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I'm neither a criminal lawyer nor do I know how things are done in Florida courts. However, I would think that leaving something up to the judge's discretion is unwise if the offense(s) could just be included in the information or indictment. I don't know, maybe in Florida judges always instruct...

It appears the judge may instruct the jury on lesser included offenses. That would include negligent homicide in addition to manslaughter.

What opportunity are you referring to? I've traded at a firm (my own money). It felt like a job. Maybe that's what you're looking for though. I'm not knocking it at all. You're young and haven't really worked much so I can understand. For me, I'm definitely not missing leaving the house at 4:30...

I have never known a lawyer who didn't care about winning an argument let alone a case. I think she has a lot to lose with an acquittal. With a hung jury, she can take some cover as people are apt to blame backward Floridians. This is not the OJ trial where the prosecutors can become rich and...

If I remember my crim pro, as a general rule indictments cannot be amended in substance. This is because indictments are returned by a grand jury and if the prosecutor could alter the indictment it would then not be one from a grand jury. However, I recall that the prosecutor in this case was...

What makes me a defender of Zimmerman? Because I don't buy into the hype of people calling for his head without knowing Florida law? If this happened where I live there would be no case. The case is very interesting to me because of Stand Your Ground. Such a law was not around when I took crim...

Open a futures account with $5,000 of your own money, trade stock index futures from home, keep 100% of the profits. Problem solved.

Oh shuddup you release hot air.

Like what? At this point, what would the defense agree to? Trespassing? Disturbing the peace? Littering? That Florida Stand Your Ground law is a bitch for the prosecution to overcome.

The guy is obviously not a flight risk now that he's looking much better since initial coverage of the story. This is all about undermining his credibility later at trial. The prosecution must really have a weak case in terms of witnesses, police reports, forensics, etc. Maybe the prosecutor...

Exactly. My reference to the Foreign Tax Credit and credit for prior minimum tax was to make that point. Such filers either paid tax to foreign jurisdictions and got credit for that on their federal tax returns to avoid double taxation OR paid tax to the IRS in prior years under the Alt-min tax...

The headline reads, "Thousands of wealthy earners manage to zero out tax bills" but I think a more accurate headline is "Only a very tiny percentage of filers above $200,000 paid no federal income tax in 2009." By the article's own admission, less than 1% of these "wealthy" earners paid no...

First of all, I would never do a lease-end buyout. If I wanted to keep the car I would have negotiated a price and just bought it in the first place. Second, I would not consider buying a Volt or any other hybrid car. I don't drive enough to be affected by gas prices and the technology has...

Leasing a Volt makes more sense to me than buying it. The Volt just strikes me as a hyped-up, government-subsidized experimental car and I have no way of knowing how it will hold up over time with real-world use. I keep thinking of the Segway that was supposed to change personal transportation...

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Just do a quick internet search. Dealers in your area (Denver, if I remember correctly) are selling for less than invoice right now. Leasing for 1% of MSRP looks neither GREAT nor extraordinary now does it? Also, the lease on the Infiniti site is based on max 10,000 annual miles, which isn't a...

Uh-huh. Cool Story Bro

He has $400K. Why does he want/need your $100K? I question your friend's judgment of making an offer to a "friend" who needs to sound out the decision on a message board full of pikers and wannabes who most likely have never seen $100K in an account in their lives. Are you sure he has the...

Poor bastard. That's a lot of baggage he insists on carrying. The market is an expensive venue in which to play out personal drama.

My bad. I didn't realize you are still at the stage of being impressed drawing hindsight containers. SMH