by Robert Erickson | Sep 7, 2026 | Criminal Defense
A withhold of adjudication is one of the most valuable outcomes available in a Florida criminal case, and one of the most widely misunderstood. People walk out of the courtroom believing the case is over, the record is clean, and they can honestly say they have never...
by Robert Erickson | Sep 3, 2026 | Criminal Defense, Risk Protection Order
There is no arrest, no charge, and no criminal case. A law enforcement agency filed a petition, a judge signed a temporary order, and your firearms are gone. Now there is a hearing date on the calendar, and what happens at it determines whether the order becomes final...
by Robert Erickson | Aug 31, 2026 | Criminal Defense, Restraining Order
The notice gives you a date, a courtroom, and not much else. For most people this is the first time they have been inside a courthouse for anything, and the hearing that decides whether an injunction is entered against them — or whether the protection they asked for...
by Robert Erickson | Aug 27, 2026 | Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Defense
The charge on the paperwork says first-degree misdemeanor. Up to a year in jail, a thousand dollar fine. Someone tells you it’s the lowest level of criminal charge Florida has, and technically that’s true. What nobody explains at the podium is that the...
by Robert Erickson | Aug 24, 2026 | Criminal Defense, Juvenile Defense
The call every parent dreads comes on a Tuesday afternoon. Your teenager has been picked up. A fight at school, something taken from a store, spray paint on a wall. Before the panic fully sets in, here’s something worth knowing: in Miami-Dade County a...
by Robert Erickson | Aug 20, 2026 | Criminal Defense, Theft Defense
Four separate incidents, none of them individually worth much. Each one standing alone would be a misdemeanor. Then the charging document arrives and it’s a felony. That’s aggregation, and it’s one of the least understood mechanics in Florida theft...
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