You need a lawyer with experience in civil forfeiture. It sounds like the cops may be trying to keep the car under the theory that it was used...

I was arraigned on F charges in ny criminal court. After indictment I will be arraigned in ny supreme court.Will charges be same

The DA can add whatever related charges they want, as long as the Grand Jury finds that an indictment should issue. This happens fairly often,...

What can happen if you get a warrant for failure to appear, in New York ?

Did the judge give you permission to go back to the place you now live or did the judge specifically say you were excused from going to court on...

You definitely don't want to just plead guilty and deal with whatever happens. Harassment 2 is a violation and even if you're not sentenced to...

Violation of probation

Everything really depends on the judge that handles the probation violation case. Some are worse than others, and only an experienced local...

Someone came at me with a knife and I threw a rock at their foot they fell on their own knife and died is that self defense

This reminds me of another question on here about someone swinging a knife at someone's neck in self defense. Are you a law student? Because these...

A detective whet in to my back yard looking for a bike, is that legal

Assuming the cop had a legitimate reason to think the bike was stolen then there doesn't seem to be anything wrong here. If there was no reason...

What should one do when they experience police misconduct?

What kind of negative impact? How is it documented? The answer to these questions will determine whether a lawyer is likely to take your case. Even...

My girlfriend and her family stole my laptop and are releasing sensitive information to all my friends. Can i press charges?

Crime victims don't actually press charges, District Attorneys do. So if you are the victim of a crime call the police, they'll investigate in and...

My nephew is charge for stealing from his job. He's going to trial . What you think will happened?

If he's on videotape doing the theft I'm wondering why his legal aid lawyer is having him go to trial. If he's not happy with legal aid he can hire...