Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

Re: Disorderly conduct/resist arrest w/o violence

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If this is your daughter's first offense, it is possible, if not likely, that she will be offered to participate in a diversionary program. If she successfully completes the program, the charges will be nolle prossed (dismissed) and the matter will be finished. It is doubtful that she will ever do any jail time for a first offense of this nature.

On her first court date, the State of Florida will announce the charges and your daughter will be expected to enter her plea of guilty or not guilty. Unless an offer which is acceptable to her has been made, a not guilty plea should be entered.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.