Can you appeal a DUI if you feel you were not represented by the best of your attorney's abilty and can prove injustice?

First of all, it is a very serious allegation to state that your attorney did not represent you to the best of the attorney's ability. That...

Were my rights violated in this search warrant? Do i have the right to face my accuser in court ( a CI) ?

First of all, I agree with everything Ms. Gillies has stated and then some. Under Alabama law, a search warrant involving narcotics or controlled...

I was caught in a walmart store for goods worth $7.00 and I have been charged with a retail shoplifting .how serious this is?

It is serious in the fact that Wal-Mart takes 'zero' tolerance approach to any shoplifting at any store world-wide. Wal-Mart security maintains a...

Whats the sentencing for the first time offender if he went on his uncle's property and got scrap metal without permission?

Theft crimes in Alabama are based on the value of the property taken. Theft I is defined as theft of property which exceeds $2500 in value, or...

You are confusing the legal standard for "dismiss" or dismissal with the issue of credibility of the witness. In order for a the court to "dismiss"...

I'm 15, pregnant & I'm getting married. If I'm on juvenile probation, would my probation be gone, change, or what?

Your friends are confusing the issues. A person under the age of 16 cannot enter into marriage in the state of Alabama. See, Code of Alabama,...

Will i just pay a fine? will i have to go to court?

It seems apparent to me that you need the advice and counsel of a Tuscaloosa located attorney who can give you some good advice and represent you...

If someone's trial keeps getting pushes to the next day on so forth, what exactly do that mean? Good or Bad?

It depends. It could mean the prosecutor needed additional time to prepare the case, or that the court's docket was over-burdened and your case was...

Shoplifter

Correction to that last post - Theft in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor, not a class C misdemeanor. Typo error on my part.

Shoplifter

The fact that you "did fill out some paper work" indicates to me that you were apprehended and issued a Uniform Non-Traffic Ticket and Complaint....