Preliminary hearing is when the district court, which in general may only handle misdemeanor cases, decides whether there is sufficient evidence to...

First Count Offense Level Three Marijuana Citation

Offense level probably refers to the federal Sentencing Guidelines (ussc.gov). Sentencing ranges consist of offense levels and criminal history...

Will I get jail time if I was tricked into cashing a stolen check? Not stealing but cashing.

No one can guarantee that you won't be, because anyone might be accused, regardless of whether he or she has in fact breaking the law. However,...

What does 170512;00010000.00;HDOB;100; ;9L2 mean in maryland

The Court ordered your step son held in lieu of $10,000 bail. If someone posts it, he may be released.

Can you given your suspended sentence after serving the time given in a plea deal?

Sometimes when a court sentences for violation of probation, the court imposes another split sentence. That means that it may re-suspends some of...

How do you find out if you are suspected of a crime.

Short of being arrested or summoned to court, people generally cannot find out ahead of time whether the authorities are investigating them. While...

It sounds like the person spent two days in jail. 58 days is the most that the court would impose, if the person were to violate probation in the...

Yes, if you are on supervised probation and you receive unsupervised probation for another offense you will violate your last p.b.j. Most judges...

A letter from parole and probation while awaiting a court date for VOP of new charge

No one can guarantee the outcome, but a lot depends on whether your boyfriend is convicted of the new charge. If so, then he almost certainly...

Success rate of post conviction hearings

Postconviction is a defendant's challenge that his conviction violated the Constitution. These are difficult, because the defendant has the burden...