Process for Expunging Adult Criminal Records in Florida There are multiple steps you must go through to seal or expunge your past criminal history, the first being filing a request for a Certificate of Eligibility. The form can be obtained from the clerk of the court where you were convicted. → Read More
Application Process for Clearing Your Texas Adult Criminal Record (Expunction) Getting your Texas adult criminal record expunged involves several steps, starting with obtaining a copy of your criminal record (aka ‘rap sheet’), fingerprinting, and filing a petition of expunction in the same court where the charges were originally filed. → Read More
Application Process of Sealing Criminal Records in Illinois To get your Illinois adult criminal record sealed, the first step is to obtain a copy of your criminal record, commonly referred to as a’rap sheet’. You must go to the police station and request this information yourself. The police will take your fingerprints and then print out a copy of your rap sheet for that district. You will need to obtain your rap sheet from each police department that arrested you → Read More
Federal v. State Criminal Procedure The first difference between the State and Federal Courts’ criminal procedure is that of uniformity: state court systems, laws procedure differ from state to state. Federal criminal procedure govern by uniform set of rules. → Read More
Bribery Bribery is the trading of influence for anything of vale by anyone acting for, on behalf of, or under the authority of the government. → Read More
What is a rising BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) defense? It is unlawful to have an excessive blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) at the time of driving — not at the time of being tested. Since it takes between 45 minutes and 3 hours for alcohol to be absorbed into the system, an individual’s BAC may continue to rise for some time after he is stopped and arrested. → Read More
Florida DUI: The Troubled Background Of The Intoxilyzer 8000 Florida first used the Intoxilyzer 8000, the machine that conducts breath tests, in March 2006 and issues have been litigated with it from the very beginning, according to David Katz, a Florida attorney whose practice focuses in the areas of DUI and criminal defense and a former Intoxilyzer Specialist with the State of Florida. → Read More
Ohio Marijuana Laws: Is Marijuana Legal in Ohio? Possession of marijuana is illegal in Ohio. Currently, there is a bill working its way through Ohio’s legislative process that, if passed, would legalize medical marijuana. However, despite polls showing that Ohio residents are strongly in favor of legalizing medicinal marijuana, the bill is not expected to be approved by the legislature. → Read More
Liability of Building Owner to Fix Building Code Violations in Commercial Leases When it comes to whether implied warranty of habitability applies to commercial leases, this duty differs from state-to-state. In jurisdictions that do not extend the warranty to commercial settings, various reasons have been established. It has been successfully argued that housing codes do not apply to commercial leases and commercial tenants have more bargaining power than residential tenants do. Additionally, the expectations of commercial tenants differ greatly from those of residential tenants. Yet in other states, the warranty has been extended to include commercial leases. → Read More
Child Battery Child battery is a category of offenses used to describe injuries inflicted on children. Some states label child battery offenses with titles like child abuse and injury to a child, or list it as an aggravated form of assault. → Read More
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