David Edelstein is an AV® Peer Review Rated criminal defense attorney
representing clients in state and federal criminal matters across the State of Florida.

A elderly Palm Beach, Fla., widow with a high school education got “effectively five seconds” of probation from a federal judge in an offshore tax-evasion case after paying a $21.6 million penalty and back taxes. Mary Estelle Curran, 79, had inherited $43 million in Swiss bank accounts from her husband,.. Read more..

Ernest Pagels Jr. says he has a right to a trial by jury, even if prosecutors don’t want to pursue charges against him. A Wisconsin appeals court disagreed and rejected Pagels’ pro se appeal on Thursday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel blog Proof & Hearsay. Pagels had paid a $36 jury fee and was [...]

It certainly is hard to believe, but this past week the Supreme Court ordered a halt to a prisoner’s execution based on the trial court having permitted a state witness to testify that the Defendant was more likely to re-offend because he is black. Let’s just take a moment to let that sink in… The [...]

A 12-year-old Kosciuso County boy has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the killing of the stepfather of one of his friends, reports Wane.com. Despite expressing remorse, the Judge decided that a 20 year sentence (the minimum) wouldn’t be sufficient for the child.  And I thought Florida was bad. Cases [...]