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22yr old charged with lewd conduct with minor but I have 16yr old said victim claiming it was her who is at fault she admits to getting Xanax doing with defendant and says she seduced him and wants to and has tried to be accountable for this said act has said she will testify to it in court on his... View More 
answered on Jul 18, 2020
You left out thE most important fact: how young is the female?
Him Away without my consent or anything. I have all the papers on him and proof. The person that has him is trying to charge me a fee for taking care of him and stuff. Is there anything I can do?
answered on Jul 16, 2020
You were staying with your grandmother, right? You brought your $3,000 dog with you, right? You did something that caused your grandmother to 86 you, right? But you didn't take your dog. Now grandma is going to feed and water your dog FOR FREE? I don't see that happening. It was... View More
Can the same evidence be used repeatedly?
answered on Jul 15, 2020
Absolutely! As long as the evidence can point to multiple people it will not be deemed "double jeopardy." Double Jeopardy protects us from being punished twice for the same (or similar) crime (or acquitted). The evidence would have to have a close nexus to more than one defendant... View More
I was only recently appointed by the court, so the cc has gone to collections with a balance of $10k+. I have notified the sheriffs dept. I am closing out her final bills, but don't know how to proceed with this one as he continued to charge against the card after her death and they... View More
answered on Jul 6, 2020
Your brother has committed a crime "abuse of the elderly" and because you are the Administrator of the estate, you must act like a cop to catch "over-reaching," "fraud or outright theft" of "estate" property. When your mother died, another legal... View More
Police filed immenent danger to cps without giving me time to find them some one to pick them up from school. pulled over at 1030am. no kids in car. in jail I contacted kids step sister parents and they were gonna pick them up. cps said no and picked them up because police said there in imminent... View More
answered on Jul 6, 2020
Police didn't HAVE TO take the kids. Police COULD HAVE allowed you to pick them up or actually HELP you find a family member who could pick the kids up, BUT THEY DON'T HELP! THEY PUNISH and PUNISH and PUNISH you! YOU'RE A BAD DAD!! WE'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY LET YOU HAVE YOUR... View More
I plead not guilty, and said from day one "take it to the box, no deals" my lawyer made a motion that was overruled "that court conjeste could not be help and would be not prejudicial to me according to the judge who also sat on the appeal for the case which also had a motion for... View More
answered on Jun 21, 2020
Judges will ofttimes resort to the “record” to “prove” that something you said or the way your mouth moved or a facial tic of your lawyer WAIVED your constitutional right to a speedy trial. Problem is that this right only applies if you’re still in custody (180 days)! Most people would... View More
The husband spend a total of 3 days in jail the first two he is making phone calls to his wife and they are discussing the situation and what they are going to do on the third day the defendant sees a judge and is released on pretrial but if given a no contact order by the judge on that third day... View More
answered on Jun 21, 2020
This sounds like a situation wherein the actual prosecutor believes he/she’s a witness to an NCO violation, perhaps a jail call (that they listen to). It’s a much trickier charge to get out of since the threat of amending the charge is easier than you’d ever imagine for the State to prove.... View More
He was 20 and she 16 at birth of child. Hospital reported. Both wish to marry. He's now 22 and set for release, but with 5 year NCO. She's 18 and wants a relationship. They have a 2 year old son together. No contention from family on either side. Can she request it be lifted as a... View More
answered on May 15, 2020
She can ALWAYS petition to lift the NCO! It may or may not be granted . . . depending on the personal, self-righteousness of the judge you’re in front of.
What I mean is how can the government get away with this isn't this a huge first amendment violation.
answered on Apr 16, 2020
The code section is well written and easily understood (to me). What specifically do you not understand?
