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Q: Can you be sent to rehab by the court if you have no drug charge, no guilty conviction, or it being a diversion program?

My fiance got drug tested the last day she would have had in court because they had dropped the charges, and they had already released any bail money back. Then at the very last minute they asked her if she could pass a drug test and she said yes but she failed and they charged her with contempt... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Michigan on
Q: hello, i need some advice.

my parents are pushing for a ppo on my partner. i am 16 and he is 21. there hasnt been any sexual stuff just normal relationship stuff (hand holding, hugs, kisses) do you think its possible for the court to lift my ppo? if theres no evidence when the ppo is going to be renewed does it just drop? if... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Antitrust and Domestic Violence for Virginia on
Q: A law enforcement officer that is supposed to be protecting me from a person I have a personal safty order against is

purposely neglecting his duty and refusing to respond to my 911 calls and flagged them as fake because he uses the girl as an informant . Recently she broke into my home and dropped several items. Her cellular phone was one of them. It was unlocked. I am reading messages from this officer and to... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Indiana on
Q: If I need a piece of evidence from an individual, how might I get it without commiting extortion?

The case regards the past child molestation of... me.

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law and Appeals / Appellate Law for Indiana on
Q: Indiana didn't pick me up on a governor's extraditable warrant what motion do I file to get the warrant recalled

I was on GPS and I cut it off with one month left to go I hadn't gotten into any trouble except for I started using drugs after downward spiral caused by community corrections so I was manic and crazy and I cut off my GPS and I fled to California to rehab to try to read establish my life and... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law and Family Law for North Carolina on
Q: Can a Granduncle cuss at his grand nephew?

The grand uncle cussed at the child at home, has had a warrant served already but was bailed out and is supposed to show up in court for assaulting a minor, and how should this kid go about this if his uncle does use language that involves threats or just straight up throws multiple cuss words at... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law and Municipal Law for Washington on
Q: Is it illegal to gift someone a dirty diaper
0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law and Traffic Tickets for Alabama on
Q: where do I find the procedure for trespassing someone from property for Alabama

if a vehicle is parked on a street what procedure do police have to follow to have the owner move the vehicle up to and including arrest if the vehicle owner refuses to move the vehicle?

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Federal Crimes and Juvenile Law for Ohio on
Q: Am I able to prevent someone from deregistering as a sex offender?

My daughter was molested by a man in San Antonio, TX named Charlie Sanchez. We have recently learned that he is telling people that he was falsely accused and that he is applying for deregisteration. I have the interview documents where his brothers tell the interviewing party what they have caught... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law and Federal Crimes for Texas on
Q: I have evidence of coerced and falsified documents from a probation officer/judge and misconduct/bias/prejudice

Also a pretexual traffic stop/unlawful stop/premidated conspired set up.

What can I do about that?

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0 Answers | Asked in Gov & Administrative Law and Criminal Law for Michigan on
Q: What happens if someone steals over 500$ in food stamps off card ?

An old roommate stole over 500$ on my bridge card in multiple transactions, he even allowed his mother to use the card. I have multiple messages of him denying having the card, but I have a video obtained from the gas station he used it at and he is clearly on camera using it and its time stamped.... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for North Carolina on
Q: Will the expunged record of my arrest with charges dropped show up on the NCBOT background check before licensure?

I was arrested in 2011 for assualt and battery. The charges were dropped and my record was expunged. I have had no other arrests or charges. Will the NCBOT (North Carolina Board of Occuptational Therapy) see my expunged record when they do a background check required before licensure and will this... View More

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Q: 1381 form sent to court and what date do they used to give u credit for the date u served
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answered on Nov 24, 2024

When you submit Form 1381 (Credit for Prior Time in Custody) in California, the court typically calculates your custody credits from the date of your initial arrest or when you were first taken into custody for the current offense.

The credits can include actual days served in county jail,...
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Q: Hi is it a scram if someone asks me to bet for them and we all lost it and now they want there money back

They asked me to bet for them and we lost it, now they want me to pay it back the money and threatening to arrest me

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Kansas on
Q: Victim of stalking by proxy (retaliation) after arson charges were pressed

My wife's personal belongings were burned by a friend in retaliation for us moving trying to get our life together. Among those items were irreplaceable items with sentimental value. My wife pressed arson charges and said friend moved out of state once they were made aware of the charges to... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Louisiana on
Q: If someone is convicted of neglect homicide which is not a crime of violence but then the da thru the h habtual offend.

On him but he had 2 crime of violence which was simple burglary and aggravated assault n his past years ago but he been in jail since 2020 wit neglect homicide and they tru habitual offender and was convicted Oct 2024 and sent to 20 years ...would they b flat time r no

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Indiana on
Q: Can police tell me the theft of 3 weapons is a civil matter

A friend and myself were to go sight in my weapons, family emergency I was called out of town,days later friend said his friend took weapons and would not return them because money owed

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law, Personal Injury and Domestic Violence for Oklahoma on
Q: Assaulted by boyfriend with a vehicle. I made a claim with the insurance company and they are dragging their feet.

My boyfriend assaulted me with a rental car while we were out of town in another state. I made a claim with the auto insurance company due to having to go to the ER and sustaining injuries. They are dragging their feet on paying me. Can I sue him for compensation back in our home state or would we... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Ohio on
Q: best/worse case scenario for someone accused of a petty theft of $44 item and within the same time frame an ovi.

no concrete evidence of ovi. defendant was asked "what was his drug of choice?" and when defendant answered honestly that he'd been a heroin addict previously but has been clean since he has been on probation last year. he was pulled out of the vehicle and put in cuffs.

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