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How can I take a theft charge for my husband since they falsified the report

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 13, 2015

This sounds much more complicated than your average run-of-the-mill theft. Hire a lawyer to represent your husband and hopefully get him out right...

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Is there anyway possible to not get jail time or deferred adjudication for child abandonment?

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 12, 2015

As the saying goes, where there's a will, there's a way. While no attorney worth his salt will be able to promise a certain result, there are...

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Change Attorney

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 12, 2015

If you were successfully able to get your trial case reset today, then you most certainly can hire a different attorney to represent you. Make sure...

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Can child abandonment/endangerment be reduced?

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 12, 2015

Your story is not an uncommon one. Child endangerment cases can one the one hand have very egregious facts or on the other hand (in your...

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Do I need to have a lawyer for a probation violation hearing?

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 11, 2015

Yes, absolutely. The default view of judges and many DA's is that once you violate probation, jail is the only option. You need a good criminal...

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I got hired as a security officer.Now I have to take my fingerprint background, will my warrant show up and I loose the job

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 11, 2015

Yes. If you want to keep the job, get a lawyer to help you take care if the warrant.

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Girlfriend got caught shoplifting 3rd time and is in probation can she stay out of jail.

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 11, 2015

Have her hire a lawyer--don't wait. Most in town will offer a free first meeting/consultation. Meet with a few and hire the one that is right for...

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My boyfriend was charged for pos<1gram crystal meth and aslt fam/ house mem imped brth at the same time will he b locked up

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 11, 2015

Both of those are felonies, so for a certain time he'll be locked up until a judge sets a bond. When (if) he gets out, he needs to worry about...

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What can I expect my first court date?

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 09, 2015

You likely then have 2 charges: Misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor posssession of marijuana. You'll be arraigned at...

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I was with my cousin and his friend and the friend got caught shoplifting from a walmart

Cordt's answer | Answered on January 09, 2015

Sorry to break this to you, but you need to tell your parents. They're trying to claim you're responsible for the theft under what's called the...

Cordt Cullen Akers's Answers (562)

How can I take a theft charge for my husband since they falsified the report

Is there anyway possible to not get jail time or deferred adjudication for child abandonment?

Change Attorney

Can child abandonment/endangerment be reduced?

Do I need to have a lawyer for a probation violation hearing?

I got hired as a security officer.Now I have to take my fingerprint background, will my warrant show up and I loose the job

Girlfriend got caught shoplifting 3rd time and is in probation can she stay out of jail.

My boyfriend was charged for pos<1gram crystal meth and aslt fam/ house mem imped brth at the same time will he b locked up

What can I expect my first court date?

I was with my cousin and his friend and the friend got caught shoplifting from a walmart