Shoplifted and ran away and got chased

Of course they can follow up on your license plate. Anybody who saw the chase and recognized you could call the police and identify you, too. And...

Sherlock Holmes, of blessed memory, was a fictional character. An amateur investigation runs a serious risk of derailing and ruining what may be a...

Do you take felonious assault attempted murder cases ???

Avvo is not a law office and there is nobody there to take a case. This is an online forum and the lawyers who respond to questions are all over...

Where can I find a sample certificate of appealibility and a brief in support of COA?

It sounds like your dad got an unfavorable result in a habeas corpus case in the federal district court, so a COA from either the district court or...

The attorney for the Appellee asked for an extention to answer the Appellant brief and was granted 30 days,

Assuming you are appellant, why should you do anything? The extension was granted and you should not be surprised if one or two more extensions...

What to do when a ruling is taking to long to come back?

Is that federal habeas corpus? If so, my experience is that eight months from briefing is not a long time. The passage of time from briefing to...

"Thrown out" is newspaper usage with no legal meaning. Under certain circumstances a statement made by the defendant can be "suppressed", that is...

Theres a 15 year old girl who wants to date me nothing sexual just date i turn 21 in 6 days is it legal or not? State Illinois

Just "dating" her, if that means, for example, taking her to the opera, is legal but this is a very, very dangerous situation. Even if you never...

I need advice from an attorney who is experienced with the federal appeals process

An appeal is not what he needs and would not help him, even if he were not far beyond the time for filing one. My impression just from reading...

This is question about court's behavior on not ruling on motion to dismiss in appeal case. Court failed to rule in timely manner

I cannot speak for what your California court has done, but in my experience with the state appellate courts in Illinois is similar to what...