Blog Posts in October, 2010
Posted on Oct 30, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel The Ohio Revised Code recognizes Affirmative Defenses to certain crimes and certain offenders. The code section is O.R.C. 2901.05(C). An Affirmative Defenses must be proven by the ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel When we are hired by a person after a felony arrest, we will immediately interview them. Sometimes we will have them interviewed up to 3 different times by 3 different members of our ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel It's legal. It causes hallucinations and increased heart rate. A year ago hospitals had never treated or heard of it. In the past 6 months, ER visits have tripled. It's ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel Many times each year we are hired by concerned, scared, and confused parents of addicted kids. It usually starts with the parents being referred to our law firm because of our vast ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel If someone you care for is in jail in Ohio, you may call our firm for assistance in having the person released. Our phones are monitored 24/7 and many times we can get someone out of ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By Will Nesbitt
By: Will Nesbitt Once charged and convicted of a criminal offense in Ohio, it is highly advised to expunge your conviction. Expungements prevent individuals requesting background checks from seeing ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel What happens when a person is charged multiple ways for the same criminal conduct? Can the person be convicted multiple times and receive multiple sentences? For example, a person is ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel In Ohio, a sentencing judge has the unique power to grant early release from prison under certain circumstances and conditions. The governing statute is Ohio Revised Code section ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Defending a person charged with Aggravated Vehicular Homicide (AVH) or Aggravated Vehicular Assault (AVA) is very time consuming and will be expensive. However, relative to what the client is facing ...
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