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Unemployable due to misdemeanor theft conviction, received 18 months probation, which was satified. Can case be vacated.
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Answered on December 05, 2012
Highly unlikely. Perhaps if you had grounds for a meritorious post-conviction petition, but that is a major and very expensive project with, even...
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Would I have a case for filing charges against someone for filing a false police report?
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Answered on December 05, 2012
What you haven't told us is whether the person who made the accusation believed that it was true. Of course, you may not know. A mistaken report...
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What if I was involved( didn;t get caught) and can incrimanate myself ( if i try to help the other person) and I get subpoenaed
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Claiming a Fifth Amendment privilege is not a simple matter. When a witness asserts the privilege the judge is required to probe the assertion to...
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Conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, have a Federal public defender that does not believe in my innocence.
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Answered on December 04, 2012
It is not your lawyer's job to believe in your innocence, and you will get a much better defense from a lawyer who doesn't trust a word you say. ...
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Statements in a police report
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Answered on December 04, 2012
You misunderstand the purpose of a police report. A police report is not offered as evidence at trial. The judge does not read it. The jury does...
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If you arm rob a convience store and the only evidence the court has is height,and race is that enough to convict you?
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Answered on December 04, 2012
The question, of course, is not what the witnesses told the police at the time but what they testify to in court. If a witness who gave the...
Can the state pick up charges on a residential burglary if the prosecuting party doesn't show up in court?
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Answered on December 04, 2012
The individual is never the prosecuting party. It is always the State. That is what a criminal case means. And yes, a criminal prosecution can...
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Confined in the county jail on grossly excessive bond.
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Answered on December 04, 2012
Let me see if I have this correct, because your question has me confused: You have a state court criminal conviction. You have been through you...
I got my license taken away when I got my first speeding ticket. How can I dismiss my ticket? and How can I get my license back?
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Answered on December 04, 2012
Why are you interested in having it dismissed? You may have a much better chance of a finding of not guilty after trial than you do of a dismissal....
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Can my fiance appeal a sentence with a federal mandatory minimum?
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Answered on December 04, 2012
He has a right to appeal but in the absence of legal error in the imposition of the sentence his appeal is going to fail. There may or may not be...
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