Free tools for criminal defense attorneys, in one place.

Search a testifying officer by name and jurisdiction against public complaint and certification-discipline records. Every row is source-linked with an identity-confidence note, so you know what to run down in discovery. Live search is free.

Search the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath-test operator or arresting officer on your Florida DUI case against the FDLE Alcohol Testing Program's public Subject Test Electronic Data: instrument serial, agency, test date, last inspection, and any exception flag, each row linked to its FDLE source. A name match, not a confirmed identity. Live search is free; pilot coverage.

Paste a motion or brief and check every case citation against CourtListener's opinion corpus before you file. Built to catch AI-generated or opposing-counsel citations that do not resolve. No account required.

Enter the offense factors and get the total sentence points and lowest permissible sentence, computed from the verbatim Fla. Stat. § 921.0024 point values with a § 921.0022 severity lookup. An educational estimate, not legal advice.

Enter the charge class and the date a case was formally charged, or a Demand for Speedy Trial, and see the 90 or 175-day expiration, the demand window, and the end of the mandatory 30-day recapture window, computed from the verbatim Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.191 periods. A calculation aid, not legal advice.

Select the applicable Rule 3.850(b) branch and enter the trigger date to see the closing date of the postconviction relief window: the general 2-year bar, newly-discovered facts, retroactive constitutional right, counsel neglect, or the illegal-sentence path (no deadline). Computed from verbatim Rule 3.850 text. A calculation aid, not legal advice.

Enter the alleged property value to see the Fla. Stat. § 812.014 theft grade, the § 775.082 statutory maximum prison term, and the § 775.083 maximum fine for that value band. Computed from verbatim statute text. A calculation aid for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

Select knowledge status, prior DWLS convictions, DUI-related qualification, and HTO designation to see the Fla. Stat. § 322.34 classification: noncriminal moving violation or criminal offense, degree, § 775.082 maximum prison term, and § 775.083 maximum fine. Computed from verbatim statute text. A classification aid for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

Paste loose CJA-20 time entries and get the federal eVoucher CSV import schema back, rounded to the tenth-hour and tagged by service type. Runs entirely in your browser.

Paste a paginated, line-numbered transcript, select a passage, and copy it with the exact page and line pincite (e.g. Tr. 45:12-46:3). The cite is derived only from the parsed structure, never guessed. Runs entirely in your browser.

Search a forensic or expert witness by name against published court opinions, alongside Daubert, Frye, and Kumho references. Verbatim passages, source-linked. A lead tool, not an outcome finding.

Free iframe widgets, the officer-check search and the Florida scoresheet calculator, that you can paste onto your own firm site. Copy the snippet and go.

An index of free federal sentencing studies derived from public U.S. Sentencing Commission records: district-level disparity, the trial vs. plea penalty, mandatory-minimum impact, and below-guideline departure rates. Each study cites its methodology.

The workflow-organized toolkit: every free tool and paid exhibit grouped by the stages of a case, from charge triage through investigating the officer, demanding discovery, attacking the evidence, filing motions, and evaluating the plea. Start here if you are wondering where to begin.

The Florida reference index: criminal statutes, the Evidence Code, Rules of Criminal Procedure, standard jury instructions, and officer-records surfaces, each source-linked to the official Florida text.

Aggregate FDLE/CJSTC certification-discipline analysis across Florida agencies, source-backed and reproducible. Free to read and cite.

Aggregate Florida sentencing outcomes by county and charge from FDLE clerk-of-court data. Aggregate-only, source-backed, free to read.

Pick a charge category and optionally a county to read the recorded Florida sentencing-outcome distribution from FDLE clerk-of-court data: incarceration rate, median and middle-50% confinement, adjudication-withheld and diversion rates. A descriptive reference for counsel's own judgment, not legal advice and not a prediction or recommendation about any offer.

