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I Don't Live In A Small Town

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Practicing criminal law in Miami, like any other big city, numbs lawyers. I realized this last week when I took a drive 2 ½ hours north to Ft. Pierce, Florida for a hearing in federal court.I was in Green Cove Springs and Sebring, Florida, but those stories are nothing to write about except to summarize them as ?home towned.? For those non-lawyers, ?home towned? means being treated as if you are in fact not from the current town you are in and being made to feel that leaving soon is in your best interest.But back to Ft. Pierce last week.My client was scheduled for both a first appearance and change of plea. This was a so-called ?Rule 20? proceeding where my client had already worked out a deal in another state and the Government agreed to let him actually take the plea here in Florida...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on March 08, 2009 (boomark / email).