Friend got charged with paraphernalia. is there a way to not make it stay on his record?

Assuming thatyou are asking about an arrest and pending criminal charge in Illinois, the arrest and charge can probably be removed from his record...

Is it legal for the cops to do this? Yes. Can you be charged? Yes. Can you be convicted? Maybe. It depends on the evidence. Take this...

How can you find out what someone is being indicted for?

You could go to the federal courthouse and ask the clerk. In most, if not all, federal districts the files are now computerized and there are...

My husband and I got into an argument, and we hit each other. My aunt called the police and filed a report, and he was arrested

I see two considerations that you should know about. One is that on the basis of the short description in your posting there is reason to believe...

If the state has yet to file charges, should i wait and talk to my public defender, or go get a personal lawyer?

The sooner a lawyer can get to work on this the better.

Is my att. liable for making me miss the appeal time? Are there any recourses?

Are you asking whether your attorney's failure to file a timely notice of appeal is grounds for permission to file a late notice? That would...

Yes, and the weight to be given to any evidence, direct or circumstantial, is up to the jury. If there is no jury, the weight to be given to the...

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I am a witness in a simple assault case, unbeknownst to me the prosecutor wants to treat the case as a domestic violence case.

Technically the matter is out of your hands and there is nothing you can do. It is, as I have often pointed out here, easy to bring the police...

When a case is in process of appeal does the victim have to go to court

Never. An appeal is nothing like a trial. An appellate court does not hear witnesses or consider any new evidence. It confines its review to the...

If a pro se defendant is remanded, does he have to file a writ of habeas corpus to be present in future court appearances?

No. In most jurisdictions the remand order will direct the sheriff to produce the defendant on the next court date, which will be included in the...

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