Since those DUIs occurred many years ago and, according to you, she satisfied the court in Michigan, it is my opinion that your friend's best...

The one way you know your criminal history will effect your life the least is to hire an attorney to seal/expunge your record. It is a lengthy...

What can I do to avoid criminal time?

It all depends on what those tickets were specifically for. Probably one of them is for Leaving the Scene of an Accident which is a crime. Since...

If you purchased a second vehicle that is only going to be operated in Florida and you had active insurance at the time you received the ticket,...

If you just pay for a traffic ticket, then it will be a conviction (aka adjudicated) and you will have points added to your driving record which...

Violation of probation for not providing proof of community service hours to my PO?

That was probably a MINIMUM of 5 hours per month. I've never heard of a Judge limiting the number of community service hours. They want you to do...

Can I get a statement that I wrote to the cops ?

If you will be charged with a crime relating to the incident, then you will get the statement from the prosecution during the discovery process. If...

How to be considered for the diversion program without the use of an attorney ?

Your friend should have a public defender appointed to represent them at the arraignment and have their attorney ask about pretrial diversion. If...

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First of all, I am very sorry that you are going through this. You should immediately call the State Attorney's Office for the County where the...

Highly unlikely. Pretrial Diversion is a program set up and run by the State Attorney's Office. You were lucky to be offered that program and the...