It is critical to hire a lawyer now. You can include discussion about asserting your right to remain silent, and lining up your defenses,...

Sixteen is the age of consent in Maryland. Hopefully the man is avoiding applicable sexual activity with this sixteen year old woman in such states...

Am I leagally required to identify myself to police after detainment eventhough there is no "stop and identify" laws in MD?

The U.S. Supreme Court's Hiibel decision from ten years ago would seem to control the analysis to answer your question. If you are not driving,...

How long can the police hold you without charging you with a crime?

Because Maryland court commissioners work around the clock, police can hardly claim a commussioner's unavailability as a justification to delay...

Is there any legal repercussion to disobeying police commands while engaged in legal doings.

The police order to leave or move back must be a lawful order. Whether or not it is a lawful order is determined at trial, which is imperfectly...

If I am at a party and the cops raid the house and bust the owners for drugs can I also be arrested as a innocent participant?

The law is liberal about allowing police to arrest everyone near contraband. To be convicted, you must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt to have...

As already correctly answered, notice is mailed of removal from the stet docket. If you do not wish to rely on mail alone -- as mail can get...

Prosecutors are always free to offer a guilty plea to a count lower than or amended from the lead count or any other count. Once a prosecutor...

Can I go to jail for lying to ex mistress about medical test I said I had done but I lied.Turns out shes prego with no plan abor

Your question is better directed to a qualified lawyer via a consultation, to address reducing criminal court exposure (if any such exposure even...

Did my neighbors, who are adults, break a law when they cursed my juvenile aged son (15) in response to a question?

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the speakers against legal action under the circumstances that you recount. Their...