Can you be sentenced to additional time on the same charge you were just locked up and did your time for?

Some aspects of previous answers were incorrect. Bail Jumping requires a consecutive sentence (even for as little as one day). So any plea to...

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Got a pink summon for crossing LIRR gate in violation of section 1097.14(L).

Depending upon the actual citation in the ticket, it may be charged as a Violation (not a crime in New York but punishable with minimal Jail) or a...

Right now im being charged for grand larceny for for picking up a Wallete from the counter where i was paying

You are charged by the prosecutor's office only. The real question is whether the case can be negotiated downward from a Grand Larceny. In New...

If the case was properly sealed, then it should not show up in a private background search (versus a search conducted by a law enforcement agency)....

Being charged with Grand Larceny, what are the chances that a prosecutor will allow a Motion for nolle prosequi?

Your concerns about future employment are valid. The best decision now is to contact a competent criminal defense attorney to negotiate a plea. ...

A friend has been charged with 220.44 cscs school grounds 220.39 criminal sale controlled substance in the 3rd 205.30 resisting

The Criminal Sale of Controlled Substance Near School Grounds, as well as the CSCS 3rd are both Class "B" Felonies. Your friend is, by statute...

If roommates are smoking marijuana in a common room and I am upstairs in my private bedroom, could I be legally implicated?

Yes there is a legal risk. Frequently in drug arrests inside an apartment or house, the police will arrest everyone found in the residence,...

If you are 15 turning 16 in months like this year and your boyfriend is 18 there cant be charges can there

New York does allow for an Affirmative Defense if the alleged "victim" is 14 or over and the age difference between the "victim" and Defendant is...

My husband has a non violent felony and went out west because he was forced to plead will he be brought back when it's a Efelony

There is not a "distance limit" for extradition. If he pled guilty, then I am unsure why they would want to extradite him back, unless he has not...

I was charged and pleaded guilty to a dui 11 years ago in Fla,now have a warrant, how do I clear this up?

You should find an attorney who practices in the Circuit Court where the DUI was pled, and ask if there is a way to resolve the warrant. Most...