Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

I was transfered from Europe to the USA thru the prisoner exchange treaty and immediately released on 3 years of supervised release. I was suing the government for not applying my foreign work and good behavior credits. During that time, 14 years ago, some members of my family were arrested for insurance fraud. I was not arrested but I was worried and decided to leave the country. About 5 months later I found out that I was charged with 2 charges, one RICO and one Conspiracy RICO in the State of Florida. I would like to go back to the US, I am an american citizen, but my old lawyer is asking for a lot of money which I can not afford his services now but he made the following comment and I was wondering if someone could shed some light on what he meant. He emailed me the following: "I propose to evaluate the state's current ability to go forward on a 1998 offense. See what violation, if any, was filed in the federal case. It makes a big difference whether it was technical (failure to report) or new offense conduct (RICO in Florida)." What did he mean with the ability to go forward with an old offense and what is the difference between a technical or new offense violation?


Asked on 9/13/12, 7:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Craig Epifanio Craig Epifanio, P.A.

You need to ask your lawyer this. It could mean several things such as whether or not there is a statute of limitations or speedy trial issues, for example. There could be others but hiring this attorney will let you know exactly.

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Answered on 9/14/12, 6:57 am


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