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Attorney Jaimee Elizabeth Hunter is the Owner of Elizabeth Hunter Law Firm, a law firm located in Birmingham Alabama which focuses solely on criminal defense litigation. She previously worked as a public defender and as a personal injury attorney. She eventually utilized her own effective approaches and created the Elizabeth Hunter law firm. The Elizabeth Hunter law firm is located in Downtown Birmingham Alabama and its specialty areas are Personal Injury law and Criminal Defense. Attorney Hunter is a graduate of Howard University and she received her Juris Doctorate degree from Florida Coastal School of Law, located in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Alabama

Alabama State Bar Association

11th Circuit

D.C. Circuit

ID Number: Southern

Managing Attorney

Elizabeth Hunter

2021 - Current

Howard University

Florida Coastal School of Law

Top 10 under 40

National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys

2023

Top 40 under 40

The National Trial Lawyers

2023

Alabama State Bar

Member

Current

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Member

Current

Federal Bar Association

Member

Current

The National College for DUI Defense

Member

Current

U.S District Court for Southern District of Alabama

Member

Current

Alabama Insurance Requirements

2022

Alabama Criminal Defense; Domestic Violence

February, 2022

Alabama Workers’ Compensation

February, 2022

ALABAMA CRIMINAL STATISTICS

Elizabeth Hunter Law Firm

February 28, 2022

Alabama Insurance Laws to Remember

January, 2022

Member

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Q. I am being charged with a class a misdemeanor for filing a false police report. Will i go to prison

March 11, 2022

A: Prison is considered an institution for confinement of persons convicted of serious crimes, such as felonies and the sentences imposed are usually beyond a year. Jail is considered an institution for smaller crimes, such as repeated traffic violations or misdemeanors. In Alabama, every misdemeanor can carry one year or less in jail. Falsifying a police report is considered a misdemeanor and the offense “alone” does not make itself eligible for a prison sentence. However, It is eligible for a jail sentence.

Q. Is it double jeopardy if charged and with loitering in a vehicle due to drugs by city court and charged with posession

February 21, 2022

A: In a practical sense, Double Jeopardy arises when someone is being prosecuted more than once for the same crime. The primary focus is “same crime.” While some crimes are a lesser offense than the other, you can be charged with a different crime if that crime is are not included in the other.

For example, a man was convicted of larceny. Later, the government charged him with a robbery, which consists of larceny. To prove larceny , a prosecutor wouldn't have had to prove anything more than what's required to prove a robbery. (larceny was a "lesser included" offense of a robbery.) Thus, larceny and robbery therefore represented the same offense, and the robbery prosecution violated the double jeopardy principle.

However, the crimes of loitering and possession require different elements to be proven. For the purpose of the question, Loitering, under Section 13A-11-9, is when a person remains in any place with one or more persons for the purpose of unlawfully using or possessing a dangerous drug. A person can commit loitering by being idle too long in suspicious drug-related area without possessing any illegal substances.

Possession, however, is “actually” possessing the illegal substance; which is not included as a requirement in the crime of loitering. A person can commit one without the other during the same commission. In practical terms, loitering is not a lesser offense of possession because not every who possesses drugs are Loiters.

However, with the previous example above, everyone who “robs” does actually commit larceny; thus larceny merges into robbery to avoid double Jeopardy issues . ... Read More

Q. Is it a time period for your license to get suspended after been convicted for a drug offense?

February 14, 2022

A: Anyone charged and convicted a crime specified in Section 13A-12-291, which includes drug possession or drug use related offenses, will have their drivers license suspended, revoked or cancelled by the Alabama Dept of Public Safety once it is reported to them. Depending on the charge and the nature of the charges, the minimum time period of a license suspension is 6 months. While there is no specified time frame as to when the Alabama Dept of Public Safety will be notified of the conviction, usually upon receipt of notification by the clerk of court where the conviction is entered, the suspension will immediately go into effect.