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Mens Rea: How Courts Determine the Guilty Mind In many cases, an experienced criminal defense attorney in Orlando, FL may find himself arguing on behalf not on the innocence of a defendant’s actions but on their intentions. Courts will often measure two factors in determining guilt: actus reus, meaning the actual physical act of the…
It is always likely in a criminal defense case that you will need to appear in court before a judge or jury. Ultimately any criminal defense attorney in Orlando, FL will tell you that evidence is the deciding factor in a case, but experts have long believed in the persuasive effect of a defendant’s personal…
J. Scott Herman to Represent Villager in Aggravated Assault Charge Orlando criminal defense lawyer J. Scott Herman will be representing a Villager facing multiple criminal charges in relation to an unusual incident involving drugs and a handgun. Patrick McGowan, 67, was arrested on August 19 after a strange incident in his home in the Village of…
Thousands of criminal cases are filed and tried in the state of Florida every month. According to OSCA’s Statistical Reference, Guide to Florida’s Trial Court, out of over 170 thousand criminal fillings in 2015 over 89 percent resulted in a guilty verdict. In Orlando alone, over 73 percent of criminal filings were faced with a…