Category Archives: Criminal Law News
Title IX Explained
Sexual assaults and violence are two of the most prominent issues that colleges now face. Subsequently, stronger, stricter regulations have been put into place to protect students from violent sexual assaults. Title IX is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that… Read More »
Firm News: Heading to Trial
Former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella will soon be heading to court to fight charges that he unlawfully fired a weapon while intoxicated and resisted arrest in October 2016. His trial date is set for April 10, 2017. Lucibella is represented by West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Marc Shiner. Lucibella, 63, has… Read More »
Marc Shiner Defending Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor
West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Marc Shiner is currently representing Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella, who was arrested in October for firing a gun and allegedly resisting officers. The Palm Beach County State Attorney pursuing charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence, and using a firearm under… Read More »
Vice-Mayor Arrest May Have Involved Excessive Force
The police officer who arrested the Vice-Mayor Richard Lucibella of Ocean Ridge is currently under fire for possible use of excessive force. Officer Richard Ermeri has only been on the job for a little over a year. CBS 12 News reports that Ermeri responded to a 911 report of gunshots on the night of… Read More »
Marc Shiner Retained After Fatal Delray Beach Auto Accident
A fatal auto collision that took place at a downtown Delray Beach intersection is currently under investigation by the Florida Department of Transportation. West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Marc Shiner is currently representing the 60-year-old driver accused of causing the accident. The accident took place on September 21, 2016 when the defendant slammed… Read More »
Client Found “Not Guilty” in Jupiter Murder Retrial
“… It took a reversal of his convictions on appeal, two weeks of testimony in his new trial, and just two hours of deliberations Wednesday from a new jury in his case, but a pair of not guilty verdicts cleared (Patrick “P.J.”) Melehan in the 2007 death of Carlos Lopez of Jupiter. Circuit Judge… Read More »
Attorney Marc Shiner Weighs in on Casey Anthony Trial
WPBF 25 talks to defense attorney turned prosecutor, Marc Shiner, about closing arguments in the Casey Anthony murder trial. Yahoo! News Via WPBF 25
Pharmacist Accused of Running Pill Mill Acquitted
“… Circuit Judge Richard Oftedal heard testimony for four days in the non-jury trial and returned his verdict this morning, saying he didn’t feel that prosecutors Philip Wiseberg and Uriel Neto had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that (Gloria) Beshara had committed any crime. “My initial impression is that it seemed to be a… Read More »
Internet Sex Case Ends in Acquittal
Attorney Marc Shiner recently defended former country radio personality Bruno Moore against allegations that he solicited sex from a 13-year-old girl over the internet. Moore was the first person in the history of Palm Beach County to be tried for soliciting sex from a minor over the internet without a meeting occurring between the… Read More »
Client Pleads Guilty, Avoids Prison in Child Porn Case
“… Michael Morris Booth of Jupiter, who says he viewed child porn images briefly three years ago after a friend told him how to do it, pleaded guilty Wednesday to five counts of possession of obscene material. Facing up to 140 years in prison, Booth was sentenced to five years’ probation. In one of… Read More »