A person convicted of a felony and headed to prison may instead attend boot camp as an alternative to prison. Not everyone is eligible for the boot camp option. At a starting point, convictions for certain crimes will disqualify people from boot camp altogether. Below is a list of those crimes. Disqualification includes conviction of…
Continue reading ›What are the penalties for Heroin related charges? Heroin is a schedule 1 substance narcotic. This article only discusses possession and selling for charges involving relatively small amounts of heroin. Keep in mind the potential penalties increase as the amount of heroin at issue increases. Heroin Use Use of heroin is a misdemeanor, punishable by…
Continue reading ›A drinking and driving offense that occurs within seven years of a prior drinking and driving conviction will be charged as an OWI-second offense, which comes with harsher penalties than a first-time OWI. The type of charge the second time around doesn’t matter – whether it is operating while intoxicated, operating while visibly impaired, or…
Continue reading ›In Michigan, it is a felony to engage in an act of gross indecency. What is Gross Indecency? There are two categories of violations of the gross indecency law. These categories are 1) committing a sex act in public and 2) committing a sex act involving a minor, even in private. Committing a Sex Act…
Continue reading ›We can tell where drivers were arrested for operating while intoxicated by looking at the arrest statistics by police departments. Below is a breakdown of the arrest statistics by police departments in Washtenaw County for 2017. Many of the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department arrests will be in Ypsilanti Township, as the department patrols the township.…
Continue reading ›An outdated law sees a big change in the new year. For so long a minor in possession has been a misdemeanor charge. The law has now changed so that a first-offense minor in possession is a civil infraction. This means a first-offense minor in possession will no longer be a crime. What is Minor…
Continue reading ›Each year we can see the driving under the influence statistics for the state of Michigan. Below is a list of the top 20 counties for DUI arrests and how many arrests were made in 2017. Arrests by County Oakland 4,390 Wayne 4,283 Macomb 2,188 Kent 1,748 Gennesee 1,038 Washtenaw 887 Ingham 871 Ottawa 807…
Continue reading ›How Can I Help My Attorney? Many clients ask me what they can do while their case is pending. For the client the case is part of their life and being proactive helps control the outcome. Write Down Everything You should take notes on everything that’s happened but keep the notes to yourself until your…
Continue reading ›This page is an overview of the statute governing Operating While Intoxicated (drinking and driving, DUI, etc) laws. MCL 257.625. This article outlines the law in the order it was written, which is not necessarily the most straightforward way to read it. Definition of Operating While Intoxicated A person, regardless of driver’s license status, may…
Continue reading ›Fentanyl is in the category of drugs known as opiates, drugs derived from opium. Drugs in this group include morphine, codeine, and heroin. These drugs act as painkillers. The drugs vary in terms of strength, but they all produce similar effects. For example, heroin has two to three times the strength of morphine. Fentanyl is…
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