Are your jurors researching the case during trial?
by The Honorable Tyrie W. Boyer
Justice R. Fred Lewis of the Florida Supreme Court recently requested that the Supreme Court Committees on Standard Jury Instructions (SJI), Civil and Criminal, prepare instructions regarding a problem which has developed in recent years. Apparently it has become common for jurors to use their cell phones, Blackberrys, iPhones and other computers to do research for and during trials and deliberations.
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Does lawyer’s murder need fresh look after Ponzi allegations?
Ex-husband of firm’s COO is accused of killing RRA attorney Melissa Lewis
Michael Mayo News Columnist
Before the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm became known as the possible scene of one of the biggest financial crimes in Broward County history, it was touched by the tragedy of violent crime — the March 2008 murder of attorney Melissa Britt Lewis.
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Hearing delayed for ex-Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher
BY PATRICIA MAZZEI
pmazzei@MiamiHerald.com
A hearing for suspended Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher was pushed back for the second time Friday, giving her attorney and federal prosecutors more time to try to negotiate a plea agreement.
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Charges against student caught on camera scuffling with security dropped
MIAMI (WSVN) — Criminal charges stemming from a controversial scuffle caught on camera have been dropped against a South Florida college student.
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By Pascal Fletcher
MIAMI (Reuters) – Federal agents investigating a prominent Florida lawyer suspected of running an elaborate Ponzi scheme said on Thursday the amount involved could exceed $1 billion, and they asked bilked investors to come forward.
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By Colleen Jenkins, Times Staff Writer
TAMPA — This week, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard appeals in two Florida juvenile cases, scholars took note that the state leads the nation in locking up kids for life who committed crimes in which no one died.
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By Bob Van Voris, Carlyn Kolker and Cynthia Cotts
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) — Scott Rothstein, the South Florida lawyer whose firm asked federal prosecutors to investigate as much as $500 million in missing investor funds, returned yesterday to the U.S. from Morocco, his law partner said.
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Prosecutors obtain more time to charge burn case defendants
Nine-day extension needed to review evidence, lawyers say
By Juan Ortega and Alexia Campbell South Florida Sun-Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE - Appearing before three judges at separate hearings today, prosecutors obtained a nine-day extension to file formal charges against the teenagers accused of surrounding Michael Brewer, 15, and setting him on fire.
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