A bench trial is a trial in which a judge and not a jury decides whether a person is innocent or guilty. Jury Trial v. Bench Trial In general, most trials are jury trials. In misdemeanor cases, a jury is made up of 6 people. In felony cases, a jury […]

The police will often find drugs on a person but won’t see them in the act of selling the drugs. You can still be charged with a crime called possession with intent to deliver (sell) those drugs. What does possession with intent to deliver mean? Possession with intent to deliver […]

There are several common questions I get when called about a criminal matter. I’ll try to address them with my standard answers here. How Much Does it Cost to Retain You? People often ask me what my rate or retainer is. The answer is that I don’t have a set […]

A new proposed Michigan law would make it a crime to sell nitrous oxide gas to someone for the purpose of getting high. The law was introduced as a House Bill. The actual language is sale of nitrous oxide “for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, euphoria, excitement, […]

In the Court of Appeals case of People v. Gary, the Court analyzed whether a defendant should have been assessed offense variable 1 and 2 points for aggravated use of a weapon and the lethal potential of a weapon possessed or used. The alleged weapon in this case discussed by […]