An indigent defendant is someone charged with a crime who is financially unable to hire an attorney. The Public Defender represents indigent defendants.

The party who is sued in a civil lawsuit or in a criminal prosecution, the party who is charged with a crime. In a divorce, a defendant may also be called a respondent. See similar questions...

No, only the Sheriff's Office is allowed to remove and levy on property pursuant to a court order. The Sheriff's Office, acting as the intermediary party in the action, seizes and removes the property and protects the property until disposed at a Sheriff's sale. See similar questions...

Other than the family, there are veteran, union, and other organizational benefits to pay for funerals, most funeral directors are aware of the various benefits and know how to obtain them. See similar questions...

Yes. In cases where requests for records are in a medium not routinely used by the agency and requiring a substantial amount of manipulation or programming of information technology, the agency may charge, in addition to the cost of duplication, a specials reasonable charge related to its cost of making the copy. You have the right under OPRA to appeal the custodian's denial of your request either to the Government Records Council or the Superior Court. Yes. See similar questions...

Other than the family, there are veteran, union, and other organizational benefits to pay for funerals, including, in certain instances, a lump sum death payment from Social Security. In most states, some form of public aid allowances are available from either the state, county, or city or a combination. Most funeral directors are aware of the various benefits and know how to obtain them for the indigent. See similar questions...

The Court has forms which you should fill out before you leave. Nothing further is required at this time. You will be receiving a "default notice" by mail, as will the defendant. If the latter does not move to timely remove said default, the Clerk's Office may be contacted relative to your further post-judgment options. See similar questions...

If the defendant does not show up in court to defend himself/herself, then the judge will most likely rule in favor of the plaintiff. The term for this type of judgment is called a "default judgment" and is as good as getting a regular judgment. If the plaintiff fails to show, the judge will most likely dismiss the case. See similar questions...

Your complaint will be sent to the defendant by certified mail. If the post office return indicates that the service is not perfected, you must make other arraignments to serve the defendant, depending upon the reason that the service is not good. See similar questions...

Contact 911 immediately and report it. Fill out a statement about what occurred. After the law enforcement officer has taken your report, notify your prosecutor. It is against the law to threaten, harass or intimidate any witness, with the purpose of affecting the court proceedings. See similar questions...

When anything is changed in a name record, such as the defendant's height or weight, a new record is created. Also, some people use alias names and dates of birth. When different names and/or dates of birth are listed under one SPN, Harris County has determined that all the records belong to the same person. See similar questions...

Environmental Crimes Lawyer Walter James answers this age-old defense question in his latest post. He ends by commenting that this is for one particular case, and that the decision must be made on a case by case basis. Facts which made this particular decision easier: The three remaining individual defendants all possessed college degrees or the equivalent of a college degree, all were very articulate, none had any prior convictions and all had impeccable character. See similar questions...

Cases must first be accused by the Solicitor General's Office, then filed in the Criminal Division of the State Court Clerk's Office. After cases are filed, docketed, given computer generated accusation numbers and computer generated judge assignments, they are processed, routed to the respective Judges' judicial case managers, then scheduled for court hearings. Notices to defendants are mailed two to three weeks prior to court dates by the Judges' Judicial Case Managers. See similar questions...