Is it really best to hire a local attorney? What if they owe ASAs favors, or just want to stay on great terms?

Often local attorneys have experience evaluating the local prosecutors' plea offers and trying cases against them. In addition, local attorneys...

Am I being charged?

Generally no, because the courts and law enforcement do not want to encourage people to flee.

If u are already incarcerated for another crime and did time in jail but you have a warrant that was issued what happens?

When your husband is ultimately released from wherever he is being held, he should be taken to whatever court issued the outstanding warrant.

I been charged with a federal drug charge but I been out on pretrial service for almost 1 year what do that means

Your case will probably go to trial. The government rarely drops cases.

How to get a detainer lifted as well to find out the pertinent facts surrounding the detainer, while incarcerated.

If you have not been served with your charge papers, anyone should be able to go to the courthouse and copy them for you, because they are a public...

Generally, pre-trial detention is credited towards a person's sentence, if convicted. However, pre-trial detention might not be credited, if the...

I was arrested in Maryland behind an elementary school for prostitution and charged with paraphernalia how Do I beat it

Beware that anything that you say or write on line might be used in evidence against you. Also, it's difficult to say what someone else might have...

Arrested in september .court is in feb. why has the state not appointed a da for my case

Many State's Attorney's Offices assign prosecutors to District Court dockets a week before or even the day before the case is scheduled. From the...

At a motions hearing the defendant may move to dismiss for violation of Md. R. 4-271, often called Hick's Rule. The court then analyses, whether...

Do police officers have to have probable cause to stop and frisk anyone?

No, probable cause is required to arrest or search. Stop and frisk is a search for weapons only, when a police officer has reason to believe that a...