Public defenders are basically pro bono. Contact the office for the jurisdiction where your charge is located. You can also check with the local bar association where the charge is as well.
Best of luck.
I was wondering if me and about 9 of my friends can have a tournament style fight legally. No money involved, we just want to see who would win. We would be wearing gloves so injury is unlikely.
It sounds like you're breaking the first rule of fight club....
Legally speaking, it may be possible to set something like this up but there are several things to take into consideration. You want to avoid issues with any criminal offenses, disorderly conduct etc. Additionally, you... Read more »
This depends on what is happening in Court. Is the hearing an arraignment, pretrial, evidentiary hearing, deposition, trial? You can always contact the victim's advocate at the courthouse and they can go through general information with you.
Best of luck.
renter owes 4 months rent now. Cannot get answer on phone or leave message. No answer at door.
The lease probably has expired and tenant is now month to month. To get tenant out legally, you'll need to follow a proper eviction process. Deliver a 30 day written termination notice today or tomorrow to the premises terminating the lease on April 30. Keep a copy of the written notice.... Read more »
The cops pulled over a vehicle that had no ties to us or the address on search warrant, detained us, then brought us to the address and had us cuffed in back of police cruisers while they ran into search the house of the address then charged us with possession and trafficking from substances found... Read more »
You leaving out some key information. Like, for example, who the house belongs to? Was there any reason to stop the vehicle in question? At the end of the day, you need to get an attorney to look at the situation. It sounds fishy, but there's information missing.
We really need some more information to even know what it is you are asking.
It's certainly possible. Will it happen in your case is the more important question and the answer there depends on the facts and the prosecutor and judge involved.
I was in a fight in 2012 and we both were ticketed with assault. In court we were both "amended" to m4 dis orderly conduct. Will this prevent me from passing a background check to buy a gun? Can I get it expunged if so?
It will not prevent you from getting a gun, but is likely to be an issue for a ccw. You can and should get it sealed.
In what context? With someone in there, yeah. To install a toilet, no.
I'm the victim (ohio) in the case. I asked to press charges but I no longer want to participate in the trial. The pre trial is next month. Can I refuse to testify in the state of ohio?
You need to obtain advice from a criminal defense attorney. If you gave a statement to the police alleging domestic violence and now refute that claim, you could be charged with a crime yourself.
No.
It's a minor misdemeanor, $150 fine and court costs, but the court also can suspend your driver's license.
Iam the target suspect in a burglary investigation. I have not been contacted by authorities and no charges have been filed as of yet. Are there advantages If I hire a defense attorney before the investigation is over and they press charges? Can a defense attorney play a role in the pre fillings... Read more »
Hiring an attorney as early as possible is generally beneficial. It can help keep you from making mistakes like talking to the police, and the attorney can often influence detectives and prosecutors decisions.
Yes, and worse, you can be arrested and held only to be released when the other jurisdiction decides not to pay for transport, and then arrested and held only to be released when the other jurisdiction decides not to pay for transport, again and again.
It was from a domestic violence but it was also all a lie. But was scared into taking this plea due to my “inexperience” of dealing with the court and could not afford an attorney at the time. I have got a gun since and vary soon after and passed the background check.
A disorderly conduct conviction does not bar you from owning or possessing firearms.
Got All 3 felonies same time. Haven't been in trouble sense. Would love to just be able to go hunting again. I've really missed out on a lot because of chosing to do something so stupid so long ago.
There is an application process you can follow. I suggest hiring an attorney. I've had success doing this for several people with old felony convictions, some quite violent.
I was charged with M4 DV in 2019. I pled to MM Dis. Conduct and I recently applied to have my record expunged. Here is my concern: in 2008 I was charged with M1 DV and I pled to M4 DV. I got that record expunged. I'm now concerned that when looking this up, they could decide that I should... Read more »
No, once you plead & are convicted, the case can’t be reopened.
how did they come to the conclusion of the death penalty? And if a man can get the death penalty by killing a police officer while resisting lawful arrest bc they were involved in an armed robbery, then why don't serial killers get sentenced to death as well?
In order to impose death as a penalty, juries are typically called upon to consider aggravating factors--things that made the crime worse--and mitigating factors--things that made it better--as compared to similar offenses. These come in two basic varieties: (1) facts from the offense itself, and... Read more »
She plead not guilty will she get charged with anything?
She already has already been charged, it appears. She really ought to be working with a lawyer.
My husband's mother retained a lawyer to represent him. We have asked the attorney repeatedly not to give details of the case to his mother. This lawyer has shared INTIMATE details of his case with his mother, even going so far as to show her the bodycam footage of the incident! He insists... Read more »
Your husband has a attorney client privilege. Revealing information to his mother without his consent is a violation of that privilege. See Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct 1.6 and 1.8(f). Your husband, not you, not his mother, has the rights of the client which include the right to fire his... Read more »
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