Regarding meeting the Indigency Standard for a Public Defender in Oakland

Income level and assets are usually the key factors the court uses to determine indegency for the appointment of a public defender. There are other...

Was arrested for poss of meth and transportation in my own car, but had a friend who is on parole driving as I had a migraine.

Do you have a lawyer representing you? You should. While anyone with an ounce of compassion would feel for your plight, these are not things that...

Past conviction

By "thrown out" I assume you mean dismissed. The answer is probably not if the only thing wrong is an error in the minute order or abstract. But...

Is there someone in the l.a county jails you can contact to give us a better idea of when an inmate will be released?

A rough way to figure this is that he should do about half the time he was ordered to serve - that is, unless the jail decides to kick him out...

What about a person with a felony that over 17 years ago in another state,calif.wants to give them 32 months @80 precent

If your prior conviction in Georgia was for an offense that would qualify as a "strike" offense if committed in California, it may be used as a...

Son going to arraignment for 5 drug-related felony charges. One arrest yielded 3 and a second 2 more. Jail time coming?

It's a safe bet, if not prison. But much more information in needed to provide a complete answer. One thing is for sure: Your son needs a...

If i have citation to court and court dissmissed citation,is that mean that charge wos filed but dissmissed?Then when charges

The nature of the charges for which you were cited might give some clue, in other words, whether or not it was for a misdemeanor or an infraction....

I would like some info on a speeding ticket.

My own teenage son got a ticket recently and I have to go to court with him. I think you're stuck in that regard. The judge may allow you to go to...

Had consensual sex w/ 16 yr. old, days shy of 17. I was under the influence of d&a when I signed police statement.

Have you been sentenced yet? That is an important question. There are ways to withdraw a plea, if one has sufficient legal grounds.Since one of...

If the officer wrote you a citation there should be a court date on it somewhere,usually the bottom. If not, it could be that the court is going to...