Your friend will not testify for you even though the DA cannot prosecute him for DUI. Does he know that? There are things that you can do. But,...

Me and a buddy got into a altercation chances of arrest?

It sounds as though the police did NOT even take a report. There is not enough information to predict anything. Did your friend reconnect with...

Everyone has a right to defend themselves from immediate threat of assault and from an assault. But, consider what happens often in sports, it is...

So a first time offense depending on the severity of how or what they threaten with physically like a bat? If they caused damage

There are two things that you can do to minimize your brother's sentence. First pay the restitution for the damage to the glass door. Secondly,...

The most expedient thing to do is to pay the restitution and apologize on his behalf explaining his mental health issues. The DA will often...

If this is your second DUI in 10 years the law and the DMV requires that you complete the 18 month Multiple Offender Program despite what the judge...

Once a DA refused to prosecute for a felony dui, can he come back with a lesser charge like misdemeanor dui?

it depends upon the reason for the DA to drop the felony in the first place. If the blood/breath test came back well below the legal limit then it...

Continually being sexually harassed in person and via text by a social worker?

Tell her to save all of the texts and go with her to report this to the San Jose police. They will do an investigation of the social worker. You...

I have an assault with a deadly weapon case and the person wont show up in Court what will happen next ?

impossible to predict. The DA may grant her transactional immunity if she agrees to testify against you. Much depends upon the "relative charges"...

How much jail time will I have to serve for a felony battery charge?

It is good that you do not have any prior convictions. However chipping two teeth can easily be a factor in establishing Serious Bodily Injury,...