Criminal
What are the penalties for second degree rape and sexual battery in North Carolina?
What is the penalty for second degree rape and sexual battery in North Carolina?
What distinguishes rape from gross sexual imposition?
What is the difference between rape and gross sexual imposition?
What does misdemeanor mean in legal terms?
What is a misdemeanor?
How can an inmate declare indigency to obtain trial transcripts?
How does an inmate declare indigency for the purposes of getting transcripts of his trial? We are being quoted almost $700 for just the motion hearing transcript. His attorney abandoned him after the trial and we are trying to get another attorney but he needs the transcripts to evaluate the case. We have been told and the law declares that if the person is indigent, they are entitled to one copy of the transcript free.
Is child or wife abandonment punishable by law?
Is abandoning a child and/or wife punishable by law? If so, what is the punishment?