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HERE'S A SCENARIO FOR YOU...SOME OLD BANK ROBBERS GOT AWAY WITH ROBBING A BANK & ESCAPING JAIL. BEEN ON THE RUN 25+ YEARS...
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Answered on March 03, 2014
Not a criminal law question. Repost for our probate and estate colleagues. This reads like one of the examination questions we used to get in law...
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Can a prosecutor in Florida take a defense witness and make him states witness without argument?
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Answered on March 03, 2014
Any witness can be called by either side, or by both.
How to report a federal crime?
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Answered on March 03, 2014
Just pick up the phone and call the FBI.
Husband took plea and was sentenced consecutively. How can I get his time to run concurrent?? Appeal? Petition? I'm lost!
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Answered on March 03, 2014
You posted this under "Federal Crimes." Is this a federal case? In many federal districts a defendant who enters a plea of guilty waives any...
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To whomever, my brother has won full custody of his 3 year old boy. His ex, the mother, took him to court for an appeal, to whic
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Answered on March 03, 2014
No the loser does not pay the attorney's fees of the prevailing party, absent a contractual agreement to that effect or other unusual...
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Detained for theft and released after 'civil agreement'.
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Answered on March 02, 2014
Could have been a well-meaning officer trying to dispense informal, and not particularly kosher, street justice. Or it could have been a set-up...
Can a judge do whatever they want?
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Answered on March 02, 2014
The answer to the very broad, general question you have posted is, No. That being said, there are some subjects on which the scope of a judge's...
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If one had ineffective counsel can a judge deny your request to take back the plea if so can it be appealed
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Answered on March 02, 2014
Ineffective assistance of counsel is a claim easily and often made, but very difficult to establish. As to whether your friend can attempt to...
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I have already been sentence to federal prison time
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Answered on March 02, 2014
What you have to do within fourteen days is initiate an appeal by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the district court. The appeal...
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Super x meth manufacturing charge convicted what would be mistrial case?
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Answered on March 02, 2014
If he was represented by an attorney, the attorney should know how to file post-trial motions and, if necessary, a notice of appeal. Those steps...
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