Unless the victim also has a protection order against them, they generally cannot get in trouble simply for sending a message to the person that's...

If I'm reading your question correctly, and your friend has been "charged" with DV but not yet "convicted", then "appeal" is not the right term to...

A criminal case is not like a civil case where you, as the plaintiff, get to decide what happens. That's up to the judge. If you want the PO...

If I had to guess I'd say they didn't notice the item. I can't say for sure, but charges seem unlikely here. If anyone tries to contact you about...

If the deal was for no jail then they likely agreed to drop the felony to a misdemeanor. What's unclear is whether or not that deal is still on the...

Just to piggyback on the other answers - it is highly unlikely that a case dismissed by the DA in the interest of justice would ever be re-filed,...

Put simply- supervised probation doesn't automatically become unsupervised at a certain period of time unless that was part of a deal. Was it? If...

Even talking about buying/selling drugs could give rise to criminal liability under a "conspiracy" theory if you (or a co-conspirator) took any...

Jail is very unlikely even if technically possible. Taking the online class certainly can't hurt, either.

The answer will likely depend on the specifics of diversion and whether the case was sealed. "Diversion" could mean a deferred prosecution whereby...