A felony conviction feels like a body blow as the bailiff reads off the guilty charges. Each “guilty” statement acts like another punch to the gut as you see your future crashing down around you. Not everyone who is convicted guilty is a bad person. Just because you were found guilty does not mean that the fight is over. It does not mean that yourContinue reading
Month: November 2015
Month: November 2015
Man with record charged with committing sexual abuse
A 39-year-old male was arrested pursuant to a search warrant executed at his home. The warrant was obtained by the police following an in-person report from a mother who reported that her young child had engaged in inappropriate online communications with the suspect. He is reportedly a previous child sex offender, having pleaded guilty in 1998 to a misdemeanor sex charge that involved a victim betweenContinue reading
Can you get hit with a DUI if you blow less than 0.08?
Everyone is familiar with the legal limit for blood-alcohol content (BAC), which is 0.08 percent. This equates to roughly two drinks an hour for a standard 180-pound male. Don’t take this advice as gospel, however, because BAC calculations are highly variable based upon height, weight and metabolism. If you take the chemical test and your BAC is above 0.08 percent then you are legally drunkContinue reading
Your criminal defense attorney must talk with you
Being cuffed, driven to the station, booked and hauled off to county jail for an overnight stay is a traumatic experience. No amount of television or books can prepare you for the smells, sounds and the abrupt loss of privacy. Suddenly you are surrounded by people you don’t know. It is a terrifying experience. The only way to exacerbate this nightmare is if you attorneyContinue reading
A felony drug arrest doesn’t mean it is the end
You never thought it would get this far. At first it seemed like no big deal. Sure you had the cravings for another pill but that was normal. You just finished surgery for a deviated septum. However weeks after the surgery and when the pain should have been gone, you still found yourself looking for another pill. It wasn’t an instantaneous addiction like on thoseContinue reading