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answered on Jul 27, 2018
You have aright to notice of a hearing on a restraining order. If you don't want the restraining order, then contest it. By the way, doing this on your own is a bad idea. Get a lawyer. Good Luck
Are jurors allowed to read the transcripts themselves or are they required to have them read to them?
answered on Jul 27, 2018
Jurors can ask that any portion of the transcript be read back to them. They don't actually get to have the transcript.
What can i do to confirm, confront and resolve the situation?
answered on Jul 27, 2018
The only way that could be the case would be if a judge had signed a warrant allowing for it. If you are 100% sure, then you don't need to confirm. As for confronting or resolving, don't do anything illegal. Any warrant issued will not be for an indefinite time. Once the time allowed by... View More
I was recently ticketed for a 3rd DUI in April of 2018 although I've not been charged as of July 2018. My questions are: Will the 2006 conviction appear making this a 3rd DUI or will it be dropped off making the April 2018 incident a 2nd DUI? Because the first two, 2006 and 2012 were 6... View More
answered on Jul 27, 2018
The 2006 DUI conviction will not count as a prior DUI for sentencing because it is more than ten years old. Your 2018 DUI will be treated at as a second offense.
My friend & I are debating if when u have a prior dui how long u have to drive with a .00 bac to have it not count as a 2nd dui in California. We both have 2. He says he was told by a cop that as long as u finish dmv classes u can drive w/ under a .08. I was told that since we have priors that... View More
answered on Jul 27, 2018
The .00 sounds like a condition of probation. Once probation is over, you are no longer required to abide by probation orders.
Your friend needs to be careful about just trying to stay under .08 though. Under Vehicle Code section 23152(a), you can still get popped for a DUI under .08 if... View More
answered on Jul 27, 2018
It looks like you got cut off before you finished your question. Give it another shot.
My charges are vc23152(a) driving under the influence of alcohol vc23572(a) cbc spec/allege-minor passenger vc23152(b) driving under the influe over .08 BAC. There was a car in front of me and had a blinker on turning left, so I went around and passed. Cop stopped me because the car could of turned... View More
answered on Jul 27, 2018
2-180 days in jail, probation, fines, high risk insurance, first offender dui program, suspension of driver's license, ignition interlock.
These are all possibilities. In some counties the minimum jail term is enforced literally, and in some counties you are allowed to do all or part... View More
answered on Jul 27, 2018
Sure. Anyone can forge a signature. If a police officer did this, they'd be risking jail time and their career.
and at the same time the case informatiion
07/11/2018 O/R Revoked
by public defender told me to come to court tomorrow but im not on the calender
answered on Jul 27, 2018
You need to follow your attorney's instructions. Sometimes a case gets added and doesn't make it to the calendar.
He's has priors and is in custody
answered on Jul 27, 2018
Good news. All your boyfriend has to do is ask the court. So long as he qualifies financially, an attorney will be appointed..
The prosecutor , can I get a change of venue or even a fair trial?
answered on Jul 27, 2018
The only one who can charge him is the District Attorney. You can certainly report the crime. If you are a witness, you can tell the police what you know. The police would likely do an investigation including interviewing your sister and at least trying to interview her brother. After that, the DA... View More
I went in and stole under 950 of things but I thought that if it isn't a house it's 459 second degree
answered on Jul 27, 2018
Hire a lawyer to look at this. You need to stop admitting to crimes. This is not a private and confidential forum. More details would be needed to accurately answer your question, and you'd be advised not to provide ANY more details here.
Police from another district entered home saying it was a probation search after entering they said they were looking for an individual who ran from them 2 weeks prior who did not live at address. The person they were asking about already had been arrested 1 week prior by police who covered our... View More
answered on Jul 27, 2018
There might be a suppression motion here, and there might not. Contact your lawyer about it. From your question, it sounds like you are also on probation. If that's the case, then you are likely subject to search without a warrant. It wouldn't matter if the police were looking for someone else.
This case was 2 years ago and I skipped court and never surrendered.
I wanted to reopen the case and fight it to get a better deal while I'm away and outside the country.
answered on Jul 27, 2018
I have good news and bad news.
Good: If you skipped court, the case was never completed. Depending on where you were in the process when you took off, you might still be able to fight the case.
Bad: If you skipped court, the DA's office can file a 1320. Failure to appear on a... View More
I said what they found was not mine, but i want to take responsibility because it was my car.
answered on Jul 27, 2018
Lawyer up. What you are wanting to do may not have the affect that you think it will have. Rather than dismissing the charge on the person you are trying to protect, the DA may just charge you both if you now say it was yours.
The driver asked to speak with my p.d. who said she cant discuss my case with her,that a investigator needs to talk to her,i dont understand...
answered on Jul 27, 2018
If your lawyer talks to the witness, then your lawyer becomes a potential witness.
Here is how: Witness tells your lawyer that the meth was actually theirs and that you didn't even know it was there. Then later while in trial, the witness gets cold feet and says that they don't... View More
answered on Jul 27, 2018
The attorney can make a request for discovery. If the dash cam exists, then the DA is required to produce it. If it proved that the officer lied, then that could certainly help the defense case.
21 yrs old worked and went to school to become a RN
answered on Jul 27, 2018
I'd need to know exactly how it is charged to give a reliable answer, but a standard Felony DUI in California carries penalties of 16 months, 2 years, or 3 years.
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