It seems like askers never check this site until they write in. On a weekly basis, askers explain their sexual relations with those under 18 years...

Can I pass this fingerprinting?

Warrant for arrest=case was filed. Call a Durham lawyer, see what can be done about having the warrant recalled, whether it's necessary for you to...

Is there any legal recourse for an officer or police department that in our opinion is harassing and not doing their job?

Call and ask to speak with the officer's chief of police. Describe what's happened. Ask him/her to investigate and tell you (1) is this so-called...

In People v. Hernandez (1964) 61 Cal.2d 529, the California Supreme Court found that reasonable but mistaken belief that a female is over 18 years...

First, you must be financially indigent to qualify for the services of a public defender. Roughly speaking, that means that you don't have enough...

A public defender pulled up my rap sheet for my girlfriend without my knowledge

This is not a question for criminal lawyers, but rather privacy lawyers. From what little I know after practicing criminal law for 37 years,...

Got caught shoplifting a small item from Kohls and received a letter. I'm wondering if I should pay the civil demand.

Penal Code section 490.5(c) confers a right on a store to seek up to $500+ costs/expenses as a civil penalty to reimburse the store for the cost of...

Is there a way a vandalism charge can be expunged if the person who made the report wishes to withdraw the initial complaint?

You were convicted because your guilty plea was an admission that you had damaged or destroyed the property of another person. Crimes are public...

Can I leave the state after establishing contact with an attorney?

If the attorney you hire knows how to and is willing to appear for you "in absentia," yes, you can leave. Penal Code section 977 allows an...

I was caught shoplifting at jcpenny. Law office of Alison I Blaine is requesting I pay $350. Do I need to pay?

You don't have to pay again. Petty theft from a merchant is chargeable under Penal Code section 490.5. Subdivision 490.5(c) creates a civil...