Can I be charged with possession of a stolen item?

Sure, you can always be charged. The question is whether or not you'll be convicted. If when you purchased the chainsaw, you did not know or...

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Is Pretrial Diversion Program Intake Questionnaire violation of my rights?

You're giving up those rights in exchange for the diversion. In order to assess your needs while being diverted and the likelihood of successful...

Under what law can a convited felon get a gun permit

If it was deferred and the successfully completed than there is no felony conviction. However, when you apply for a CPL, the gun board is going to...

Can the police retain my 15 year old daughter with handcuffs while they raid my home?

If she posed a danger to the officers or an ability to obstruct the search than she can be detained. Whether or not three hours is reasonable will...

How do I give up custody of my 15 yr old?

You can't. Though I sympathize with your situation, your son is your problem and you can't just give him up. In fact, if you do, you are...

I have a conviction that was supposed to be dismissed.

Clearly, if you have a conviction, you went to court on this rather than through an informal deferral. The first place to start is the court...

How do i get a misdermeaner posession charge expunged off my record so i can work as a cna again?

Since the conviction occurred in 2010/2011, you're going to have to wait until at least 2015 or 2016 to have your conviction set aside. There are...

When I was 17 I was arrested for shoplifting at Walmart. Will this still be on my record or is that sealed?

Seventeen years old is the age for an adult criminal record in Michigan. If it went on your criminal history to begin with, than it's still there....

Finger prints and DNA

Can you be charged? Technically, yes. However, I can give you a thousand reasons why that's highly unlikely to happen unless you're on an episode...

If the defendant made the statements, the statements are not hearsay with respect to the defendant's case, regardless of being drunk or not. This...