Can you give advice on how best to prepare for and plead my case for a traffic violation in California?

Without an attorney, you may forget the questions, get nervous, or seem as if you are arguing with the officer. If it looks like an argument ...

Hire an attorney without delay and have him check on the bases for these charges as soon as possible. You didn't say if you actually knew of an...

Underage california shoplifting $395. Value?

" I thought that it could be possible that someone must have left it there" No price tag? No other items with price tags immediately...

When first arrested, it may be that the reports were not even written and its likely that no investigation was begun in earnest. You can be...

My divorce decree says that father shall claim 2 children for tax exemption for the calendar year 2012? Can i still claim them?

" I have also maintained my employment for 3 years his employment is not consistant at all, he works for a couple of months then recieve...

Is it illegal to detain two people who are accompanying a third person who is suspected of a felony?

What if there was an exchange of goods/evidence/contraband between the felony suspect and the other two people?

Is it self defense when your spouse stabs you and in the ensuing battle one stabs the other and thatdies. is that self defense?

" how can that be if the victim initiated the attack?" The "who started it" is not the focus. Its on self defense and withdrawal at first...

Can I be stopped and searched without being arrested or asked for my permission?

It sounds as if you have witnessed a Terry-type search.

"I have submitted an Offer in Compromise" 1. You didn't state the value of the car. A $500 car would probably not be seized and if it were they...

Yes. Hire an attorney without delay.