In State v. C.G. 2207MM400, the Defendant was charged with DUI while riding his motorcycle home in the early morning hours of January 28, 2007. The defendant hired Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer Jay Kirschner to represent him. Although the client had one previous DUI conviction occurring over twenty (20) years earlier, the previous conviction...Read More

Jonathan Jay Kirschner of Kirschner & Garland, P.A., Fort Pierce, for petitioner. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for respondent. WELLS, Judge. We have for review Gibbs v. State, 676 So.2d 1001 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), in which the district court certified the...Read More

TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE NOT GUILTY !!! In State v. H.M., 99-3838-CF, H.M. was arrested and charged with his co-defendant, S.L., with Trafficking in Cocaine over 200 grams, a crime which carries a “minimum mandatory” penalty, if convicted, of seven (7) years in the Department of Corrections, as well as a $100,000.00 fine—also a minimum mandatory....Read More

In June, 2006, M.A. was returning to his home in Broward County, traveling southbound on “Florida’s Turnpike in Okeechobee County, when the accident occurred. A U.S. Army convoy also was traveling southbound, and a Humvee hit M.A.’s vehicle from the rear. Typically, a “rear-end” accident results in the driver of the ‘following’ vehicle being charged...Read More

A Fort Pierce lawy firm found a 17 year-old Supreme Court decision that kept his client out of jail. Every year, dozens of people traipse through pastures in wester Martin and St. Lucie Counties picking hallucinogenic mushrooms that grow in cow manure. For just as long, authorities have arrested and convicted them on felony drug charges....Read More

Former Husband In Custody Battle Caught on Video Purchasing Crack Cocaine—Ex Wife Wins Custody of Twin Boys. The Story: The importance of the team approach is underscored in the above video. Although the quality and production values of the film are unimpressive, the impact of the video cannot be overstated to the mother who obtained...Read More