Marsden hearing coming up

The public defender's office knows more about his case than anyone on this forum possibly could. A Marsden hearing changes the playing field, and,...

Stole $120 worth of merch from Sears, no police involved, walked out.

Do I understand correctly that you and your friend were together and between you you made off with $320 worth of merchandise? If so you both are...

Is it a felony charge for possession of a stolen gun in California? No other felonies on record - what jail time can be assessed

PC 12031(a)(3) makes it a felony. That means 16 months, 2 or 3 years imprisonment. Most DAs are very reluctant to make deals on gun charges so...

What is the current percentage of county jail time?

Until October 1 you will do 2/3s of your time. After October 1 you will do one-half. In LA you may even do less than that because of jail...

Why would a lawyer advise a client that is under investigation not to show up at police station as requested by police.

No lawyer will ever advise a client or potential client to go to the police station to be interviewed. Mr. Roberts is quite right. People show up...

Open container citation. Contents were empty.

You were charged with a violation of Business and Professions Code section 25620 which is an infraction. An infraction is punishable by a fine and...

1.) I can not find California pc 246 17 (b)(4) 2.) " imposition of sentence is suspended for 3 years". What does this mean?

Disregard answers from out of state attorneys. This one didn't even bother to look up the law. PC 246 and 243(e) are both wobblers which means...

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What will happen? what is my next step?

Don't do anything except possibly hire a lawyer as a preventive measure. Contacting law enforcement to see why they haven't acted on your case...

Punishment for drug sales of ecstasy

You already asked this question and it's already been answered twice. Please state what you don't understand and maybe we can improve on what we...

Recieving stolen property- original question answered by John Kaman (very helpful) but I wanted to add more info

If he was not originally charged with this particular phone then the DA has a full 3 years from the date of arrest to charge him. I doubt that...