I can top my colleague's answer. In 34 years I have never heard of anybody being held in contempt for failing to show up as promised. In CA some...

About a year ago I flipped out mentally and agreed to meet with the offender despite HRO. Could charges be brought against me?

Charges can not be brought against you for meeting with the defendant. The order is not directed at you; it's directed at him.

My son's father is being charged with a residential burglury and i cant afford a 5000 retainers fee what do i do?

If anybody is willing to take on a residential burglary for less than $5,000 you can be sure you will be getting second class treatment or worse.

Can my boyfriend spend a year in jail?

If your boyfriend was on probation when he got arrested he will now have two cases: on on the VOP and a second brand new case. On the old case the...

Can corpus Delicti apply in the trial proceeding of cvc 23136 (a)

I don't see what applicability the corpus delicti rule has to your description of this accident. Do yourself a favor and get an attorney who knows...

Arrested for missing court date for felony charge of controlled substance and misdemeanor shoplifting. on informal probation

No one can say what the outcome will be. Judges are not happy when someone violates their probation because probation is not a right but a...

My EX is an attempted murder in 8 counts and was only incarcerated for 7yrs. Now he has firearms in his household. Is that legal

If he has a felony conviction federal law will prevent him from ever owning or possessing a firearm.

What does an AB109 mean to a person whom was sentenced to 730 days?

Under normal circumstances AB109 provides that the punishment for certain crimes will result in a county jail rather than a state prison sentence. ...

Selected as the best answer

If you've been to law school as you say you should be able to figure out that while the judge cannot imprison you for failing to testify in a DV...

If someone is charged with murder and money is not a factor for them, how should one go about in getting the best lawyers?

There is a small group of defense lawyers that handle most of the homicides in SF. However, that said, hiring one or two of them does not...