like talk to text on your smartphone, there may be misspelled words or sentence fragments. A lot of times people want to cut their losses by going to court and trying to handle a case by […]

Mar 19, 2023

Disclaimer: This article is in response to questions frequently asked of Mr. Cobb and is an unedited dictation transcript. Just like talk to text on your smartphone, there may be misspelled words or sentence fragments. Generally speaking, no, not at that pricing point and here is why. If a lawyer picks up a business litigation case […]