A public defender denial notice means that the defendant’s income makes him or her ineligible for a public defender. – Joshua Sabert Lowther,...

What can I do to get my fiancé out of jail? He was walking to Mcdonalds and picked up by immigration. He didn't commit a crime.

If the immigration agents released your fiancé into the custody of the United States Marshals Service, there was an active federal warrant for his...

How can I locate a law firm or lawyer in Honolulu or mainland that has successfully defended a felony money structuring case?

A law firm or attorney's experience in federal criminal cases is much more important than the firm or attorney's geographical location; most...

The court has the legal authority to dismiss a case at any time prior to pronouncement of the sentence. However, a dismissal at sentencing is...

Is a felony charge if money structuring 31 USC 5324(a)(3) eligible during pretrial phase be plead down to a misdemeanor?

The Government has the legal authority to make any plea agreement to resolve a criminal case that the court will accept; however, a reduced charge...

A certificate of discovery is a certification to the court by a party that the party has served certain discovery on the opposing party. Joshua...

The state court's ruling on the motion to suppress evidence that was pending in that court has no bearing on the admissibility of the evidence in...

If someone was sentenced on charges in one state but was found to have the same charges in another state and it’s all federal

The person is subject to prosecution in both federal and state courts for the same or related conduct, but the resolution of the federal case...

A federal inmate who's subject to an immigration detainer won't be released into community confinement for the last 12 months or less of his or her...

What's next if on a federal parole and catch a state charge and now been sentenced with a detainer from feds?

The federal government may elect to take temporary custody of the defendant before he's transferred to state prison to resolve the alleged...