Criminal Law is the name given to the branch of law that governs an individual's relationship to the state. It includes the definitions of criminal offenses, which are usually established by Congress or state legislatures. The term "criminal law" also encompasses the rights of an accused and the criminal process, including arrest, arraignment, grand juries, pleas, discovery, pretrial hearings, trials, jury selection, evidence, motions, and posttrial remedies. The main purpose of the criminal law is to set forth the punishment for criminal offenses. In order to prove any crime, no matter how serious, the prosecutor must prove that the accused committed a guilty act with a guilty mind beyond a reasonable doubt. Please read on to find a criminal defense attorney, criminal lawyer, criminal attorney or to learn more about criminal law.

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Ask a Lawyer - Criminal Law questions answered by leading lawyers In the state of iowa what happens if you brake a no contact order? I have a no contact order on my ex for a domistic assult with intent from back in 2009 and good til 2014. He just got visits of out son everyother weekend for an hour. His first visit was the 14th and he gave a letter to my fiance to give me. My fiace is in the court order to be there to supervise the visit. My 18 yr old daughter, in high school was ticket/arrested for a 488 PC petty Theft in Temecula Ca.. her question, "guilty" and hope for it to be a misdemeanor? no contest and hope for it to be an infraction? she is young and don''t want it to effect her future employments Could someone get bond out on and Felony charge and be order to court? Especially if there Failure t My Husband received a letter from the law office of Michael Ira Asen p.c in New York. What can be d In the letter he is accused of shoplifting at a store in Peru, IL. However, we have never been to Illinois let alone Peru Illinois. Nor do we live any where near there. We live in Orlando, Fl. The day in question that they say the shoplifting took place my husband was at work here in Orlando. The letter is demanding that we pay $300.00 for this, and if we don''t pay supposedly we can be taken to court. We have called them and they have not returned out call. What should we do about this? I want to know if I am entitled to legal recourse as the result of possible damages (brain) arising I was the victim of assault & battery approximately 6 months ago. I never filed a report with the police, however I now believe I may have suffered brain damage (the right side of my skull has indentations in it) from the incident. I don''t have medical insurance and have never had a CT scan or MRI, however I feel in light of the discovery of skull damage and the possiblity of brain damage that I may have legal recourse to charge the offender and have him be legally responsible for any cost arising out of treatment. My question is, do I? I have not tried anything as of yet, nor have I attempted to obtain any concrete evidence of damage. I failed to file a report (the police were called to the house, but I was at that point in bed and hurt) and so I am unsure if I still have a case. The only favourable circumstance was that there were many witnesses during the incident who I believe would testify if asked to. view more...