How long will they keep me in custody for a bench warrant?

You would typically be held until the next available date on your Judge's calendar where he would bring over inmates with pending cases before him...

A TPM, or "Tentative Parole Month," is, as the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) notes, not a final parole decision. If you have been...

How can you get a sentence modification if your doing dead time in county jail, waiting on a bed in rstat?

A request for a sentence modification to the probation violation, as you indicate is what has your friend in jail, is always an option for the...

I have a court date in the parish I live in. However I have an outstanding warrant in another parish. Are they going to arrest

The possibility exists that the Parish you are going to court in may be aware of the warrant for your arrest from the adjoining Parish. You need to...

Typically a store here in Georgia would have the individual sign a Criminal Trespass Warning where an individual acknowledges they cannot return to...

What will be suspended with a DUI conviction in Georgia is your privilege to drive within the borders of this state. Different states treat the...

I was arrested for a dui when I was released my bond was house arrest which was 9 months ago how long does this normally last

Nine months of house arrest for a first lifetime DUI (assuming that to be the case) sounds egregious. And, as my colleagues note, we don't have...

Is it possible that even though I failed a drug test my probation officer didn't submit the paperwork? Does this ever happen?

The Probation Officer can often exercise great discretion in handling his or her probationers. Keep in mind, though, that your PO may have...

Pushing the court date back is not a problem and is something that you can work to accomplish by interacting with the Clerk of the Municipal Court...

I have a friend that has a drug problem he has several felonies the court wants to give him 4 years in prison is there an altern

There are ALWAYS alternatives that deserve, and must, be explored. This is especially true if your friend has his case in the Superior Court of...