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While the prosecution would love to have the body cam images those images are not necessary for a conviction. The cop's testimony regarding the actions of the driver during the stop is typically admissible evidence and most juries tend to believe the cop over what the defendant said happened...

I saw a lot of that when I was a lawyer for the federal government. Only a few left the building right as the schedule work day. Those were the ones whose work was generally sub par. The ones that care about their worked and would be embarrased by low quality work spent the time needed to do an...

You do need to file the returns. Dividends, interest and rent received (before rental deductions) are all part of your gross income, and it is your gross income that determines whether you are required to file a return. And I'm guessing that your gross income easily surpassed the filing...

I wanted to highlight army judge's statement on this as it goes directly to the question you asked, which is whether the state can bring the case after 19 months. In many states, and for most federal charges, the time allowed for the government to file felony charges (known as a statute of...

I suggest you first ask the county/city office that collects those taxes if a POA signed by her and expressly giving you the power to sign tax documents (which is what I hope is included in your POA document) will be acceptable. The IRS will accept a POA signing a tax return if the taxpayer is...

It might, but there is no way to know for sure until you try it and see what kind of response the company provides, if any. Bear in mind though that what is on the web portal might, in fact, be all the company does have. And if the company has some sharp people on it, whatever you get will...

Although we cannot provide you with specific attorney referrals on this site, you are fortunate in Philadelphia to have two good law schools in your area. Both of them run legal clinics in which civil matters (which is anything that is not a criminal matter) are provided pro bono to low income...

Basically what happens if you have more assets than are allowed to qualify for Medicaid is that Medicaid will deny benefits for a period of time such that the benefits you don't get make up for the extra assets. An inheritance is not income, but it is an asset that will count when determining...

Your lawyer should have informed you of all the consequences of the guilty plea, including registration. Not doing so may amount to malpractice. The problem is that suing for legal malpractice generally must be done within a fairly short period of time from when the malpractice occurred, usually...

That does appear to be the case if the disabled person is under age of majority, which is age 18 in all states but 2 states, neither of which is Ohio. But as you point out, the longer the plaintiff waits the harder the lawsuit will be as available evidence is lost to time, memories fade, and...

I did the search welkin did and came up with thousandss of appellate decisions, most of which won't be useful to you because they don't cover the relevant state's law, which is likely Ohio law as the alleged malpractice occurred in Ohio and that is where the defendants are likely still located...

You are not yet the trustee. Because of that, you have no power over any of the trust assets. And it may well be that the power of attorney your parent gave you is now ineffective due to his incapacity unless that power of attorney is a durable power of attorney. A power of attorney that is not...

There are some potential resources that may be available to you other than a public defender. For example, law schools often run legal clinics in which students studying to become lawyers can handle cases under the supervision of a professor who is licensed to practice law and is an expert in...

Even LexisNexis and Westlaw (by far the two biggest legal information services used by lawyers) don't have much state trial court information. Also, neither of those services are cheap, and without a subscription to the relevant database(s) searching these services on demand is particularly...

I think you are unlikely to find anything close to a complete database with the kind of information you seek. State trial court records are not usually incorporated into national legal databases because (1) they'd not be of interest to most lawyers, let alone the general public and (2) it would...

Well, let's start here. Perjury and defamation are NOT the same thing. One cannot successfully sue a court witness on a claim of defamation for testimony given in that court. But if the witness commits perjury, the state may bring criminal charges for that. Part of understanding the law is...

This forum addresses questions about law in the U.S. You'll need to find one that deals with UK criminal law. I will say this much though: in the U.S. putting your case documents online for the whole world to see is not a good idea, and that's likely true in the U.K. too. It exposes your...

That's overly simplistic, Jack. Whether a deal is offered and the exact details of any offer depends on a lot of factors. But receiving discovery requests is not one of them. Handling evidence requests is a routine part of the job and in every case where an attorney is representing the defendant...

Your options are pleading guilty, pleading not guilty if you have not yet entered a plea, coming up with money to pay a lawyer to represent you, ask for a public defender (PD), or represent yourself. By far the worst of those is the last one: representing yourself. You aren't an attorney and you...