A preparation checklist for defense counsel: the full Rule 3.220 reciprocal discovery to demand from the State, the Brady and Giglio material to demand separately, the charge-specific evidence, and the preservation demands to send at intake. Every rule and regulation is cited to its primary source. A tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

A framework for defense counsel on Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191: the default periods without a demand, the demand window, the recapture procedure that governs the remedy, and the tolling and excludable time to reconstruct. Every period is quoted from the primary source. A framework for licensed counsel, not a computed deadline and not legal advice.

A framework for defense counsel on selecting, requesting, and challenging the jury instructions and preserving instruction error for appeal: starting from the Florida Standard Jury Instructions, the charge conference, the lesser-included and theory-of-defense categories, and the specific, timely objection plus proffered instruction that preserve the record. The rule reference is cited to the primary source. A framework for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

A preparation checklist for defense counsel: the elements the State must prove under Fla. Stat. § 316.193, the constitutional touchpoints raised through a motion to suppress, the FAC 11D-8 breath-test foundation, and the procedural and discovery clock. Every statute, rule, and regulation is cited to its primary source. A tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

The documented framework for cross-examining a police witness: prior inconsistent statement, bias, the officer's credibility record, foundation gaps, and the commit-then-confront method. Each category is cited to Pozner and Dodd's Chapter Method, NACDL materials, and the Federal Rules of Evidence. A preparation tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

The documented framework for cross-examining a testifying co-defendant or informant: the cooperation agreement and the benefit, bias and motive, prior inconsistent statements from the proffer sessions, the witness's own record, and corroboration gaps. Each category is cited to Pozner and Dodd's Chapter Method, NACDL's Impeaching Informants, the Federal Rules of Evidence, and the federal substantial-assistance statute. A preparation tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

The documented framework for auditing a forensic or lab report for a reliability challenge: the Daubert and Frye admissibility standards, the verbatim Federal Rule of Evidence 702 requirements, the NAS 2009 and PCAST 2016 validity reports, chain of custody, lab accreditation and analyst qualifications, methodology validation and error rates, and contamination and cognitive bias. Every standard and report is cited to its primary source. A preparation tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

The documented structure of the defense workhorse motion: the vehicle under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.190 quoted verbatim, the grounds categories as general Fourth and Fifth Amendment doctrine (unlawful stop, search or seizure, arrest, statements taken in violation of Miranda, and fruit of the poisonous tree), the motion structure (caption, factual basis, legal grounds, evidence to suppress, hearing request), and the burden-shifting hearing. The rule is cited to its official source. A preparation tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

The documented structure of a federal plea colloquy under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11: the fifteen Rule 11(b)(1) advisements the court must give and question the client on, the Rule 11(b)(2) voluntariness inquiry, the Rule 11(b)(3) factual-basis determination, and counsel's own pre-plea checks, mapped to what a defender prepares the client for. The rule is cited to its official source. A preparation tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

The documented structure of the federal severance analysis under Fed. R. Crim. P. 8 and 14: whether the joinder is even proper under Rule 8, the four Rule 14 prejudice grounds (antagonistic defenses, evidentiary spillover, the Bruton confrontation problem, and disparity of evidence), the Bruton analysis as a general framework, and how and when to move. The rules are cited to their official source and the case authorities are surfaced by reference to the source-cited severance-pack templates. A preparation tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

The documented structure of a federal detention hearing under the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3142: when a hearing is triggered under § 3142(f), the rebuttable presumptions and how the burden shifts under § 3142(e), the four § 3142(g) factors argued one by one, and the § 3142(c) release-conditions package proposed as the less-restrictive alternative to detention. The statute is cited to its official source. A preparation tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

The documented structure of a motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A): the administrative-exhaustion prerequisite, the six extraordinary-and-compelling reasons categories the Sentencing Commission enumerates in USSG § 1B1.13(b), the danger determination, and the § 3553(a) re-weighing, each mapped to the section a defender drafts. The statute and the policy statement are cited to their official sources. A preparation tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

The documented structure of a federal sentencing or mitigation memo: the parsimony command and the seven 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors the court must consider, each quoted from the statute and mapped to the section a defender drafts, plus the reply-brief posture for the government's within-guideline argument. The factor list is cited to its official source. A preparation tool for licensed counsel, not legal advice.

