A friend of mine was initially charged with conspiracy and the charges was amended

Unfortunately, amending the charges on the day of trial is an all-too-common prosecutorial tactic, one that has happened in my cases a number of...

Is me unknowingly being on the phone with someone while they commit a crime enough for me to get charged with anything

Can you be CHARGED with something? Sure. If the police and/or District Attorney's office believe that you were somehow involved in the theft, you...

How do I get a class I felony for a marijuana possession/paraphenelia with a repeater enhancer expunged?

Expungement isn't a guaranteed thing in criminal cases. Wis. Stat. 973.015 governs the expunging of criminal offenses, and according to the statute...

A police officer arrested me for possession and an underage drinking, he did not read me my rights, will it be expunged?

First and foremost, for clarification's sake, there's a difference between "expungement" and "dismissal" or "acquittal." Expungement occurs...

I think that's going to depend on (a) if you actually get sentenced that day (which seems odd to say, but sometimes court calendars get...

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The two terms are often used interchangeably when speaking casually, but technically -- and in the context of SCR 72.01 -- the distinction is that...

If I have accepted a plea from the DA for a felony, can I still ask the judge for a differed felony?

I don't know if I'd call it "improper" or "unethical." It's just not going to work. When the District Attorney's office makes you an offer, there...

Dui state of wisconsin

Assuming that you were absolutely not in the car and not involved in this in any way, then short-term you will likely have to deal with the...

Technically speaking, the IID is supposed to be installed on every car owned and/or registered to a defendant with more than one OWI or with a...

I was told by a lawyer that rule of thumb on attorney fees is each pay there own. Is this true?

Generally speaking, most family law judges I have practiced in front of require each party to pay their own attorneys' fees unless there is some...