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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#16555575 - 07/19/12 05:11 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have a question (I live in Oregon if that helps):
Today I find out that when I turned 18 some lady at the DA's office arbitrarily decided that my mom would have 100% custody. The original divorce agreement was for 50-50 custody. I was not notified of this decision ever and it fucks me and my dad over royally. My dad now owes 4 times what he did in child support, despite that he just got cut to half time at work. I also lose my health insurance and my tuition discount that I got at my university. The change happened over a year ago, but they were re-evaluating the child support now which is why I just found out about it.
I called the lady at the DA's office to see what had happened, and the lady says she just arbitrarily chose I would be my moms and didn't even notify me of it. She says she can't (or won't) change it back.
Is this legal? Is there anything that I can do about it?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#16556061 - 07/19/12 06:59 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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That's alright, I figured it was outside your area of expertise. Thanks anyway.
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I just thought of another question. It's regarding officer safety searches. An officer is allowed to pat you down to look for weapons, right, and remove any "possible weapons" from your pockets? What if he removes a marijuana pipe from my pocket? Someone told me or I heard somewhere that it would technically have found without a warrant and therefore inadmissible in court? Is that correct, or way off?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#16559107 - 07/20/12 09:30 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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Wow, so an officer can just pat me down without a warrant, or really probably cause even, and find some contraband and I get arrested for it. Damn, that seems like a pretty gross violation of the 4th amendment there. I understand if something falls out, or is peeking out, of your pocket, but just feeling something and arresting me for it, haven't I just been searched without consent? What are the odds that someone can defend against it in court?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: NizzyJones]
#16564009 - 07/21/12 11:27 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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NizzyJones said: And that's why when they do the Terry patdown they'll frequently ask something like "What is this?" while pressing on something they suspect is contraband - they're trying to get you to admit it is so they don't have to fight the suppression motion later, or at least make it easier.
What if I do have contraband and they feel it and ask "What is this?" How do I respond? If I don't admit to having it, he can't use that against me in court and I would be more likely to get it suppressed later, right? Lying would get me in more trouble, I know that. What if I just kept silent, would that help? I realize I'm pretty much screwed in that situation, but there has to be a right way and a wrong way to do things.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#18903700 - 09/28/13 05:38 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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This will probably be a stupid question but there was a car accident practically in my front yard this morning and it got me thinking.
Hypothetically, say a drunk driver plows through my wall or garage or whatever. The cops show up and are walking around my house trying to survey the situation and can now see illegal drugs or paraphernalia in plain site. They would have otherwise been well hidden and not visible unless you were on my property, but the car accident has uncovered them. Would this allow them to get a search warrant to search my house?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#19174638 - 11/22/13 11:53 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is it possible (or likely) to get convicted for selling fake drugs? For example, can someone who is selling fake Molly pills get charged and convicted as if he was selling actual Molly pills?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: niteman]
#19259762 - 12/11/13 11:52 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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A funny example I think of is one my friend told me. She goes to a school in Texas that is not allowed to have sorority houses because of a law on the city's (I think it was just the city) books that say that any location where three or more unrelated women live together is automatically a brothel.
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Not an expert, but I wouldn't worry. The police will be more concerned with drunk drivers and public disturbances. If you're taking a taxi home, you've already shown that you're responsible enough not to drive drunk home, and unless the taxi driver is driving erratically, he won't get pulled over anyways. Just don't be a nuisance outside of the club and you'll have nothing to worry about.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Diploid]
#19385761 - 01/07/14 11:10 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Diploid said: Can employers currently discriminate against applicants and employees who use other legal recreational drugs like nicotine, caffeine, or alcohol?
I'm not sure about the rest of your questions, but I had a friend who used to work in an alcoholic rehab center. He was tested very regularly and it was explicitly clear that if any drugs or alcohol showed up on the test he would be immediately fired. I realize it is somewhat of a special case, but they were using legal drug use as a justification for firing someone.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#19417503 - 01/14/14 02:00 PM (10 years, 15 days ago) |
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In my state, I'm pretty sure landlords are required to give 24 hours notice before entering the house. Hypothetically, what if my landlord shows up unexpectedly, no one lets him in but he goes in anyways, and he happens to find something breaking the terms of a lease (pets, drugs, etc.), what protection do I have against being evicted seeing as he violated the 24 hour rule? Do I have any protection at all? Additionally, if he saw something illegal and called the police, that would be enough to get a search warrant, correct?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#19545903 - 02/09/14 10:18 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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So apparently in some states, if you think you are overdosing or are witnessing an overdose and you seek medical help you are immune from being charged with drug possession. Am I correct in that interpretation?
How long does this protection extend? Could I get charged the next day?
For instance, could they get a search warrant and search my house?
If I had enough drugs for it to be possibly considered intent to distribute, would I still be immune?
What if it clearly wasn't a life threatening overdose? Am I still immune?
I can't think of any more questions pertaining to this situation now, but I might in a little bit.
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Hey Enlil,
I have a question based on a post of yours I saw in a recent thread:
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Enlil said: Your agreement wasn't with the court...it was with the prosecutor. The court doesn't have to honor the agreement, and the prosecutor has no power to force it to.
It's like if you and I agreed that the phone company should give you a discount of ten percent. You don't think Verizon is going to honor that agreement, do you?
I believe you were referring to a plea deal. If the deal is with the prosecutor and not the court, how can the prosecutor actually promise you anything in the plea deal? Does it ever happen that someone signs guilty under a plea deal and then get completely screwed by the court later?
I feel like I must be completely misunderstanding how this works...
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#19646574 - 03/03/14 08:03 PM (9 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks Enlil. That was very informative!
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#21564485 - 04/18/15 04:43 PM (8 years, 9 months ago) |
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Let's say you agree to have a package shipped to your house for a friend who is on vacation. Assuming you never open the box, simply store it, and that the box is addressed to your friend can you be held responsible for the contents if you had no knowledge of what they were (for example your friend is receiving illegal drugs)?
As a follow up, could you make a business out of receiving and temporarily storing packages for other people? I'm assuming no.
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