Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

“Will my son have to go to jail for this?” “My daughter’s too young to be behind bars! Can’t you do something to keep her out?” “Isn’t there some kind of program the court offers to juveniles?” When their children get into trouble with the law, most of us parents are concerned about what happens […]

Although the weather is still pretty darn cold outside, the calendar says we’re hovering on Spring’s doorstep. Yes, it’s that time of year again – the season of March madness, Irish drinking songs and that most revered of college break periods. You guessed it…. the NCAA, St Patrick’s day, and spring break, all rolled into […]

Hi there, remember us from the previous article on how your smartphone knows more about you than your best friend? (Don’t worry, if you’ve forgotten you can always check your phone – it never forgets anything!) And now that you’ve had your memory jogged a little, do you recall the fact that current U.S. federal […]

Michigan people joke that their smartphones are smarter than them. That they wouldn’t be able to remember important dates (like their anniversary) if it weren’t for their phones. Or that if they didn’t have their cell phones handy they’ve get lost the moment they left homes. And there’s a lot of truth to those statements. […]

Hi there, thanks for joining us again for this talk on legalized marijuana in Michigan, and whether or not using CBD oil can cause you to fail a drug test and end up in trouble with the court. As we explained in the previous article (where we left you with something of a cliff-hanger – […]

Now that recreational weed is legal in Michigan, the sky’s the limit for people who want to get high without fearing that dreaded cop-knock on their door. (Keep in mind that marijuana is still not legal under the federal law.)  Or so it seems. Because while it may be legal to smoke pot and use […]

Welcome back. We’ve been talking about oh-so-prickly subject civil asset forfeiture, and how a recent Supreme Court ruling is set to potentially upset the apple cart when it comes to future cases around the nation. In the previous article we looked at the case of Tyson Timbs from Indiana, who used life insurance proceeds to […]

The cops take your stuff and never give it back, but you’re never convicted of a crime. Sounds like something out of a dystopian movie that ripped off George Orwell’s Animal Farm. But it isn’t. Horrifyingly, it’s actually a description of civil asset forfeiture. This is a very real issue we face right here in […]

Welcome back and thanks for deciding to join us here for this discussion on the new pilot program for bail in Michigan. Setting bail and setting bond mean the same thing. If you’re just finding this article now, but missed the first one where we explain the interesting new program five Michigan courts are participating […]

Posting bail is an important issue that has to be considered if you ever get arrested. Is bail available to you? Can you afford it? Should you spend the money? Here in Michigan, for many years, the system of deciding bail was very complex, but the Michigan Supreme Court has recently launched a pretrial pilot […]