The Tinsley Criminal Defense Team

06/30/2020

Reporting for jury duty in Orange and Osceola Counties could in the coming months mean turning on your computer and tuning into a Zoom video call. Criminal and civil trials have been suspended in Florida since early March due to the coronavirus pandemic, but earlier this month, the Ninth Judicial Ci...

06/24/2020

COVID-19 Update

05/05/2020

Thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision in Kansas v. Glover, millions of drivers now have fewer constitutional protections under the Fourth Amendment.

04/20/2020

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that defendants in criminal trials can only be convicted by a unanimous jury, striking down a scheme that has been rejected by every state except one.

02/15/2020

Happy Valentine's Day!

02/08/2020

Free legal advice: No legitimate company, organization, prince, king or other wealthy person is going to give you a check to deposit and then pay out to others. That's not how it works. They don't need random strangers to "test" their security. Also, you will never win a foreign lottery that you never entered.

The FTC says fake check scams are up 65 percent from 2015. They often target college students and 20-somethings with schemes like fake job offers or fraudulent online sales.

01/29/2020

Rafael Ruiz spent 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

01/28/2020

Watch out, Ronald McDonald! You're next! Same goes for you, Hamburglar.

There were no reports of milkshakes bringing any boys to the yard, but a fracas at a Florida Five Guys did bring cops to the restaurant — and five guys were arrested.

01/24/2020

The new court said previous justices “got it wrong.”

01/16/2020

Free legal advice: don't try to bribe the police even if you possess a "certain set of skills".

Spoiler alert: He still went to jail.

12/29/2019

12/23/2019