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“Yes, there are always ways to beat a urine or anything at all, for that matter, but do you think I’m stupid enough to tell you the answer?” — Ft. Lauderdale criminal defense lawyer John Castellano

“Be careful thinking you’re avoiding all consequences of a ‘conviction’ in your life, just because you score an ‘adjudication withheld’ — which otherwise means that the Judge is ‘withholding’ the ‘adjudication’ from you, NOT ‘adjudicating’ or ‘convicting’ you, as a disposition of your felony charge. — #FortLauderdalecriminaldefenselawyer JohnContini

“I say this because, an ‘adjudication withheld’ is STILL a ‘conviction’ for ALL purposes in the context of any ‘immigration’ issues or concerns, as the Feds and Homeland Security (formerly INS folks) unfortunately ...

“Your lawyer can file a ‘Motion for Early Termination of Probation’ and set a hearing on the motion — and assuming your lawyer does the right ‘behind the scenes’ work with the assigned probation officer and prosecutor — going that ‘extra mile’ (Matthew 5:41) for you, then very good things can happen for you!” — Ft. Lauderdale criminal defense lawyer John Castellano

Please know that you can always call me in the office @ 954 766 8810, and I would be ...

“They CAN’T, *if your lawyer gets the name or listed charge on the tickets changed, negotiating a ‘change of charge’ as I will explain.” — Florida criminal lawyer John Castellano

“Your lawyer can now negotiate what is quietly being called a ‘Judge’s withhold,’ which is not even known to most lawyers, and if you score this particular ‘disposition’ or result of the charge, then it will NOT count as a ‘conviction’ in the court record — and if that’s the case, ...

Check out the latest: If you were thinking that your “rights” were being stripped from you slowly but surely, you’d be correct, we of course know; but worse yet, you’d be further alarmed by last week’s frightening Supreme Court decision that NOW allows the Government to use your “PRE-arrest silence” against you, calling it “evidence of guilt” …. forgetting 57 years of “Miranda rights” protection (“You have the right to remain silent … “) and more than 200 years of ...

“Not too many people ask this question, precisely because most folks have never even heard of ‘in limine’ motions. Many people don’t know that the best lawyers can narrow the playing field a whole lot ell in advance of atrial, limiting the kind of evidence and type of testimony that the jury is ever allowed to hear. — Florida criminal attorney John Castellano

“Yes, it’s always and STILL the very best practice to ‘think around the corner’ as Solomon wisely said ...

Re: federal sentencing guidelines:
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“The Federal Judge wants to know what kind of person is standing before the bench, and there are “points” assigned to every prior criminal conviction of the individual’s life, and there are so many “points” assigned to the actual charges to which the individual is pleading guilty at this time, and all of those points are added together for an aggregate total, and the total number of points corresponds with a total number of “months” in ...