If you have been charged with a first time felony or misdemeanor in Louisiana, you should try to have your attorney enter your plea under articles 893 / 894 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure. Article 893 is for felony pleas and 894 is for misdemeanor plea agreements. The importance of the 893 / [...]
The majority of criminal charges that can be expunged in Mississippi are misdemeanors. I recently wrote about the new Mississippi felony expungement law which now allows six felony convictions to be expunged for first time offenders– shoplifting, malicious mischief, possession of controlled substances including marijuana or drug paraphernalia, larceny, bad checks and false pretense. However, [...]
I get calls everyday from people asking about criminal assault charges, so I would like to answer the questions I hear most frequently about simple assault, aggravated assault, domestic abuse, misdemeanor assault and felony assault in Mississippi. What is the difference between simple assault and aggravated assault? Simple assault is causing bodily injury without using [...]
Mississippi has just made a change in the state’s expungement laws that can benefit first time offenders convicted of certain felonies. As of July 1 2010, persons convicted of one of the following crimes are now eligible to file a motion to expunge: passing a bad check, possession of controlled substances including marijuana or drug [...]