The father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter says he was criticized by a prosecutor for his testimony about the role Smith's former boyfriend had in her medication. ...more

October 19, 2009

With chants of "No justice in Tampa," Johnnie Compton and about a dozen like-minded supporters picketed the Hillsborough County Courthouse on Friday over a judge's decision to release a sex offender on bail pending his appeal. ...more

March 28, 2009

With chants of "No justice in Tampa," Johnnie Compton and about a dozen like-minded supporters picketed the Hillsborough County Courthouse today over a judge's decision to release a sex offender on bail pending his appeal. ...more

March 27, 2009

The new defense lawyer for David Earley, who owes more than $377,000 in child support to his ex-wife and four children, says Earley might deserve a break because of mental illness or drug addiction. ...more

March 25, 2009

Marcelino "Bubba" Huerta III, a prominent defense lawyer in Tampa whom colleagues called a consummate professional, died Thursday. He was 56. ...more

March 22, 2009

What deputies thought were pipe bombs and prosecutors describe as dangerous explosives were actually harmless, homemade model rockets, a defense lawyer told jurors as the trial of Youssef Megahed opened this morning. ...more

March 18, 2009

The Justice Department may have hoodwinked former USF professor Sami Al-Arian in into thinking his plea bargain would protect him from prosecutions, a federal judge said. ...more

March 9, 2009

A New York judge has set bail at $5 million for a Florida hedge fund manager accused of ripping off as much as $350 million from investors. ...more

February 25, 2009

Police in the South Carolina county where Michael Phelps was photographed smoking from a marijuana pipe have been arresting people as they seek to make a case against the superstar swimmer, lawyers for two arrested people said Thursday. ...more

February 12, 2009

Two former Florida A&M University fraternity brothers on Tuesday pleaded no contest to hazing a pledge and will avoid a third trial in the case. ...more

January 27, 2009