LEGAL FAQ VIDEOS
Your Legal Questions Answered
On this page, you will find a series of short videos in which we answer our clients’ most common questions. Curious about something we didn’t discuss here or need a more in-depth understanding of one of these subjects? We encourage you to contact us or more information.
 Certainly that depends on the circumstances. If the police are asking to search your home or your property there’s one reason that they’re asking and that’s because they do not have a search warrant or the legal authority to do it so they’re asking you … |
If you’re convicted of a crime and your employer does a background check then it’s a public record and your employer will see it. In addition to not even being convicted of a crime, just being arrested and charged with a crime if your employer looks th … |
If you’re charged with domestic violence and the case is pending then legally you’re presumed innocent. The state has the burden of proof, in other words, the state has to bring in witnesses which is usually going to be your boyfriend, girlfriend, or y … |
If you’re facing serious criminal charges, the trial process begins after you’re released on bond. You have an initial appearance where you have to appear in court essentially to show that you have a lawyer. If we represent you, we get you excused from … |
I think that you have to follow your gut instinct on that. Certainly if you know that your neighbors house was burglarized and the police come over and they are asking you questions and saying, did you see anybody or did you see a suspicious vehicle ov … |
If you’re found innocent, and the legal term is not guilty, if you’re found not guilty of a crime you have an absolute right to have your record cleared; it supposed to happen automatically. However, there are a lot of cases going through the system, t … |
If it’s a serious felony-type crime, essentially what happens is upon arrest and bond hearing you’re given two court dates to come back for court. Those are 45 days from arrest to about 90 days after arrest. Also, if you request a preliminary hearing, … |
April, 2015 In Myrtle Beach, in the Myrtle Beach area there are two schools; there’s a technical college and there’s also Coastal Carolina University which has about 10,000 students. We’ve represented many people who attended Coastal and were full-time students. P … |
Generally speaking if the police are asking for permission to search they’re asking you to agree to it and if they’re asking you to agree to it’s because they do not have a search warrant. If the police have a search warrant they are not going to ask p … |
Arrests are public information and that comes from the history of an arrest warrant, bond form and these things were actually filed, and still are filed, with the clerk of court. And you even have a situation where in many instances your full name, dat … |
