If you are asking about a federal habeas corpus petition the answer is that an unsuccessful habeas petitioner can appeal the district court's...

Can the police search my car, because I am parked in a area known for drugs & guns?

Search cases are intensely fact-specific and attempting a general answer to a question like yours is useless. Furthermore, no competent lawyer...

Did you need a waiver to join the military after the first offender program?

Try cross-posting this question with the practice area Military Law. This is a good question to put to the criminal defense attorneys, but you...

Could I publish my lawsuit as a book while the case is still in US Circuit of Appeal?

This is hardly my area of specialty but here are just a couple of thoughts to keep in mind: 1. The question is not whether you can publish now...

Can a voice recording be admitted in a criminal case.

Sounds like a discretionary call for the trial judge, but I have seen evidence admitted often under those circumstances and qualified based on a...

30 day appealable period ending soon on a Saturday. Have to motion or appeal by EOD Friday? Satisfy by Saturday?

A word of warning if you insist on representing yourself. Don't cut your deadlines this close again. A good attorney always leaves room for...

Court closing

In forty years of practice in Illinois, not far from Kane County and with roughly the same weather, I could count on the fingers of one hand the...

Arrested class A misdemeanor .....tons of "reasonable doubt"....plaintiff was so called friend Revenge charge to say the least.

Pitch your case to a potential defense attorney the way you pitched it to us and you could wind up getting charged extra because you may come...

What you have asked about in your posting is a flat-out loser as grounds to dismiss the ticket. If you do not raise the issue any defect is...

In Illinois is it possible to get a class a misdemeanor removed from my background?

Not enough information here to answer for certain. With very few exceptions no conviction can ever be expunged in Illinois, and probation is a...