How will i know what im charged with if there were was nothing on any paperwork i was given when released?

I defer to my Minnesota colleagues. I only want to add that under the circumstances you describe it would not seem that the police had any reason...

Appealing sex offense case, or recieving lighter sentence after 15 years, and for someone who is sixty

I can't speak for Alabama, but in every state I have ever heard about the deadline for initiating an appeal runs from the date of sentencing and is...

In a criminal case, is it uncostitutional to have the only defense witness be brought in court and testify in shackles?

I would think not. It sounds like a matter within the discretion of the trial judge. While there might have been a better way to handle it, it is...

If a girl slaps a guy for something and the guy did nothing illegal can he tell the cops on her for assault?

Forty years in the practice of criminal law have taught me that except in the clearest cases where there has been real, serious harm done, and...

Assuming, which is a tall assumption, that the witness knowingly and intentionally gave false testimony, then the crime of perjury might have been...

Criminal case in Illinois. Need to subpoena people. Public defender says the contact research isn't his job? Is it ours?

As a practical matter, if the public defender isn't going to do it and you don't do it, it isn't going to get done. An attorney representing the...

How long does it take to here from a court appeal

Like my colleagues, I find your question terribly confusing. Are you telling us that you took an appeal from the circuit court to the appellate ...

My question is in matters of appeals and proper court proceedings and notifying a defendant of their rights and ones given up.

I can't tell you how that works in Arizona. In my own state I have seen cases where the record confirms that the proper admonitions were not given...

Where do you get the level 22? Is it from a plea agreement? The PSR? The judge's final determination? Your own rough calculation? Have you...

In the state of Illinois, if I expunge a previous criminal record does it still show up on a background check ?

It might not show up, although law enforcement has access to records that are not available to the public. More serious is the question whether...