Strictly speaking it is never necessary to give the Miranda warnings. However, a confession, admission or other statement made by a defendant in...

You told us yourself that were not arrested or charged with wearing a face mask but for wearing the mask with the intent to commit a specific...

The rule in Illinois is that no conviction record, felony or otherwise, can be expunged. There are only two exceptions that I know of, and both...

There are statutes and constitutional principles that govern speedy trial issues, but there no simple answer to the question how often, or how...

Is there such a thing as the Alford Act or Alford appeal or Alford Program in Georgia ?

An Alford plea is a plea of guilty in which the defendant denies committing the crime but chooses to plead guilty anyway. Some courts will accept a...

First, you should forget about the concept of "conviction rates". There is no such thing because the outcome of a criminal case is not random but...

When i went to my preliminary hearing today my public defender told me to waive my preliminary cause I would piss off jugde

Whether to demand or waive a preliminary hearing is a judgment call that an attorney has to make on an individual case-by-case basis. There is...

It is not up to her whether or not to drop the charge. She doesn't own it. This is the prosecutor's case and the prosecutor will decide whether to...

Plea Agreement Question

I cannot tell you how this would work in Florida, but in most jurisdictions a guilty plea, by its very nature, constitutes a waiver of any claim of...

Appealing a guilty verdict when you later discover prosecution witness lied?

Please note first that I do not practice in Colorado and that my answer may not reflect the law and practice in your state. Just as a matter of...