Affirmative defenses are arguments that you make as a defendant that would provide a legal justification for your actions. In other words, when you plead an affirmative defense you aren’t saying that you didn’t commit the act that you’re accused of, but you are saying that you had a legal justification for doing it. Affirmative […]

By law, if a court finds that you can’t hire your own attorney, they will appoint an attorney to represent you at little or no cost. Attorneys appointed to represent clients in this way are referred to as “Public Defenders.” There are two types of public defenders in the court system: full time and part […]

What is Probation? When a person is convicted of a crime, the two most common things that happens to them is that they’re either incarcerated or they’re put on probation. Probation is considered to be an alternative to being incarcerated, and that’s why you’ll hear a sentence described as “365 days, all suspended, with 365 […]

We’ve all seen movies and TV programs where a police officer is working some sort of deep cover in a gang, and when things start to go bad for the gang the leader realizes that there’s a cop in their midst. One by one, the gang leader goes to each individual member and asks them […]