Police cannot randomly interrogate people or search their possessions. The Indiana Court of Appeals recently upheld a ruling of the Jay Superior Court (Portland, IN) to suppress evidence obtained during the interrogation of man ultimately charged with operating a motor vehicle while suspended for life, a Class C felony.
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International students charged with crimes face not only criminal charges, but possible removal and deportation from the United States. Certain convictions can also make them inadmissible to the U.S., even if the crime is a misdemeanor under Indiana law. International students convicted of a crime of moral turpitude with a possible penalty of one year or longer are deportable. The term “moral turpitude” does not have a precise meaning, but includes crimes that involve fraud or that create a danger to others. If an international student is charged with a crime, it is important to hire an experienced criminal attorney. It is also prudent to engage an immigration lawyer.
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Imagine getting charged with DUI after you have had three beers at a restaurant and were pulled over for having a headlight out. You feel fine and are not intoxicated. You voluntarily submit to a standard DUI investigation and take a breath test. The results show a blood alcohol content of .08 and you are arrested for DUI. Your attorney investigates the history of the breath test machine and discovers that the DUI breath test machine has been repaired ten times in the past five years and has not been properly calibrated in the last six months. You go to trial and you are confident that you will be found not guilty of DUI.
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