Can police search body cavities for drugs when they had a warrent to search the house and the people on the warrent

In order to conduct a strip search, a visual body cavity search (only looking at the anal and/or genital areas) or a manual body cavity search...

My father received a request for hearing at the court, and he is out the US. What can I do?

Attorney Golden raises some good questions. You did not specify what type of hearing is to take place on 1/20/2010. Is it an arraignment, a clerk...

How can they try two adults at the same time when one has a very long record and one has only a couple of charges

There is no rule that says that the person with the lesser record has to get a lesser sentence. A variety of factors come into play all sentencing...

Criminal Record Seal statue

Thanks Attorney Gordon for the compliment. To add to the issue he raised in his post, only criminal justice agencies (i.e. police, courts) will be...

1 My husband hit me many times in the last 6 month; can I still go to the police and report that?

You can certainly report the past abuse now. The fact that you waited will go against your credibility at trial, but it is not uncommon for...

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Has any lawyer here defended a client for removing their GPS bracelet or know someone that has?

In my experience, the probation officer looks for a violation of probation to enter, some sort of sanction to be imposed (either a modification of...

Suspended lisence question

Any additional license suspensions for operating after suspended usually only kick in upon a conviction. It is possible that since you have...

Dismissed without Prejudice. Case from 2006.

Dismissed w/o prejudice does mean that the matter could be reopened, but it is highly unlikely that it would be given the age of the case and the...

How can the police have video evidence

The police can and often do falsely claim to have evidence they do not actually have. This is a common tactic to get somebody to confess (i.e....

Are the police allowed to use pepper spray when not resisting arrest and again and again

The police are allowed to use reasonable force to effectuate the arrest of a suspect. The facts you describe sound like excessive force on the...