Tag Archives: Legal Defense

You’re probably familiar with the polygraph test. Sometimes it’s call a lie detector test. It’s  equipment that someone is hooked up to that measures their blood pressure, respiration, and eye movements, while they’re asked a series of questions. The purpose, of course, is to determine if they’re lying or not. Which sounds great, if you […]

  Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been discussing probation violations in Michigan, and what that can mean for you. As we mentioned in the previous article, a lot depends on your probation officer, but in the end it’s really the judge who gets to decide whether or not a violation has occurred, […]

  Being arrested is a scary experience, especially if this is your first time. We’ve met with hundreds, maybe thousands of clients over the decades who are terrified and have no idea what to expect once they get to jail. If we had a dollar for every time a frightened person asked one of us […]

  One of the greatest anomalies that people from European countries have pointed out about the disparity in American law has to do with the age at which people are allowed to partake in certain activities. For example, only in the U.S. can you drive a car on an interstate highway at 16, go to […]

  While it may appear at first glance that this story could only be important to the man whose federal appeal earned him the right to carry a weapon in Michigan, the implications are huge for people all over the nation. You might wonder how one man’s federal appeal impact your life or the lives […]

Novi Restaurateur Charged After Fire Kills Five Undocumented Immigrants Roger Tam and his wife, Ada Lei, who live in Novi and own the Chinese restaurant Kim’s Garden, are in a lot of trouble for a house fire that killed five undocumented Mexican immigrants. According to police, the couple are now facing federal charges as a […]

The people of Cheboygan are most likely rather grateful to see the end to a wave of thefts – items stolen from vehicles around the city, that were apparently the work of one man who was recently arraigned on nine felony counts and one misdemeanor.

Saginaw Circuit Judge Reinstates Charge Saginaw County Circuit Court Judge Darnell Jackson has overturned a district court Judge’s ruling on assault charges. Judge Jackson stated that Saginaw County District Judge M.T. Thompson abused his judicial discretion when dismissing a felony charge in a current case. The issue stems from a recent domestic incident in which […]

 Woman Claims “self-defense”                                                      The murder trial has begun for Diane Arellano, the 55-year-old Forrest Township woman accused of murdering her husband and concealing the act from the police. He […]

Former EMU Football Player sentenced under Holmes Youthful Trainee Act A 21-year-old former Eastern Michigan University football player recently took a plea and was sentenced under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act (HYTA) to one year of probation. Upon successful completion, Kirkland Bryant’s record will be expunged. Bryant was originally charged with four counts of possessing […]