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Criminal Defense questions and answers

• If I Get Arrested Or Violate An Order Of Protection, How Does That Affect My Custody Case Or Divorce In New York?

  Asked in New York, NY

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• My husband just got picked up on a trafficking meth warrant when he has never been caught with any meth. What can we do?

  Asked in Cullman, AL

  He was already out on a trafficking meth charge from which he is totally innocent. Passed the drug test upon being booked into the jail. He was ready to take it to trial and the next thing we know the police pulled me over for “random traffic stop." About 10 officers and investigators had guns drawn on a friend of mine and myself. I had no drugs or paraphernalia but got charged with paraphernalia bc they wanted my husband. That’s how we found out he had a warrant. How is that even possible when he hasn’t been caught with no drugs whatsoever?

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• Can I get a copy of a warrant before an arraignment?

  Asked in Mariposa, CA

  My husband is being held on a warrant out of Georgia, but he has never been to Georgia... Is there a way for me to get a copy of the warrant before his arraignment?

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• Wrongfully arrested and taken to jail. What can I do?

  Asked in Fresno, CA

  I was in a domestic violence situation with my ex-boyfriend, and I was told that after 5 days I needed to go to the courthouse to extend it if I wanted it to proceed 6 months later. I was in the store with my ex-boyfriend, and the police officer observed us. He immediately stabbed him to the ground as he was walking out and started punching him in his face, and my ex-boyfriend was crying, and his face was bleeding. I told the police officer that there was no need for so much violence, and he wouldn't listen. I felt scared and felt like nobody was going to listen. I was begging for him to stop hitting him, practically telling him I thought he was here to protect the community and this is how you treat them. He said stand the f*** back. I did, then I was arrested. As I was being arrested, the police officer that was arresting him and punching him told me I did this for you, this is happening for you, and this is how you treat me, and I told him thank you but no thank you. I went to jail. Wasn't accepted because my high blood pressure, which I never had, went up, and it wouldn't go down. I went to the hospital and came back, and it went from a misdemeanor to a felony.

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• Can a suspect be charged with an object that's been put in his property that the victim gives the police prior to arrest?

  Asked in Gardena, CA

  Doing a domestic violence situation the female accused the suspect of harming her she found a bullet laying around the house and gave it to police officers and when police detained him the next day they put the bullet into his property and he was charged for it

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• If the car registered to me was involved in a police chase, fentnyal sales, but have no proof I was driving, can they arrest me?

  Asked in Garden Grove, CA

  My car was involved in a short police chase in which it was crashed into a wall, and the person driving jumped out and ran (getting away), but they found over 15 grams of fentanyl, 2 scales, 2 ounces of marijuana, and inside was also my phone, my wallet, and my dog, but I was not the one driving. Can they issue an arrest warrant and charge me just because I am the owner of the vehicle?

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• How can I be charged with child abduction in California if I am the parent?

  Asked in Irvine, CA

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• What happens if I forge a prescription for drugs?

  Asked in Irvine, CA

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• I am 18 and my girlfriend is 15. Can I be charged with statutory rape if we have sex in California?

  Asked in Chino, CA

  Answered by 2 attorneys

  

• How does Illinois define "possession" in drug charges?

  Asked in Chicago, IL

  Can I be charged with drug possession if the drugs weren't directly on me, but were found in my car or home? I don't do any drugs, but I have friends that do occasionally partake. Can I get in legal trouble if they forget their stuff at my house or accidentally drop it in my car?

  Answered by 2 attorneys

  

• What is the “stand your ground’ self-defense law and how can I use it to defend myself against a criminal charge in Florida?

  Asked in North Miami, FL

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• What are the best qualities to look for when hiring a lawyer to defend me against mortgage fraud in Florida?

  Asked in Coral Gables, FL

  Answered by 1 attorney