In Florida, can you be charged with retail theft if you bring unconcealed items into the restroom, then decide not to steal?

Yes. Once you have exercised some act of dominion and control over the items the crime is complete. This is true even if you walk out of the...

Ok I have no money for a lawyer. Even tho I was never arrested and I'm homeless do I have a right to have a public defender?

Your question is curious. If you were never arrested why do you need a lawyer? Remember lawyers are provided at state expense only to the...

How do you have a conscience knowing you judged someone and they went to jail? Do you know you will be judged the same one day?

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If the felony is reduced to a misdemeanor you don't need any additional paperwork to regain your gun rights. If this lawyer was court appointed he...

Felony reduced to Misdemeanor a few years ago. Considering work in UK and possible work visa.

It's a misdemeanor for all purposes. That means in the US and anywhere else in the world you may end up. Answer no to the question about...

My boyfriend been booked in jail for 2days now and the bail amount is 200 thousand dollars. Charge is felony burglary.

If after trial he is convicted he could be sentenced to 2,3 or 5 years in state prison. My colleagues are correct that we don't know this will...

The rap sheet shows you were not convicted of anything. I do not see how this would appear if you were neither cited nor arrested. I would...

If you thought the testimony was perjured why did you accept the plea? The judge had to find that it was freely and voluntarily given which means...

Is possession of 2 methadone pills a felony or misdemeanor

If your son was arrested for a violation of a "keep away" order then he was convicted of something recent because keep away from orders do not...

Is my friend correct when she said that her Citizenship can't be revoked even if she committed crime to her home country?

Her US citizenship cannot be revoked but if she committed a crime in her native country and is now there, nothing prevents the authorities from...

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