Infuriating. Your mother-in-law ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. First, theft of services requires the intent to commit a theft and your...

I believe we could keep them from taking your driver's license for a truancy matter. I am in Cherokee County, which adjoins yours. You can...

First, you should stop posting about your case on a public website. Law enforcement officers watch websites to see if they can catch their...

Member of the Alabama Bar and retired prosecutor here. The two answers above are correct.

For starters, stop posting about your matter on a public website. I strongly suggest you take this question down. Instead, call a qualified...

I'm going to say that I can't tell enough about your case from the question to know for sure, but my answer is, probably. If you are at least 21...

The best first step is to engage an experienced criminal defense attorney to help you deal with the matter. The next step will depend on the...

Absolutely, yes. Even being a lawyer myself, I would never go to any court where I was charged with an offense without a lawyer to represent...

He's unlikely to be incarcerated on the facts you describe, but he could be. He should apply for Youthful Offender status for certain.

Yes. But if you stay clean, you have nothing to worry about.