A pro-se prisoner files habeas corpus partition in the northern district court of California.

The denial of the COA is not premature. The district court is required to grant or deny a COA in the final order. File your notice of appeal on...

Can i get a Class 3 Theft Felony charge lowered to a misdemeanor?

Charging decisions are made by the prosecutor. If the prosecutor is willing to reduce the charge it will happen. If not, it won't. I strongly...

An appellate court is in no position to determine whether the prosecutor has enough evidence to pursue the case after the motion to suppress is...

Can i change council after pleading guilty but not yet having been sentenced?

You can retain private counsel at any time and the public defender will be discharged from representing you. It is unlikely that the judge will be...

CAN A MAN CLAIMING TO BE AN ATTORNEY THREATEN ME WITH AN ARREST WARRANT WITH NO PROOF OF THE DEBT?

Obviously so, since he did it. But you can be fairly sure it is a scam. Report it to the police.

In most jurisdictions, nolle prosequi is a dismissal of the case at the request of the prosecutor, and therefore is not a conviction and the true...

Why would someone ammend a notice of appeal?

There may have been a mistake in the first one, or it may have been in imperfect compliance with the rules of court. It may have been premature. ...

Did you post your question correctly? You say your cruise control was set at 75-80 in a 70 mph zone. That would mean you set your cruise control...

My Boyfriend is in New Mexico and he's accused of conspiricy of a crime and they told him his case was federal.

Don't give up so fast. He hasn't been convicted yet.

Do authorities need a warrant to search the car on a speeding stop?

Assuming a valid traffic stop to begin with, the odor of marijuana has often been held to provide probablle cause for a search. Where probable...