GA State Charge: VGCSA-OBTAIN/ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN DANG.DRUGS BY F/F. What is this charge? specifically the F/F?

It's either Forgery/Fraud or Fraud/Felony In other words, someone walked into a pharmacy with a forged prescription.

I completed probation under the First Offenders Act. The order of discharge was filed in June 2007. The record is not sealed.

I had a client enter a 3-year FO case. Four years later she called to say that it still showed as "open" on her record (GBI). After much work and...

Is there a max length of time car can be seized if arrested for 1 count of each: Vgcsa-scschedule I and less than 1oz of weed?

If it has been 6 months, then they are seizing the car. I used to be in the Gwinnett DA's office and know the procedure well. They will send...

...but why would you? Cases get better for the defense with age. Witnesses vanish. Evidence gets lost. Work on bail, not indictment.

Can they charge a person with residential burglary by forged entry if they have no proof at all?

Can they charge a crime that has already been charged? Obviously. Can they convict? Maybe not. Get a good lawyer.

Are you still on probation for the last one?

Not likely. Police enjoy a defense called "qualified immunity" which allows them to get away with all sorts of mischief that would get the rest of...

When a person is arrested and accused of a crime, a local magistrate judge will likely set a bail amount for their release. This is a way for them...

If you wre arrested & convicted of a felony in GA and did the GA first offender act and completed it successfully will it still

Sleep well. Upon a verdict or plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court may defer further proceeding and place tyou on probation as a First...

I would never criticize the individual attorneys who populate Public Defender offices around our great state. Most of them are talented attorneys...