Owi first offense

You should hire an attorney to represent you. If you are convicted as charged to OWI, you will lose your full license for 30 days and have it...

When you take a pollygraph test and pass what are the next steps in the case

Polygraph results are not admissable at trial in Michigan. Polygraph results may be considered at a pretrial suppression hearing or a motion for...

Can your probation officer sentence you to jail for violating? Or is that desision up to the judge?

No. Probation agents file the violation with the court and if you plead guilty or are found guilty of the violation, the agent makes a sentencing...

Judge's have considerable discretion when setting probation conditions and the conditions only have to be reasonably related to the offender's...

How do i go about getting my felony off my record and how long do i have to wait.

You must wait until five years have passed since the sentencing date or five years from your release from a jail/prison sentence for the offense,...

Can charges NOT allowed in district court being later added in circuit court and how?

The defendant wasn't found "not guilty." It means that the District judge found there wasn't evidence sufficient to establish probable cause that...

My son was on 5yrs. probation when he was arrested for Home Invasion. Will his probation officer determine what happens to him?

The PO makes a recomendation. The judge sets the penalty. Things don't look very good for your son at this point. Probabtion obviously isn't...

Is it legal for a criminal court to use a name other then your legal name in a criminal court proceeding?

It wouldn't matter. As long as it was proven that the guy sitting over in the defendant's chair killed the person who is now dead, it isn't going...

You really can't. Sorry. The newspaper can report anything that happens in the court in a public hearing.

Probably not, but if any prosecutor's office is going to try it, it would be Muskegon's!