How can it be Call a second successive petition? When all I was doing was following the Court's Order?

Your question is hard to answer without more information. Why did the court of appeal deny without prejudice and direct petitioner back to the...

What will the sentencing most likely be?

Yes, it is possible that they could run his new charge "concurrent." Not technically, because he is not entitled to credits on the new case for...

How do I keep my son from going to jail ?

There are no guarantees, but most judges will be reasonable if somebody proactively comes to court to take care of their past obligations,...

If he has sex with you now, he's committing statutory rape, which is very bad but not the worst crime in the world (it would not force him to...

Is there a motion that can be filled to have another prelim due to insufficient representation ?

You almost certainly won't get another preliminary hearing. You actually can file a motion to dismiss the information based in the ineffective...

What will happen to her?

If she has not already been charged, she almost surely will be. If she can't afford an attorney, she will have one appointed (a public defender). ...

Will this show up in a background check?

Were you just recently caught shoplifiting? Sounds like you are worried about getting a notice to show up in court. If you had no police contact...

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The proposed law, as drafted, does not include any provision that allows people currently serving a gun-enhanced sentence to get back into court...

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In CA if you’ve lost at sup. court & appellate court levels and want to appeal to CA Supreme Court how likely is it to be heard?

Basic statistics say the answer is "very unlikely." But it does depends on the case and the legal issues presented. If your cases happens to...

Please help me determine if I am referencing the clerks and reporters transcript in acceptable format for appeal- sentence end.

California Courts of Appeal do not follow the Blue Book. The officially use the California Style Manual. But in reality, lawyers do things...