FLORIDA CRIMINAL DEFENSE – RIGHT TO ALLOCUTE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DISCUSSES RIGHT TO ALLOCUTE PRIOR TO BEING SENTENCED the right to allocute to a sentencer prior to being sentenced is a fundamental right in American criminal law On June 2, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court issued its opinion in Burns v. State. The facts of Burns are […]
free case consultation Let Korody Law provide you a free case consultation. Contact Korody Law Illegal Drug Use and Security Clearance ISCR Case No. 21-00509 Decided September 7, 2021 The Department of Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issues court opinion denying or granting security clearances. These court opinions by security clearance judges address
Suitability, Fitness, and Security Clearances How are they different? How are they the same? There is a lot of confusion within the federal workforce over suitability, fitness, and security clearances. Each can ultimately determine whether you can work in a specific government position, and they all involve some form of background investigation. However, suitability, fitness,
Psycho-Sexual Evaluations A psycho-sexual evaluation is a structured interview and a battery of psychological assessments designed to evaluate sexual interests and sexual behavior. Attorney Patrick Korody is an experienced sex crimes attorney. If you are charged with a military sex crime or a state or federal sex crime in or around Jacksonville, Florida, call Attorney
The Department of Defense and its military departments are moving all security clearances for military members, civilian employees, and contractors to a continuous evaluation (CE) investigative process. This means that the DoD will be doing continuous vetting – that is searching commercial and government records databases – for adverse information about security holders. No longer
Responding to a Security Clearance Statement of Reasons (SOR) Korody Law has handled security clearance cases since 2009. While most cases stem from DoD as the largest clearance grantor in the U.S. government, we have handled cases across the intelligence community. A Statement of Reasons (SOR) is a document informing a security clearance applicant or
Do police have a right to stop me if I have done nothing wrong? Whether the police have a right to stop you depends not on what you know but on what the police believe. Obviously the police can stop you if you have committed a traffic violation or a crime a in their presence.
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The Expansion of “Routine Booking Questions” The “Routine Booking question” exception permits the police during custodial interviews to ask certain information about the suspect so that they can identify him or her and ensure his or her safety while in police custody. In Pennsylvania v. Muniz, 496 U.S. 582 (1990), the United States Supreme Court,
MPO or No Contact Order? Let Korody Law provide you a free case consultation. Contact Korody Law What is a Military Protective Order (MPO)? A Military Protective Order (MPO) is an order given by a military commander to a subordinate identifying a protected person and prohibit contact with that person. A MPO is akin to a
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A junior member of the military is accused by another military member of sexual assault. Witnesses state and cell phone videos capture the two flirting and engaging in what appears to be consensual physical contact. Video shows them going into a barracks room. Twenty minutes later, video shows the pair leaving the barracks room –