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This is really tricky. This guy could face very serious charges, actually even murder charges, depending on the circumstances. In many states there is a crime called "misprision of felony" which makes it a crime to conceal the fact that another has committed a crime and not to report that to...

there are many ways to determine the intent, the first things a court looks at is the amount of drugs found on the perp, second the amount of money found on the perp (that would point to the fact that she had sold before she was arrested) and so on. Here it is probably the money they found that...

What happened there probably is that this guy got over-cautious which I can understand because of the way some laws are written. It is in many states there is a law that the liquor store owner must not sell to a minor or, and here it comes, to a person he believes will give the liquor to a...

What a mess. Let's try to sort this out. If I understand that correctly, the "debt" that ocurred here first was for the sale of pot. As you should be aware of, selling pot is illegal. Therefore no contract to sell pot can be made, such a contract the law would consider void. Therefore you...

No, you are kind of mixing up two things here. There basically are two different victims here and two different kinds of law. Situation: Crook rents prpoerty from Honest and takes off with it. Who is the victim? Actually there are two victims here: Honest, and society as a whole. Now...

Taht could well be once they find out that they cannot collect anything meaningful from you.

Yes, beth is right, you need to tread very carefully here. First of all, if you use paid vacation that could be interpreted as doing it "on the clock." The employer pays you to regenerate your health etc. but not to engage in potential competition, therefore this could be seen the same way as if...

This is the worst possible outcome of such a case, and one reason why people should take this whole MIP business very serious. Depending on the circumstances this can easily lead to manslaughter charges for the person responsible, which means he could face many years in prison. He also...

this has been answered here a thousand times. It depends on your total record and the disposition of the case. Mainly it depends on the possible maximum sentence. If this was your only crime and the possible maximum sentence was less than a year then you should be fine.

Since the amount of damage is probably beyond the limits of small claims court you would have to file in regular court. You can do this yourself (pro se) but you would then have to pay attention to all the requirements of filing, serving, etc etc. And of course, going pro se, you would have to...

Have a look here, this is a pretty good explanation of the process: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/other/crimlawclean.htm

2 months? You need a lot more patience. I know many cases where the people were waiting 6 months or longer to receive their cards. This is the former INS you are dealing with here, they don't work that fast. You can expect a letter from them following your phone inquiry about 2-3 weeks after...

Usually there is no jail time for a first time offender. Since you are still young and this event can really mess up your future you might want to consult an attorney. He or she should be able to see if there are ways to get this dismissed so that it doesn't screw up your record or how in the...

I am sorry, I am not in private practice, therefore I do not handle individual cases. If you need an immigration attorney this is the link to AILA's referral service: http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=10180

Sure there is recourse, but most probably you will have to sue this person in his home state.

If you are talking about real property, you will probably be out of luck. To be enforceable, contracts involving interests in land need to be in writing in as far as I know all states. There are only a few exceptions to this writing requirement when it comes to contracts involving land, and...

To bring a claim of negligence one basically has to prove four elements: 1) That the defendant owed a duty of reasonable care 2) That the defendant breached this duty by unreasonable conduct 3) That the defendant's conduct was the actual and proximate cause of plaintiff's harm 4) That...

it depends on your state's laws, but most probably the answers are NO and YES. No you cannot simply enter, and yes, you would have to give him notice if you would be allowed to enter at all. It can also depend on the lease contract. Here is a very good brochure by the state of California...

it depends on the state where this is happening. In many states one threatening or annoying phone call theoretically can be enough for a complaint of harassment.

Your first hurdle to overcome would be government immunity. Depending on your state's law it could very well be that the probation officer is seen as a state official, the statement seen as made in the course of her job and therefore under absolute governmental privilege, making her immune...