When a potential client calls our firm and tells us that they are charged with a criminal offense, one the first things we generally ask them is whether they are charged in state or federal court. There have been several instances where we have represented two individuals at the same time who are charged with similar offenses but one has been charged in federal court and one has been charged in state court. Indeed, this has happened several times where we have simultaneously been representing two...

The Department of Corrections is part of a criminal justice system that includes hundreds of city, county, state and federal agencies. They include: Police Departments Sheriff’s Departments Prosecutors Defense Attorneys Superior Courts County Jails State Prisons Most criminal acts are never handled through the criminal justice process because they are not reported. In 200