If you are charged with a crime, it is possible you will be held in the county jail until you can make bond or your case is closed. If that is the case, the very first piece of advice you should hear from your criminal defense attorney is to not talk about your case with anyone while you're in th...
Under Missouri Supreme Court Rule 33.05, the Court MUST review your detention or conditions of release as soon as possible but no later than seven days after your initial arraignment. These seven days do not include weekends or holidays and are subject to the right of the victim to have notice ...
The acronym "SIS" stands for "suspended imposition of sentence" and is usually accompanied by some form of probation as punishment when you are found guilty of a crime. By placing you on an SIS and ordering probation, the judge gives you the opportunity to avoid being sentenced altogether by successfully completing that probation term.
You can represent yourself on your expungement case. But you shouldn't. If you're considering getting your record expunged but don't think you need a lawyer to do it, this article is for you. Not only will an expungement lawyer make the process faster and less stressful, they will make sure it's done right so that you have the best chance of having your expungement granted.
Unless you're Miss Daisy and you have an ageless Morgan Freeman to drive you from place to place, statistics say you will at some point in your life be stopped and ticketed for a moving violation. Failure to yield, speeding, improper left turn, all the old stand-bys. Instead of just paying the f...
Weed. Ganja. Mary Jane. Reefer. Did you know there are literally over 1,000 slang terms for “Marijuana”? Whatever YOU call it, Missouri still calls it “illegal” and if you are caught possessing small amounts of it in Missouri, the resulting misdemeanor marijuana charge can be an expensive headach...
Police investigate people they believe have committed, or are actively committing, crimes. They determine who the bad guys are and they bring those bad guys to justice. But how do they determine who the bad guys are when it's not obvious? Since people don't usually wear shirts that boldly say “...
People charged with drug crimes are often coerced by police to act as a Confidential Informant (CI). The police use CIs to arrange drug buys with the purpose of jamming up other suspected drug dealers. Acting as a CI for the police is bad for your case and extremely unsafe for you. 1. The police...
5 Strategies to Win your Probation Violation Hearing. When the State tries to revoke your probation and send you to jail, you have options. With the help of your criminal defense attorney, employing these strategies will give you the best chance to stay on probation and out of jail.
