What Exactly is an “Expungement” in Michigan?
In the last year, there has been a lot of “buzz” about expungement of criminal records in Michigan. In 2020, Michigan passed a series of “clean-slate” initiatives which expanded eligibility for people to seek expungements, and in m...
What is the difference between a “CCW” and a “CPL” in Michigan?
Many Michigan residents are proud gun owners. People use and rely on guns for a wide range of recreation, hunting, and protection purposes. However, these same Michigan residents often get into serious legal trouble when they transport or carry those guns...
What Exactly is “Cross-Examination?”
Every day, in courtrooms throughout Michigan (and even on Zoom screens during the COVID pandemic), cases are won or lost based on the effective or ineffective cross-examination of witnesses. What is cross-examination? It is the questioning of ...
How Do I Find a Good Criminal Attorney?
The criminal justice “freight train” may have slowed down for the COVID-19 health pandemic, but it hasn’t stopped. Police are still pulling people over and arresting them; prosecutors are still charging people with misdemeanor and...
Can I Still Have a Criminal Trial During a Pandemic?
Courts in Washtenaw County and throughout Southeastern Michigan had to reinvent themselves and figure out how to handle busy criminal dockets despite a health pandemic and various governmental shutdowns. Courts couldn’t simply cancel criminal docket...
What is "Probable Cause Conference" (or "PCC") in Michigan?
When a person is charged with a felony offense in Washtenaw County or throughout Michigan, he or she often receives a court notice for a “Probable Cause Conference,” or PCC . While some appearances are obvious just by their titles (i.e.,...
Criminal Sexual Conduct - Felony Defense Attorney in Ann Arbor
Charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct in Michigan? You need an experienced felony defense attorney. Aside from a murder charge, being accused of rape is the most serious charge a person faces in Michigan—let alone any state. Not only might the ...
17-Year-Olds Now Classified as Juveniles in MI
MICHIGAN FINALLY DECLARES 17-YEAR-OLDS AS JUVENILES FOR CRIMINAL CHARGE DESIGNATION Parents are always shocked, angry and dumbfounded when they find out that their 17-year-old child is an adult for criminal justice purposes in Michigan. After all, t...
Ann Arbor Criminal Defense Attorney
Daniel T. Geherin, founder and principal attorney at Geherin Law Group, PLLC (GLGMichigan) in Ann Arbor, has been immersed in the criminal justice system since 1995. In the 1980’s, Dan read the books “ Helter Skelter ” and “ The Michigan Murders ,...
Embezzlement Charges in Michigan
A store employee is fired for allegedly taking $50 out of the cash register. A high-level business executive is alleged to have “skimmed” from his company for years, to the tune of $800,000.00. A volunteer for a youth baseball/soft...