Being convicted of a drug crime in Florida can result in serious criminal penalties, not to mention the outside consequences of having a drug conviction on your record.
Florida defines domestic violence as any assault, aggravated assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offence resulting in physical injury or death to a family or household member by another family or household member.
While states across the country have started to implement a more reasonable system for punishing those convicted of nonviolent drug crimes, Florida is a bit behind the times.
In passing Florida sealing and expungement laws, lawmakers acknowledge that someone can make a mistake that shouldn’t necessarily impact the rest of their life.
In Florida, you can be charged with a felony DUI under two circumstances: (i) if you committed two prior DUI offenses and less than 10 years have passed between your second and third DUI, or (ii) if you hurt or killed someone during a DUI accident.