How long do they have to serve me with an indictment?

Unfortunately, there's no time limit in which the US Marshals Service must execute the arrest warrant. The Government presumably has complied with...

Can a federal judge impose a ten year house arrest if the prisoner needs medical and psychiatric help to live and rehabilitate?

A ten-year term of home confinement would be a legal sentence if the charge of conviction isn't punishable by a mandatory term of imprisonment from...

I pled guilty to conspiracy to transport illegal alliens can i get probation?

A sentence of probation is legally possible, because there's no mandatory minimum penalty for that offense. However, the likelihood of probation...

The US Marshals Service will begin a search for you immediately. You should retain an attorney to coordinate your surrender to the marshals now,...

My husband is being charge with conspiracy to disturbed 5 kilos of cocaine I wanted to ask how many years is he looking at ?

Most controlled substance offenses involving a quantity of five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride (powder) are punishable by a term of...

How do federal sentencing guidelines apply when charges are dropped?

A defendant's sentencing guidelines calculation will include any "relevant conduct," as that term is defined in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.3. Relevant conduct...

The US Marshals Service will take the defendant before a US magistrate judge "without unnecessary delay" for an initial appearance (notification of...

The federal government will indict you and then request that the court issue either an arrest warrant (and you'll be arrested) or a summons (and...

How long can you be held in Florida detention on a US Marshall hold on a criminal complaint issued to the FBI in Los Angeles?

The US Marshals Service will begin the process of transferring him from the district of arrest to the district of prosecution immediately. ...

How can we get the prosecutor to drop the 851 information since it's only for ingestion convictions?

The 21 U.S.C. § 851 enhancement can be based on any felony drug offense, state or federal, that has become final. – Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq.,...