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July 7, 2021 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, News & Announcements Social Share

Since 2008, a year when the world watched Britney Spears suffer harrowing public breakdowns that led to her being put under a 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold, she has been under the conservatorship of her dad, Jamie Spears. Memes have scoured the internet of her shaving her head with a sly manic grin, as well as her attacking the paparazzi with …

July 1, 2021 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, News & Announcements Social Share

The Underlying Facts of His Conviction[1] Comedian and television star Bill Cosby has been released from prison after serving three of his three-to-ten-year sentence for his sexual assault conviction. Cosby was originally arrested in 2015 and convicted in a jury trial in 2018 on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for the sexual assault and drugging of Andrea Constand, a …

July 16, 2020 Don Pumphrey, Jr. News & Announcements Social Share

Body worn cameras are deployed across the United States by law enforcement agencies at every level. These cameras, usually deployed at the chest level allow a police officer to video interactions with the public during potentially high-stress confrontations, many agencies require their use. Currently, these devices have been deployed across the state of Florida by twenty-nine out of sixty-seven counties …

May 12, 2020 Don Pumphrey, Jr. News & Announcements Social Share

COVID-19 has created a health crisis unlike any current generations have experienced or hopefully ever will experience. It is commonplace in blog posts to discuss the epidemic and disease as an introduction, but the purpose of this post is not to discuss how serious this crisis is, or the disease itself. That information has pervaded every aspect of our lives …

March 30, 2020 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, News & Announcements defending a guilty client Social Share

Defending a Client who Might be Guilty Some of the most common questions defense attorneys get ask are in regard to the potential guilt of a client: “What if your client is guilty?”, “How can a lawyer represent a guilty client?”, “What if your client confesses to you and you win?” These queries range from the existential to the practical …

March 12, 2020 Don Pumphrey, Jr. News & Announcements hands free driving Social Share

A new state law was passed on July 1, 2019 to combat distracted drivers, referred to as the hands-free driving law in Florida. The law shortly went into effect in October of 2019, banning the input of data into handheld devices while driving in roadwork and school zones. This restriction was later expanded to include all public roads in the …

October 23, 2019 Don Pumphrey, Jr. News & Announcements ecig, florida law, vaping Social Share

A Florida Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes Florida representative Jackie Toledo of District 60 has proposed a sweeping regulation of e-cigarette and liquids for them. This is in response to an outbreak of medical incidents supposedly related to vaping. At this point, thousands have suffered lung related illnesses according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), with 26 death across the …

July 23, 2019 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, Drunk Driving/DUI, News & Announcements DUI, e scooter, tallahassee Social Share

E-Scooters Come to Tallahassee The city of Tallahassee has created a test run of an electric scooter rental service for city residents. The program offers 999 scooters to be rented by members of the community. Similar to programs in other cities, the scooters are rented out by using an app to unlock the scooter and then use it. Each ride …

May 16, 2019 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, News & Announcements florida legal news, marsys law Social Share

What is Marsy’s Law? Marsy’s Law is a constitutional amendment that was passed with 62 percent of Florida voters in November of 2018 voting for this law. Modeled after a similar measure in California, Marsy’s Law broadens the rights of crime victims and ingrains them into the state constitution. These rights include: Considering a victim’s safety when authorities set bail …