Criminal

I had a DUI arrest in 1983. That record was subsequently expunged in 1997. A client who is trying to discredit me, got a copy of the arrest and expungement for her own personal interest and disclosed that information in open family court. She works for the sheriffs department as a clerical person and her sister in law is head of the court records department.I am quite sure this information was obtained in violation of some law. Am I correct?

I was convicted for a DWI in Jefferson Parish in the year 2002. (Before Hurricane Katrina). My sentence was I was to be put on probation for 6 months, perform 32 hours of community service, pay $20.00 per month probation fee totaling $120.00, sentenced to driving school, substance abuse class, abuse evaluation,and was ordered to pay First Parish Court a total of $521.50. At that particular time in my life, I really didn't care if any of it got done. The only things that were done by me were, I attended and finished the defensive driving course, I completed 1 day of my community service, had one visit with the court mandated Social Worker, and one visit with my probation officer. I plead article 894 at the time of my arraignment. I did not do any of the remaining court mandated sentence. I didn't pay any probation fines, did not complete the other 3 days of community service, did not pay any fines to the court, did not attend the individual counseling sessions required to the Social Worker or enroll or visit an outpatient addictive disorders clinic. In other words, I did not do almost all of what I was sentenced to do. I do have a valid driver's license b/c this charge does not show on DMV records along with the other ticket that I received, which was reckless operation of a moving vehicle. I've since moved out of the New Orleans area, gotten married, have a 5 yr old, and am back in college pursuing my Criminal Justice degree. The question I have is, Is there a maximum length of time that this charge stays in the system even though my terms weren't met? Or will this charge follow me until I get it cleared up with the appropriate court? I've been stopped several times in the last 6 years and when my name was run, no warrants were issued. I guess what I need to know is, Is there a statute of limitations on this charge? I just need to know if it's still on my record, b/c sometime in the near future this could hinder employment opportunities, and if so, I need to get it cleared up. Also, I don't know if there were any mitigating circumstances surrounding my case b/c the offense did occur before Hurricane Katrina and I don't know what, if any, information may have been lost in Jefferson Parish at that time. I would appreciate all the help that you can give me.

If someone other then the police collect evidence, would that fall under tainted evidence and also under the fruit of the poison tree?

Me, my boyfriend, my sisters sons father, and my best friends daughters father were arrested a fifth person was found with 32 bags of crack on him. We were all charged with 220.16 b felonies there was a search warrant for my best friends house. There was no drugs found on us but we were all charged with possession of it. They have $35,000 bail. Our court date is October 23. Is this legal and will they be released?

I purchased something on eBay for $250. and the person used the us postal service to facilitate the transaction that was theft by deception and did not receive anything. What type of penalty will this person get?