Your nephew should report any personal threats or anticipated danger to the prison authorities. Alternatively, his lawyer would be the best one to...

Can a disorderly be brought 2 years after the State moves to Dismiss the original charge - battery?

Defendant's attorney would want to determine whether the statute of limitations in this case was tolled during the pendency of the original charge....

Do you have right for jury at the appeal stage for a criminal infraction in Utah?

That depends on what an infraction appeal involves in the state of Utah. In some states, minor offenses are tried before some type of magistrate or...

Returned shoplifted item to small chain store what if anything can happen?

I agree with my colleagues that, as a practical matter, prosecution of this case appears unlikely. Please understand, however, that based on...

My son is being accused of my first degree murder when it was self-defense what should I do

I will only add to what Attorney Powell has told you that you, like your son, must strictly avoid posting or otherwise discussing the facts of this...

I have been involved in federal drug conspiracy cases that were resolved by a plea or by a short bench trial and I have been involved in federal...

Will I go to jail?

Up to the judge. There is no better way to get yourself a stay in the county jail than by violating your probation by committing the same crime...

What information about criminal convictions show up on a background check?

There is a lot of variation. The rap sheets that I usually encounter may show arrests, arresting department, arresting officer, charges filed,...

Docket and log entries are often signed by the official who made the entry. For example, an entry in a court docket might conclude with the...

Academically the correct answer is "no" because the question was obviously not drafted with Illinois state law in mind and none of the five options...