Am I looking at jail time?
You might or might not get jail time if you are convicted. But over the long run, having a criminal conviction on your record could do you a lot...
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You might or might not get jail time if you are convicted. But over the long run, having a criminal conviction on your record could do you a lot...
I think that your appellate attorney would formulate the issue very differently, but the point you ask about can probably be made if it is...
Unfortunately not, not if you had a true conviction. If you received some kind of special drug probation then maybe you could even get it...
It is not what is written in the police report that matters, but what the witnesses testify to in court. The police report is not evidence. That...
The remedies for challenging a criminal conviction and sentence usually are, in the order in which they would normally be attempted (1) appeal (2)...
They can all be charged. In order for the charge to survive (assuming that the case is charged as a felony) it will have to pass either one of two...
I can't speak for California, but there are two things to keep in mind: First, traffic court in a major city often has a huge volume of cases...
Were all of these charges the result of a single incident, or did you get arrested three times? Illinois, unlike some states, does not permit...
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The decision of what to charge is up to the prosecutor and nobody else. If the state's attorney is willling to reduce the charge, it will happen. ...
Since this was a California charge you should wait until you hear from a California attorney, but as far your double jeopardy question, except in...