What is the basis of the violation? Is the basis of the violation the failure to pay restitution and/ court fines? If so, it probably will get...

Lawyer is charging me 1,500 for a misdemeanor and a felony E. should i be concerned with the flat fee for two charges?

It maybe just a huge student discount. I handled a DWI for a medical student in a court more than an hour away from my office for only $500.00...

Starting a commercial and residential cleaning business in New York.

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I suggest you take a look at the 2013 Federal Sentencing Manual. If nothing else, you will be able to come to appreciate complexity of the Federal...

My friend is being charged with a Class A 155.25. He is 35 years old with no priors and studying to be a nurse.

It sounds like your friend has been charged with Petit Larceny. A person is guilty of petit larceny if they steal property. Petit Larceny is a...

What should I do? Will I serve jail time for violation of probation? How long?

It sounds like you violated the terms and conditions of your probation by leaving the state without being either granted a temporary or permanent...

My kids dad has a past record and recently got 3 misdemeanors and received pobation. Now recently he forged about 20 checks

It sounds like your kid's dad could possibly be facing multiple class A misdemeanor charges as well as potentially a class D felony. He is also...

The New York State Criminal Justice Services Website states the following in response to the same question: "Direct all questions about...

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My boyfriend has arrested for violate a protection order and he got a bail and /or bond of 1.000.00 or 2.000.00

It sounds like he may have an immigration hold and if so he would not be released if bail were to be posted and he would not get credit for any...

I contacted the courts so that I could pay a restitution from 10 years ago. Is it possible that I will face jail time?

I suggest that you consider retaining a local criminal defense attorney who can arrange for you to surrender yourself on the arrest warrant and who...