First degree assault is one likely to cause permanent injury or death. Often it does involve a weapon, but one is not required. Your husband should...

If someone has a 1st degree burglary charge and their DNA was expunged, will they drop the charges? Or lower the charges?

Charges have to be dismissed before expungement. Either your boyfriend has a new and unrelated charge to the DNA, or the charge was already dropped.

What will happen if I turn myself in on a 10 year old arrest warrant on a failure to appear for a traffic offense?

If your immigration attorney has criminal defense experience, and you are comfortable with that person, then you do not have to have different...

Do they have to drop charges?

If your boyfriend is being held, then that sounds like he has a charge. You can check on Maryland Judiciary Case Search. An experienced criminal...

Termination for PBJ

Ordinarily, probation just ends without you having to do anything. Perhaps if you ask your agent, he or she will give you a letter, but often...

When is the first time a suspect can speak to a lawyer?

He needs to keep asking for a lawyer. Although there is no precise deadline for speaking with a lawyer. Law enforcement may not question him when...

If I fail to give a urine sample can I be violated?

If your probation order requires screening, then you may be violated for failing to get back.

Friend stole $60 worth of groceries in md. Store employee wrote down license plate as leaving. What will happen

No one can predict the future or guarantee what will happen. Your friend might be charged, and if so an experienced criminal defense attorney can...

Can a case that was closed 10 years ago can be reopened for reduced sentence?

At this point your buddy would need to prove with evidence that his conviction was in violation of the law. No one can guarantee the outcome, and...

How can I get the District Attorney to change my case status after I've finished my plea deal

Continue to contact the lawyer whom the Public Defender assigned to you regularly.