When a family member or close friend gets arrested, your first thought may be to pay the bond requir...
Trial by Jury in Tennessee
As a defendant in a criminal prosecution you (in consultation with your attorney) will need to make ...
What You Need to Know about Sentencing in a Tennessee Criminal Case
If you have been charged with a crime, your goal is undoubtedly to avoid a conviction; however, some...
Helping Your Criminal Defense Lawyer — 5 Things You Can Do
If you are the defendant in a criminal prosecution, your criminal defense attorney is your lifeline....
Should I Tell My Criminal Defense Attorney Everything?
If you were recently arrested and charged with a crime, you were undoubtedly advised to hire an expe...
What You Need to Know about DNA Evidence in a Criminal Case
If you are the defendant in a criminal prosecution, one type of evidence the State may try and use a...
Excluding Evidence in a Criminal Case
For the State to obtain a conviction in a criminal prosecution the prosecuting attorney must ...
What You Need to Know about an Order of Protection in Tennessee
If you were recently served with an Order of Protection, or a court ordered one as part of a pending...
The Search Warrant Requirement and What It Means in a Criminal Case
In the United States, the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects against unreasonable searc...
What Is Identity Theft?
It wasn’t that long ago that you could easily abandon your true identity and “adopt” someone e...