April 12, 2020 around 11 pm, i heard noises outside of my house, this morning when I came outside both of my vehicles had damages to them, one has a broken windshield, and the other has a big dent in the side by the front door, I know it was an ex boyfriend and his friends, but I have no proof.
answered on Apr 13, 2020
That’s tough! But if your ex had someone else with him it MIGHT be possible to get him to talk or overhear him talking or ask people who are mutual friends if they wouldn’t mind keeping an ear to the conversations. If you did get someone to talk, you could offer them immunity if they will tell... View More
Neighbor consented to keeping large amount of valuable jade. It "disappeared." I reported it to local police. He is retired LAPD. Police took no action on loss of $40,000 in jade.
answered on Mar 27, 2020
Sounds like a bad movie. Why would you entrust a “large amount of jade (that you own?) with a neighbor? Hmmmmm? Did you steal it? How do you know your “neighbor” doesn’t still have it? What makes you think he hasn’t sold it, or stole it?
Judge is that leagle
answered on Mar 19, 2020
If I understand what you’re saying, that on Monday you were sentenced by a judge other than the original judge, a “fill-in” or “retired” judge?
Unfortunately, your lawyer may be to blame because she didn’t ask for your case to be continued until your original judge could be... View More
answered on Mar 9, 2020
In Idaho, your firearm rights depend on which felony you were convicted of. And just because you may have the right to possess in Idaho, doesn’t mean you have the same right under federal law. You should consult with a criminal defense attorney who has knowledge about firearm rights.
My friend had less than 2 months left on a conviction, had been straight with his PO doing well. Was arrested for being a fugitive to Idaho. Why is it now this being brought to light. Seems he should have been made aware of this before now. I mean his PO had to have known.
answered on Feb 7, 2020
Your friend had been doing "well" on probation, EXCEPT THAT HE MOVED TO IDAHO WITHOUT OBTAINING THE P.O.'S CONSENT! His P.O. MAY have had suspicions that your friend was moving without his consent and just wanted to see if your friend would do such a stupid thing?
And mis understanding of times I ended up missing my preliminary hearing, when I realized my mistake I called the public defender and she told me to go test and then go to the jail and turn myself in and spend the weekend in jail. I did proceed to go test for court compliance however I did not turn... View More
answered on Feb 7, 2020
My advice would have been EXACTLY what your Public Defender told you. Now the warrant may be 10x higher than it would have been had you turned yourself in like you had been advised.
Then he stays with wife .tries to be sober. Commits suicide . Can that person be charged ? Adultery ? involuntary manslaughter? Or? Criminally?
Can they be sued? Wrongful death? Alienation of affection ? Or?
answered on Nov 3, 2019
I'm very sorry for this tragic situation. An Idaho attorney could answer you best, but your post remains open for three weeks. In terms of the criminal issues, a criminal defense attorney is qualified to address those. In terms of the civil issues, there is usually a requisite element of... View More
An assault was reported to the police. The victim was obviously assaulted. The police report was given to the prosecutor. The prosecutor chose not to charge the offender with the crime. Offender has a long record of assault on this victim and others. How do I get him charged and punished for... View More
answered on Nov 1, 2019
A Writ of Mandate in Idaho law, is reserved for those for whom a duty is owed by some person in power. It is designed and reserved to enable someone for whom a duty is owed, to require the empowered to do what is "required" of him/her to do.
The Prosecutor does not owe you a... View More
I have to meet with the sherriff tomorrow evening
How to request Or ask the judge to fire my public defender my trials tomorrow and I have not met with my public defender one time to discuss the evidence that I have for my case. The case needs to be thrown out because the items the PA is trying to charge me with actually belong to me, and the PA... View More
answered on Aug 25, 2019
Simply tell the judge you want to fire,and the judge will make an inquiry
, and no future court dates. Since being incarcerated he has not even had one court date. I believe that he is being wrongfully held in jail. He was arrested because he ran on his bond, but those charges where all dismissed. We are very confused. We are homeless. I am in Oregon and he is in Idaho.... View More
answered on Jul 21, 2019
Your fiancé has already been “arraigned,” on charges of absconding, either felony or misdemeanor. If he was charged with a misdemeanor and FTA’d then he now has another misdemeanor that he’s charged with. If he had been charged with a felony and absconded then he’s got a new felony to... View More
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