You were released with a written promise to appear in court. Failing to appear at the date, time and place you promised could subject you to a...

Do I need a criminal defense attorney?

The wrong year won't help but, what will help is hiring the same lawyer for both counties.

Should I hire someone to represent me for my arraignment?

You may or may not be screwed on the PC1000 case depending on what court or courts your 2 cases are in and whether the new case actually gets filed...

For purposes of the Federal government, a 1203.4 dismissal/expungement is NOT effective. For California State purposes, by its terms, a 1203.4...

Given the fact that I appear almost everyday in Orange County, I can say that I would ALMOST ALWAYS tell a person to hire an attorney on a...

How do I find the lawyer that represented me?

Unless you had a bad experience with your first lawyer, I would ALWAYS advise you to go back to that lawyer. If you cannot find him/her, go the...

Arraignment next Wed. nothing has been filed nor do I have a Case ID . Do I still have to show if nothings filed by arraignment?

If nothing is filed by the date set for arraignment, you would not need to appear in any Orange County court because there would be no case to...

Trying to find out why someone was arrested

If you know what agency arrested your friend, I can tell you that "Arrest Logs" are public record and agencies are REQUIRED BY LAW to let members...

Because it appears that your "DEJ" plea was made as part of the Orange County District Attorney's INFORMAL "DNA/DEJ" program (which would typically...

Criminal defense

There is no California State court "2255" motion. If you are talking about a Federal proceeding then you do need to make sure that you immediately...