Hi my boyfriend serve 16 months in county jail and was told he would come out clean with no probation or parole..he got realese

Your boyfriend may have told you he didn't have to report, but that may not be the case. If he was put on some sort of probation, he would have...

Probation violation. Jail time?

Nobody can predict what is likely to happen in court without being intimately familiar with all of the facts and the circumstances. Talk to his...

I ripped off off the tag of a 30$ purse. can i still be convicted of stealing before i leave the store.iwasbeingfollowedaswell

Short answer: yes, it can happen. You can be convicted based on the circumstances of your behavior.

There is no true expungement in California. There will always be a court record of the case. If it was dismissed pursuant to PC §1203.4, that...

Can I drive?

Call your attorney and talk. In California there is both an administrative proceeding to suspend your license (the DMV), and the court also has...

Form letter " Settlement Offer" from Palmer , Reifler & Associates, PA (Florida) regarding a $250 civil claim for shoplifting.

Ignore the civil claim letter. It is probably irrelevant to the issue of whether or not there will be a prosecution, and responding to and paying...

What is the whole process

I assume you are in the downtown court, and not one of the outlying courts. Go downtown early and go to the clerk's office. Have them pull the...

What can I do if I cant afford to pay the fifty dollars to reschedule for the work release

Have your lawyer put it on calendar and tell the judge. There are ways to work around these things.

Competent counsel has to sit down with the actual pleadings in order to determine the precise amount of potential exposure. There are too many...

You can always enter a plea of "Not Guilty" and set it for a hearing. The officer may not show. And you get a chance to explain the matter to the...