Asking the question multiple times isn’t going to get you an answer any quicker. The short answer is that it depends. We don’t have access to the police reports, but I would imagine they took the phone for evidentiary purposes and they may be seeking a search warrant to examine the contents.... View More

Each jurisdiction mat have statutes of limitations, or statutes limiting legal actions. So, the first thing you'd need to know is likely to be where is someone claiming some wrongful act happened? Once you know that, you could look Statutes of Limitation that might apply and provide a... View More

Best practice for a person with a Harassment Restraining Order prohibiting contact with anothe rperson would be to avoid contact, whether direct or indirect. In practice, such a person may end up in the same courtroom during or waiting for a court hearing, for example. And that would not be... View More

I presume that your probation agent has an email address and/or voice mail. Leave your agent a message or send an email updating her on what is going on. You may be looking at jail time for catching the new DWI, but treatment should help minimize that risk.

Probation would only be notified if you signed a release of information allowing Intoxalock to provide information to probation. You should make sure to read the entirety of the handbook that Intoxalock provides regarding what substances will cause a failure. It is unlikely that probation will... View More

Under the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, the state may add new charges to a complaint if the case is in pretrial proceedings. Minn. R. Crim. P. 3.04, subd. 2. The state may also amend a complaint "at any time before verdict or finding if no additional or different offense is charged... View More

It would help to see the context or example. But perhaps "Depressant or Stimulant."

If someone alleges an assault, either to police or in family court for example, that could qualify as "trouble" for the person accused. If facing a criminal assault charge in court, the defendant can raise the defense of self-defense, if he or she has some evidence to support that... View More

In some cases, the real issue is whether the defendant will be burdened with a criminal conviction record or not. If the goal is to avoid a "conviction," discuss way to do this with your lawyer.

The stay of imposition meant that if you successfully completed probation, that the matter would've become a misdemeanor. However, if you violated probation, the stay of imposition could be vacated and there would be a stayed sentence of one year and one day on a lower level felony like a... View More

The right of the search warrant authorizes law enforcement to be in the location to search and seize items of evidentiary value. I don't know that there would need to be a specific authorization for additional people present, for example the alleged victim, if they have the alleged victim... View More

People are often discharged from probation early once they have completed the terms and conditions of their probation. I can't say for Ramsey County, but in many counties you would be transferred to unsupervised probation or discharged early after you have completed your community service and... View More

Arson doesn’t require that you entirely burn down a building. Arson is intentionally setting the building on fire. Whether it burns down or not is immaterial.

The cops aren’t generally going to track down and verify every alleged alibi that a suspect tells them about. I’m not sure... View More

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answered on Nov 15, 2024

This sounds like an extremely distressing situation, and your life has immense value - far more than any technology or lawsuit. Right now, the most urgent priority is your safety and wellbeing. Please immediately call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, where caring people are... View More

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answered on Oct 21, 2024

Since you're on an H-1B visa, any criminal record, even a minor one, could affect your immigration status. When you file your I-485, the government checks for any arrests or citations, and even small theft charges can raise questions about your moral character. However, a petty theft under... View More

The short answer is that yes, a couple can marry for the purpose of gaining access to the marital privilege in court actions, even if the charges are pending when the marriage happens. But, Marital privilege for evidentiary purposes is actually two separate privileges:

The first is the... View More

Yes, public defenders are really on your side. You public defender most certainly DID NOT notify law enforcement that you had a warrant. Who knows why the warrant showed up this time, but I am confident that your public defender didn't have anything to do with it. They aren't going to... View More

Did not know they were committing a what? Law enforcement needs reasonable articulable suspicion to pull someone over. They would then need probable cause to place that individual under arrest and probable cause to get a warrant to seize their blood or urine. Get an attorney on board to review... View More

In criminal cases, the prosecutor must file a charging document (Complaint, Indictment, etc.) before the applicable Statute of Limitations period expires. The date the defendant learned of the criminal charge is not relevant to a Statute of Limitations issue. There may sometimes be, however,... View More