A plain explainer on AI-fabricated case citations and how they have drawn sanctions, with the steps to verify a brief before filing. Companion to the free citation verifier.

A working reference to CJA-20 billing in eVoucher: the service-entry format, the twelve service-type codes, the tenth-hour rounding rule, and how the documented format keeps a voucher from bouncing. Companion to the free CJA formatter.

How a Florida Criminal Punishment Code scoresheet works: the primary-offense, prior-record, victim-injury, and enhancement point values, the severity-level lookup, and the lowest-permissible-sentence formula, each figure verbatim from Fla. Stat. § 921.0024. Companion to the free scoresheet calculator.

What a page:line transcript pincite is, why it matters for impeachment and cross-examination, how a paginated line-numbered transcript is structured, and how a cross-page range like Tr. 45:12-46:3 reads. General practice, stated as such. Companion to the free transcript citation copier.

The categories of financial consequence of a Florida conviction: court costs and statutory fees, fines, restitution, and the downstream costs when a balance goes unpaid, with the statewide recorded medians from public FDLE data. Descriptive figures, not a prediction. Companion to the free cost-of-conviction data study.

What a withhold of adjudication is under Fla. Stat. s. 948.01, how it differs from a conviction, its effect on sealing under s. 943.059 and on federal immigration status, and what the aggregate FDLE data shows about how often withholds are recorded. Descriptive figures, not a prediction. Companion to the free adjudication-withheld data study.

What inter-district federal sentencing disparity is, what the aggregate USSC data shows across the judicial districts and within a single charge type, and how the data informs the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6) unwarranted-disparities factor. Descriptive figures, not a prediction. Companion to the free federal sentencing-disparity data study.

How Florida criminal charges are resolved in the public FDLE Clerk-of-Court data: what the four court-disposition families (dismissed, diversion, acquitted, convicted) mean, why a dismissal rate is not a prosecutor's declination rate, and how the shares vary by charge category. Descriptive figures, not a prediction. Companion to the free charge-disposition data study.

How long Florida sentences run in the public FDLE Clerk-of-Court data: what median, mean, and mode confinement mean, why a recorded length is a floor and varies by charge category and county, and why it is descriptive, not a prediction for any one case. Descriptive figures, not a forecast. Companion to the free sentencing-outcomes data study.

What a Florida DUI carries under Fla. Stat. § 316.193: the fine ranges and jail ceilings by conviction, the higher penalties when the alcohol level is 0.15 or above or a minor is in the car, the mandatory minimums on repeat convictions, and when a third conviction becomes a felony. Every figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the free sentencing-outcomes data study.

What possession of a controlled substance carries in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 893.13: why most possession is a third-degree felony, when 20 grams or less of cannabis is a first-degree misdemeanor, and when possession of more than 10 grams of listed Schedule I/II substances is a first-degree felony, with the maximum prison term and fine that follow from the offense degree under § 775.082 and § 775.083. Every figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. Trafficking is a separate track, not computed. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the Chapter 893 statute reference.

What theft carries in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 812.014: where the petit-theft misdemeanor line sits, when theft becomes grand theft, and how grand theft is graded into three felony degrees by property value, with the maximum prison term and fine that follow from the offense degree under § 775.082 and § 775.083. Every value band and figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. Robbery is a separate, harsher offense, not computed. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the Chapter 812 statute reference.

What battery carries in Florida under Chapter 784: why a first simple battery is a first-degree misdemeanor under § 784.03, when a battery becomes felony battery under § 784.041 or aggravated battery under § 784.045, and how a prior conviction reclassifies a new battery as a felony, with the maximum prison term and fine that follow from the offense degree under § 775.082 and § 775.083. Every degree and figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. Assault is a separate offense, not computed. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the Chapter 784 statute reference.

