How do I make a 17 year old who stole my car and I caught him myself face the max sentence in court in illinois

The victims' rights amendment and statutes do not allow crime victims to make sentencing recommendations.

Can a warrant be taken out on you for a person accusing you of pouring bleach on there clothing when its not true

The legal threshold is whether or not there is "probable cause" to believe that a crime was committed and that it was committed by particular...

If a person is pulled over(without cause)and refuses a search of vehichle,they say dog hit on it,found misdemeanor amount of pot

A competent attorney should challenge the admissibility of not only the phone "evidence" against, you but there may be a basis to suppress the...

I was arrested on December 9th 2010. i am 17 years old, i wasn't read my rights or anything i was told to get out of the car at

Even if as a 17 year old you may not have violated a city's curfew laws, under Illinois graduated driver's license programming, your license is no...

The problem is for him moreso than you, although I suppose on a theory of accountability you could get arrested and prosecuted for facilitating the...

To make a long story my 21 year oldboyfriend was with his 16 year cousin walking to the store in broad day light my boyfriend

I don't practice in NJ but can say that merely being present when a crime is committed by another is not enough for the bystander to be guilty. ...

Can we get son's battery charge reduced?

There are no lesser-included offense to battery. Unless the prosecutor is willing to offer some legal fiction (a charge not supported by the facts...

As an alleged victim in a dom. bat. case in IL , what if I go to court and say I will not testify? I want the case dismissed.

Although you may not have signed a complaint and do not wish to testify against your alleged abuser, the prosecution has other evidence they can...

What is the penalty for possesion of child pornography?

The problem with a site like Limewire is that is a shared network of data and thus the things in your library are susceptible of being downloaded...

My husband was arrested for a simple assault. I want to drop charges but the state picked it up what shoulod I do?

The only charge is assault and your husband is locked up? Assault is a Class C misdemeanor which carries up to 30 days in jail (15 actual days...