A discussion of the offense of public intoxication in New Orleans Municipal Court, and whether you will get arrested or get a summons to appear.

In Louisiana there are several ways to go about being released on bond: You can post the entire amount of the bond in cash with the court. This, not surprisingly, is know as a CASH BOND. At the conclusion of the case, you will have the entire amount of the bond you posted refunded to you. [...]

In almost all misdemeanor, municipal and traffic cases I can represent a client in his or her absence (“in absentia”). This means that out-of-state clients who have an ongoing case in Louisiana may, if they desire, return to their home leaving the defense of their case to me. There is a negligible additional fee involved in representing a client in absentia.

A felony is a crime that is punishable by imprisonment of more than one year. Generally speaking, felonies are the most serious crimes, such as those that are either particularly heinous, involve dangerous weapons or threaten relatively high amounts of financial damage or harm to property. Additionally most drug possession cases are classified as felonies.