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Can a person be arrested for soliciting a prostitute days after the event took place?

Also, I'll add, this is more or less how Jerry Springer got nailed when he was Cincinnati's Mayor. A police raid uncovered a check he used to pay a prostitute. See--Plotz, David (1998-03-22). "Jerry Springer". Slate. Retrieved 2007-06-21-- *** Springer was elected to the Cincinnati city council in 1971. He resigned in 1974 after admitting to hiring a prostitute. The episode was uncovered when a police raid on a Fort Wright, Kentucky "massage parlor" unearthed a check Springer had...

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Can a person be arrested for soliciting a prostitute days after the event took place?

Yes. The police need not have observed the act for a prosecutor to take up the case. Testimony of the "masseuse," if believed, is sufficient to support a conviction. See, for example, State v. Wilson, 5th Dist. No. 09-CA-4, 2010-Ohio-139 at par. 40, stating "[t]he testimony of one witness is sufficient to prove a fact." It doesn't matter whether the witness is a prostitute, a drug dealer, a pimp, or whatever else. Also, the statute of limitations on misdemeanors is two years under...

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Can you be charged for a crime that was not in the original witness statement.

The quick answer is, yes, the charges can stick, but you can fight them. If there are numerous or strikingly conflicting witness statements, then you may have some ground for postconviction relief. Likewise, if there were obvious errors a trial, you may have a remedy in direct appeal. In order to fight the charges, you will need an attorney to draft a post-conviction petition and/or a direct appeal. I've done dozens of each, and I can make myself available to review your case.

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Is overturning a felony conviction for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor possible & how?

To answer your question directly, YES. It is entirely possible, particularly if you can establish prosecutorial or governmental misconduct or an unknowing and poorly advised guilty plea. Plea agreements are particularly easy to appeal, given that judges tend to err in taking the guilty plea and in advising a defendant of his rights. Probably about 15% of Ohio guilty pleas are reversible due to errors in the plea hearing itself. There are three approchaes depending on one's timing; I've...

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What can I do about a less-than-honest prosecuter?

You can contact the Mahoning County Bar Association. They have a certified committee that deals with attorney misconduct. The link is below. I'm a criminal defense attorney in Mahoning County. You're welcome to contact me privately. My contact information is in the link below.

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What are the legal procedures that I may use if I plead Not Guilty to a speeding ticket and plan on representing myself.

You need to file a motion for discovery under Rule 16 of the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure. Here's a sample (link below) to which you're welcome. Just add your own caption and/or cover letter as needed. This request includes some basic language for electronically stored information--more details on that below. Crim.R. 16 (link below)--by my reading of it--requires you to request discovery in writing informally prior to filing a formal motion with the court. (My office partner...

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Ohio Sexual Offender Registration Law

Hi: The switch form Megan's Law to Adam Walsh caused these kinds of upsets. Can you provide the precise date of the plea to attempted failure to register. There are a few approaches, but most of them would require vacating that guilty plea--on grounds of, among other things, the current registration law not attaching to your case. Rhys B. Cartwright-Jones, Esq. 42 N. Phelps St. Youngstown, OH 44503-1130 Tel.: 330-757-6609 Cell: 216-272-1938 Fax: 866-223-3897 rhys@cartwright-...

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Can someone give me an example of perjury?

In Ohio, the definition is in R.C. 2929.11-- (A) No person, in any official proceeding, shall knowingly make a false statement under oath or affirmation, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false statement previously made, when either statement is material. (B) A falsification is material, regardless of its admissibility in evidence, if it can affect the course or outcome of the proceeding. It is no defense to a charge under this section that the offender mistakenly believed a...

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If they were going to charge me with a felony would they arrest me the night of the incident?

They can charge you anytime within the next six years for a felony, the next two years for a misdemeanor, or the next six months for a minor misdemeanor. It sounds like you're looking at a low-level possession charge--probably a misdemeanor. And it's possible for you to never actually be handcuffed and arrested in the traditional sense. In some cases, a matter is resolved to a plea bargain prior to presentation even to a grand jury, in which case, you just appear in court at an agreed-...

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Is possession of 4 20 mg adderall a felony in ohio?

It's a felony. See R.C. 2925.11(A) and (C)(1)(a).

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