What does it mean when i get a letter saying the court will be amending my probation term ??

It means that your time is almost up and you haven't paid all the money off, someone realized that you can't be sentenced to anything less than one...

Of the top of my head, NJ statutes of limitations would be one year for disorderly persons offenses (municipal court matters) and five years for...

Do I need a Criminal attorney only or the Immigration attorney who does Criminal cases together?

Your husband is in a particularly tricky position. The criminal and immigration issues will be handled in different courts. Even if he is here...

Should I give a statement to the police?

Anything you say can AND WILL be used against you. Talk to a lawyer before making any statements to anyone about anything. If not, here's how it...

How would we get out of a simple assault case?

As long as she is only charged with simple assault and not aggravated assault, then it should stay in municipal court. Usually, as long as the...

If you have case with co defendants and you take a plea deal . Is there a certain time frame to officially sentence you in nj?

There is no "official" time frame. It is usually however long it takes for probation to get a pre-sentence report put together, which is about 4-8...

I was caught driving on a DUI suspended license in NJ. I know there is a ten day mandatory jail term for the first offense, but

The problem with these is that there is published case law saying that driving on the revoked for DWI can't be served on weekends or with SLAP...

Need help my ex has a finle restraining order out on me, we have a child together, she has done everything the order tells me

If the Order tells you not to do it, then you can't do it. YOU are the one who would be charged with violating it if she decided to tell the...

If you are currently one PTI, you still have a pending felony/crime. It will be dismissed once you successfully complete it. Even then, the...

Can this get dropped?

A crime can always be dropped, but the questions is will it? Probably not, but without knowing anything about what happened, I can't tell you one...