Jacksonville Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

As a Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorney, I get asked, "how can you defend someone when you know he is guilty?"  My answer is, "you must have never committed a crime in your life."  We have all committed a crime at some point, no matter how minor.  Justice is served when the punishment fits the crime.  However, in some cases, a person is charged with a crime that he did not commit.  For example, imagine that a Jacksonville criminal defendant breaks into a car.  In this case, he should be charged with one count of burglary to a structure or conveyance as defined in Florida Statute Section 810.02.  He should not be charged with every other automobile burglary that occurred in that neighborhood.  In some cases, the prosecutor will charge the burglary criminal defendant with the other automobile burglaries, although the evidence does not support it.  This is unfair and a waste of the State of Florida's money.  

Three St. John's County teenage girls were arrested for auto burglary.  They are accused of breaking into cars in St. Augustine, Florida.  In Florida, burglary to an automobile occurs when a person enters the motor vehicle with the intent to commit an offense inside of it.  Many people believe that in order for a person to commit car burglary, you must "break" into the car.  However, this is not the case.  In Jacksonville and the surrounding areas, you only need to enter the car with criminal intent. Therefore, if the St. Augustine girls merely opened the car doors and took spare change, they committed burglary.  To learn more about Jacksonville Burglary, visit www.jacksonvillelawyer.pro or contact a Jacksonville Burglary Attorney.

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida was recently hit with a string of burglaries.  The are two possible suspects in the Ponte Vedra Burglaries.  According to recent reports, two men were caught on video using a credit card that was stolen during the burglaries at a Jacksonville Wal-Mart.  

Recently, there has been an increase in burglaries in Ponte Vedra Beach.  St. John's County police officers have been responding to calls from Ponte Vedra residents complaining that their homes were burglarized and their property has been stolen.  St. John's County police are investigating these cases, and they do have a lead.  St. John's County police have video surveillance of two men buying a television with a credit card that was stolen from a burglarized Ponte Vedra home.  

A Jacksonville Florida consulting firm, CH 2 M Hill Firm was burglarized and many brand-new computers were stolen.  CH 2 M Hill Firm purchased these computers to give to children in need.  Although no one has been charged with this Jacksonville Florida burglary, this is a burglary to structure or conveyance under Florida Law.  In Jacksonville, Florida, Burglary to a Structure or Conveyance is a third degree felony.  As a Burglary in the third degree, it is punishable by up to five years in the Florida State Prison.