Oakland County Sheriff, Marc Ferguson, has been fired after lying on the witness stand during a preliminary hearing in a drug case. Ferguson lied about opening a package containing marijuana at a Pontiac shipping company before obtaining a search warrant. Anyone charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty. The sheriff was using an …
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Expungement in Michigan
An expungement in Michigan is the process of setting aside a conviction under state law. It will allow you to tell employers that you have not been convicted of whatever criminal charge was expunged. Setting aside, or expunging, a conviction does not completely erase the conviction in the eyes of the criminal justice system, but …
Furnishing Alcohol to Minors
The charge: In order for the prosecutor to convict a person for furnishing alcoholic liquor to minors, the prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant sold or furnished alcoholic liquor to a minor. In addition, the defendant can either have done so knowing the person was not of the legal drinking age …
$1 Million Dollar Bill
$1 Million Dollar Bill A 53-year-old man from Lexington, North Carolina went into a Walmart this past week. He went to purchase a few items including a vacuum cleaner and a microwave. The total bill was $476.00. He then tendered a one million dollar bill to the cashier insisting that it was real legal money. …
Judge Jails Attorney for Asserting Client’s Right to Remain Silent
An attorney was Jailed Friday, December 2, 2011, in Hudsonville, Michigan 54th district court after instructing his client to assert his right to remain silent during court proceedings. The 20-year-old client was at court with his attorney defending accusations of a minor in possession of alcohol charge. Judge Kenneth Post asked the client if he …
Another Michigan traffic ticket dismissed
Another case dismissed Our client was driving down a side street in Northville Michigan. The Northville Township Police officer pulled our client over; didn’t say why. Our client was issued a traffic citation carrying points and a fine and would result in a suspended license if the citation were taken care of promptly. Our client …
New Keg Law starting November 1, 2011
New Michigan keg law aims to cut underage drinking Starting Nov. 1, tags attached at purchase will link buyer to brew Karen Bouffard/ Detroit News Lansing Bureau Lansing— It’s a scene repeated on many colleges campuses on Saturday nights. A kegger gets out of hand. Cops are called. No one fesses up to buying the …
Possession of Marijuana Dismissed
City of Northville dismisses Possession of Marijuana against our client The City of Northville recently agreed to dismiss the charge of possession of marijuana against our client after reading our motion to dismiss. The case was an interesting one with the defense coming straight from Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Act. Our client was charged with possession …
Jack3D causes false positive for amphetamines
Jack3D causes false positive for amphetamines A client called upset after the court contacted him to let him know that he would have to attend a show cause hearing for violating his probation. When he received the allegations of the probation violation it stated a positive test for amphetamines. After further testing of both the …
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