My friend was charged with malicious mischief 3rd degree, violated current probation and was not granted public defender

The judge will not take her to jail just because she failed to hire a private lawyer. In most instances, a person who is not totally indigent but...

Pretty theft issue for college student

Where did this happen? If it happened in CA, you need to post this to CA attorneys. If this occurred in WA, then the answers to your questions...

What can I do to counter undeniable false statement/exhibit and perjury, after the hearing is done? Family law

I will change the practice area to family law in hopes of getting you an answer from another attorney.

How a criminal case can be started when a person lies under the penalty of perjury to make a problem for someone else?

You can't do anything except report it to the prosecutor's office. However, perjury is almost never charged because it is very difficult to prove.

Brother has criminal history and was just arrested for residential burglary and theft of property from motor vehicle.

It all depends on how much criminal history he has exactly, and how serious. Residential burglary is a class B felony punishable by a maximum of...

There is no minimum sentence. The max is 364 days in jail and a $5,000 fine.

Assault with a deadly weapon

With no previous criminal history, 3-9 months on the assault 2, with an additional 1-3 years for the deadly weapon, depending on if the deadly...

Do I have enough to file charges?

You cannot file charges, but the prosecutor can. Contact the police and report the assault. The police will take it from there.

2nd misdeamonor?

If you've had a misdemeanor vacated before (and it wasn't in juvenile court), you will not be able to vacate any subsequent misdemeanors.

My roommate got picked up for parole violation and VUCSA how serious and what kind of time is he looking at

It's difficult to tell from your question whether he was picked up for a parole violation with VUCSA being his underlying conviction, or if he's...