No. Absconding stops the clock on his sentence and now he's a wanted fugitive until he's taken into custody. He won't be officially discharged...

Habitual Offender

Delivery of a Narcotic of less than 50 grams is a 20 year felony. If he's supplemented using the habitual offender second offense notice, the max...

How much trouble am I in for failure to appear?

It sounds like you asked for a formal/informal hearing for a speeding ticket and then failed to appear for the hearing. First, you were probably...

It's probably already resolved, but nobody told you. Blood-alcohol results are usually back in a few weeks. The prosecutor's office may have...

What right does a person have to a speedy trial when charged with a felony?

The reasons for the delay are more important than the length. Four factors to be considered in determining whether a defendant has been denied a...

If you're thinking that you want to prosecute your accuser, you've got a tough road to drive down. His/her defense will be that the allegations...

I need to know if what my probation officer is doing is legal.

That's completely legal. You don't dictate what your probation terms are. The court does and the probation officer enforces them. Eighteen...

I've read your police report a thousand times. Literally. You cannot deterimine if there will be charges or not. That decision lies solely with...

I collected 46 weeks of unemployment well working full time for a total of $9,000. It was in michigan, I have a clean record.

If you're charged under the unemployment compensation fraud statute rather than under the criminal code (false pretenses), I believe that your...

If i was a target for a drug sting but no drugs were found can they use my text messages against me?

They didn't steal your phone, they seized it as part of an investigation. However, they will need a search warrant to access the phone's contents....