Blog Posts in 2014

Attempt, Solicitation, and Conspiracy are often referred to as Inchoate crimes ("inchoate" is another word for "incomplete"). In Florida, and in most jurisdictions throughout the United States, a ...

S t. Petersburg area criminal defense attorney Donald J. Kilfin, of The Kilfin Law Firm, P.C., became a memb er of the National Advocacy for DUI Defense (NAFDD), an organization that awards the ...

I am often told by prospective clients that they were entrapped because an undercover law enforcement officer never advised them that he or she was in fact a law enforcement officer at the time the ...

The statute of limitations acts as a bar on the prosecution of criminal offenses, where prosecution is not commenced within a certain period of time. As a general principle, the clock begins to tick ...

The title of this article is a verbatim recitation of what I often hear from a potential client. Before discussing the remedies for a Miranda rights violation, I will first outline what they are and ...

When I speak to a potential criminal client, either on the phone or in my office, I am sometimes asked "Do I need an attorney"? My response is almost always the same: unless you have a law degree, are ...