Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida
What happens in Florida if you are a first time offender nothing on your record and you sold a beer at a bar to a minor by mistake and now have court coming up?
1 Answer from Attorneys
If you have no prior convictions, the State won't get that worked up over this charge. Your options will be to either: negotiate a plea deal with the State; if you don't like the State's offer to plea, you can plead straight up to the Judge; or you may want to fight the charge by ascertaining if there is a possible motion to keep certain evidence out (due to an improper search, entrapment or some other improper behavior if it exists, by the officer). Even if you can't win on a Motion, you may still want a trial and see if you can beat it.
I don't know the facts, thus can't advise on your chances of winning at trial or via a Motion, but in my experience, you should be able to get a favorable negotiated plea disposition.
If my office can be of any assistance, pls. give us a call. Tom Rosenblum
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