Category Archives: Defenses to Crimes

  Being arrested is an awful process! It’s scary and frustrating, and you often feel helpless. Being put in the back of a police car, stripped and searched, photographed and fingerprinted and made to wear that humiliating orange jumpsuit, all adds up to a wretched experience that no one enjoys or wants to repeat. However, […]

  A new piece of legislation in Michigan has been signed into law here in Michigan, which addresses the issue of victim impact statements. Up until now, while victims of crimes were allowed to make victim impact statements to the court, the convicted defendant has not been required to listen to their statement. (Unless being […]

  Our criminal defense lawyers get asked this question relatively regularly, about why anyone would need to have a psychological evaluation done before going to trial. It’s actually an interesting subject, and so we’ve decided to explain to our readers in the hopes that it answers a few of your questions, and maybe clears up […]

  That may seem like strange question to ask. In fact, many of you might never even have stopped to consider it before (and why should you have?) After all, it isn’t every day that most people in Michigan drive rental cars. And it’s not often that the average rental car driver encounters the police […]

  Welcome back, and thanks for joining us here at The Kronzek Firm for our continuing discussion on consumer DNA testing. As we shared with you in the previous article, the man believed to be the Golden State Killer was apprehended recently as a result of a DNA test done by a distant relative of […]

  When people think about losing their jobs as a result of arrest, they often assume it’s because being in jail means they can’t work. After all, that’s how it happens in most cases. If you suddenly stop coming to work (because you’re stuck at the local county jail and can’t make bail) your boss […]

This is a subject we’ve addressed before, and will probably have to talk about again in the future – the issue of getting legal advice from questionable sources. Why? Because it’s a serious issue that doesn’t show any signs of getting better any time soon. And what exactly do we mean by that? Well, people […]

  We live in a society that champions the DIY approach for just about everything. You only have to spend five minutes on Pinterest to find recipes for everything from homemade laundry detergent and sunblock, to instructions on how to build your own dining room table and weave your own hammock. While this wonderful variety […]

  Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on arrest warrants in Michigan. In the previous article we discussed the types of warrants that exist here in Michigan, and what it means when there’s a warrant out for your arrest. If you’re just joining us now we recommend you take a […]

Wondering if there’s a warrant out for your arrest is something that many of us Michigan residents have worried about at one time or another. It isn’t a good feeling, and it can add a lot of stress to life’s daily activities. Added to that is the confusion that comes from not really understanding how […]