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I was arrested in Chicago by Chicago Police and they didn't read me my Miranda Rights. Is there anything I can do about this?
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Answered on December 28, 2014
That is not the rule. An arrest does not trigger the Miranda obligation. Even if the Miranda requirement applied to your situation, which it...
Can anyone call if you are stuck on private property?
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Answered on December 27, 2014
Individuals do not "press charges for theft" or any other criminal charges. The prosecutor does that. If the police believe that property found...
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I received a Certified Letter via USPS from an atty. representing my ex, divorced for 18 yrs. Now she wants half my retirement?
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Answered on December 26, 2014
For some reason your question turned up under "Appeals," where it does not belong. I have retagged it "Divorce/Separation" in the hope that you...
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If someone takes a plea bargan to get out of jail can it be reopened and reviewed
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Answered on December 26, 2014
It is not up to you to decide whether it is a good deal or not. Your friend presumably had an attorney and got a substantial reduction out of this...
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My attorney breached ethics NOT telling me he did not file an appeal. 30 days passed I had heard nothing? told me he did not
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Answered on December 25, 2014
Your posting raises more questions than it answers. We really don't know what you are asking about. It is not clear what kind of case this is,...
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How can I appeal an order of protection? my attorney told me he had made an appeal. He never did and did not tell me .
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Answered on December 25, 2014
It is hard to tell from your posting, but my initial impression is that if you do have a remedy available it is probably not an appeal. Take your...
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Do I have a case?
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Answered on December 25, 2014
So . . . the police and prosecutor relied on testimony which they believed at the time to be true, and which a court accepted as true in finding...
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Exceptions to hearsay to use at a criminal hearing?
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Answered on December 25, 2014
This has nothing to do with hearsay exceptions. Impeachment of a witness with a prior statement in a police report is not hearsay at all because...
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The police came in searched my home but when I called my lawyer he said he has no discovery on me what does that mean
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Answered on December 25, 2014
Why are you asking us what your lawyer meant? And how are we supposed to know? In the future when you ask your lawyer a question and you do not...
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Do you think an appeal can be granted when a jury isn't allowed to bring important notes from the case to consider the verdict
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Answered on December 25, 2014
You should ask an appellate attorney in Kentucky for advice on this. Just as an off-the-top-of-the-head answer from an out-of-state attorney...
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