What burglary carries in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 810.02: why an unarmed burglary of an unoccupied structure or conveyance is a third-degree felony, when burglary of a dwelling or an occupied structure or conveyance is a second-degree felony, and when an assault or battery, being armed, or major damage makes it a first-degree felony punishable up to a term of years not exceeding life. Every degree and figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. Trespass and possession of burglary tools are separate offenses, not computed. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the Chapter 810 statute reference.

What fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer carries in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 316.1935: why base fleeing is a third-degree felony, when high-speed or wanton-disregard fleeing is a second-degree felony, and when fleeing causing serious bodily injury or death is a first-degree felony with a mandatory minimum, plus the driver-license revocation, with the maximum prison term and fine that follow from the offense degree under § 775.082 and § 775.083. Every degree, figure, and the mandatory minimum quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the § 316.1935 statute reference.

What driving while license suspended carries in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 322.34, starting with the load-bearing knowledge element: driving without knowing of the suspension is a noncriminal moving violation, while driving knowing of it is a crime. A knowing first offense is a second-degree misdemeanor, a second or subsequent conviction is a first-degree misdemeanor, and a third or subsequent conviction becomes a third-degree felony only where the qualified DUI-related elevation applies, with driving as a habitual traffic offender a felony on a separate track, and the maximum prison term and fine that follow from the offense degree under § 775.082 and § 775.083. Every degree and figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the criminal traffic statute reference.

What resisting an officer carries in Florida under Chapter 843, starting with the load-bearing distinction: resisting without offering or doing violence to the officer under § 843.02 is a first-degree misdemeanor, while resisting with violence under § 843.01 is a third-degree felony, with the maximum prison term and fine that follow from the offense degree under § 775.082 and § 775.083. Both offenses require the officer to have been in the lawful execution of a legal duty. Every degree and figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the Florida criminal statute reference.

What trespassing carries in Florida under Chapter 810, graded by three questions: was the place a structure or conveyance or open land, was a person present, and was the offender armed. Base trespass in a structure or conveyance under § 810.08 is a second-degree misdemeanor, rising to a first-degree misdemeanor with a person present and a third-degree felony if armed; base trespass on property other than a structure under § 810.09 is a first-degree misdemeanor, rising to a third-degree felony if armed, with posted or designated land elevating the property offense in specified circumstances. The maximum prison term and fine follow from the offense degree under § 775.082 and § 775.083. Every degree and figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the Florida criminal statute reference.

What disorderly conduct, also called breach of the peace, carries in Florida under § 877.03. It is a single-degree offense: a second-degree misdemeanor, whose maximum jail term and fine follow from the offense degree under § 775.082 and § 775.083. The statute is written broadly and is one of the more commonly charged Florida offenses, but longstanding case law has narrowed it so that acts amounting only to protected speech cannot themselves be the basis of a conviction. Every degree and figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source, with the first-amendment limit stated generally. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the free Florida sentencing-outcomes data study.

What drug paraphernalia carries in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 893.147: why use or possession under subsection (1) is a first-degree misdemeanor, and how manufacturing, delivering, or transporting paraphernalia, and delivering it to a minor, are separate and harsher felony offenses, with the maximum jail term and fine that follow from the offense degree under § 775.082 and § 775.083. Every degree and figure quoted from the statute, cited to the primary source. The higher-degree offenses are named, not computed. General information, not legal advice. Companion to the Chapter 893 statute reference.

How Florida record sealing under Fla. Stat. § 943.059 differs from expunction under § 943.0585, and the core eligibility framework: one-time-only relief, no prior conviction, the current offense not a § 943.0584 disqualifying offense, the disposition requirement (a withhold can support sealing; a conviction cannot), the FDLE certificate of eligibility, and the court's residual discretion to deny even an eligible petition. Every rule is a general statutory rule cited to the primary source. General information, not legal advice or an eligibility determination. Companion to the free adjudication-withheld data study.