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Drug Crime Attorney: What Makes a Good One?
If you’re charged with a criminal drug related offense, hiring a drug crime attorney who has significant experience in drug prosecutions is extremely necessary. The charge could include drug trafficking, possession with intent to distribute, or just possession of a...
How to Fight Drug Distribution Charges in Michigan
Drug distribution charges, or possession with intent to distribute on the state level, is one of the most serious crimes in Michigan's criminal justice system. Facing charges for distributing drugs? This article covers how to fight them. These charge holds serious...
Top 4 Domestic Violence Defense Strategies in Michigan
Before talking to the police, talking to a skilled attorney to determine what domestic violence defense is available to you may be the difference in what grants you a conviction or an acquittal. There are four main categories of defenses to a criminal charge: It...
Automatic Expungement: Reality vs. Expectations
Recently, there has been a lot of news about the significant and important changes to Michigan’s criminal record expungement law. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed several bills into law in October 2020 known as the "Clean Slate" initiative. Among the most...
Is Medical Marijuana Use While on Probation Legal?
Medical Marijuana Use While on Probation In early 2021, the Michigan Court of Appeals in People v. Thue, COA 353978 (2021), definitively ruled that the legal use of medical marijuana cannot be banned as part of probation and cannot be used to violate probation or...
Arrested for Aggravated Assault in Michigan: What’s Next?
Facing aggravated assault charged in Michigan? Here are some things you should know. In Michigan, assault is defined as the threat or use of force on another that causes the person to have reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact. MCL 750.81...
Everything You Need To Know About Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal justice reform is a set of ideas to make the application of the law more equitable. The idea of criminal justice reform has mostly bipartisan support, and is a series of changes to existing laws to make the criminal justice system more just. The underlying...
How and When to Appeal a Driver’s License Denial Decision
There's no doubt that a driver's license restoration hearing is stressful. You'll be one-on-one with a hearing officer with the task of convincing them that you're sober and will remain so for the rest of your life. The hearing officer will question you and examine...
Can You Get Arrested for Self-Defense?
Can you get arrested for self-defense? No. Self-defense isn't a crime, so you cannot be arrested for self-defense. However, you can be arrested for suspicion that you have committed a crime such as murder, aggravated assault or battery. Charged with an assault or...
Issues with Michigan’s Roadside Drug Testing Program
First introduced in late 2017, Michigan's roadside drug testing program uses saliva to detect the presence of amphetamines, benzodiazepines, cannabis (delta 9 THC), cocaine, methamphetamines and opiates. Facing drug charges? Unhappy with your current attorney?...