You may have heard that public drunkenness is illegal, but this sounds somewhat confusing. Aren't people drunk in public quite frequently? What about people who are leaving a sporting event or a concert? They've clearly been consuming alcohol, but it's not illegal for...
Both counterfeiting and forgery seem like crimes from days of old. Most people envision forging or counterfeiting valuable paintings or American currency. However, forgery is essentially the criminal falsification, making of or altering of any instrument with the...
Probable cause refers to the quality and quantity of information that police need to carry out certain actions. If probable cause is missing or not sufficient, then evidence or testimony that has been collected could be thrown out of court. This means that police...