As a public service, Criminal Lawyer Patrick Megaro sets up “The Megaro Criminal
Law Library” with all his articles and videos
Patrick Megaro, a respected Criminal Lawyer
based in Orlando, Florida, announced today that “The Megaro Criminal Law Library”
is now available online. The library is a public service and contains all of
Mr. Megaro’s Criminal law articles and videos. In addition, there is a “search”
feature that allows users to search the videos and articles by keyword.
Mr. Megaro explains that he started out with
a Blog with his written articles and commentary, but eventually, “with the
growth of the content, it became too unwieldy and difficult to search. I thus
decided to organize all of the information more efficiently, and use an index
service so that users can search the Library by keyword.”
Mr. Megaro is providing all this information
as a public service, free of charge. “I have focused on this area of law for more
than 20 years, and at this stage in my life and experience, I would like to
share with the public, law students, and my peers all the knowledge I have
acquired. I sincerely hope that some of my esteemed colleagues in the
profession will find the materials useful for their own law practice.”
The Library is organized by different
sections, Videos, Articles, News and an Archive. The most recent featured
article of Mr. Megaro is about “How to Preserve Error At Trial in
Florida: An Appellate Lawyer’s Practice Tips (PART 1).”
In that article, Mr. Megaro addresses the problem when an error at trial is not
properly preserved for appeal. In legalese, that is something like “This issue before us was not properly preserved for
appellate review and is therefore not now cognizable. Affirmed.” Mr. Megaro explains that “appellate lawyers
cringe when we see these words written, especially in our own case
decisions. This means that no matter how brilliant the trial attorney
was, they did not make a specific, timely objection at the trial level, which
has effectively waived their client’s right to appeal that issue.” The
law requires that any error during trial be properly preserved. Thus, a lawyer
must be specific with the objection so as to inform the trial court of the
perceived error.” State v. Garza, 118 So.3d 856 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013).
It means that the attorney must spell out WHY he or she objects (be it in a
motion, a post-hearing memorandum of law, a written notice of objection, or an
argument on the record at the appropriate time why something is legally
erroneous). Further, such objection must be SPECIFIC. Finally, the objection
must be TIMELY and CONTEMPORANEOUS. This means that the attorney must
immediately object when something is coming into evidence – sometimes before
and after.
The Megaro Criminal Law Library is available
to the public, free of charge, https://TheMegaroCriminalLawLibrary.com
About Patrick Megaro
Patrick Michael Megaro is an attorney at
Halscott Megaro PA. His primary areas of practice are criminal defense,
criminal appeals, post-conviction relief, civil appeals, and civil rights
litigation.
The Megaro Criminal Law Library:
https://themegarocriminallawlibrary.com/
Linkedin Profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-michael-megaro-%E2%AD%90-877b284/
Attorney Profile:
https://solomonlawguild.com/patrick-michael-megaro
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