- Consult a Criminal Defense Lawyer Before Accepting Police Informant "Deal"
- California Appeals Court Reverses Death Sentence
- Burglary Charges Dismissed on Unlawful Patrol in Dormitory
- California Appeals Attorneys Reverse Firearm Conviction
- Vandals May Need a San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
- Restaurant Patron Charged With Felony and Jailed Over Complaint
- Your California Criminal Defense Attorney and Alternative Sentencing
- San Diego Jails
- Divorces Through Default
- Still Registering as a Sex Offender? Looking to Stop? This Three Part Series Will Discuss The Different Ways We Can Help You Get Off The Registration Rolls (Part 3)
- Still Registering as a Sex Offender? Looking to Stop? This Three Part Series Will Discuss The Different Ways We Can Help You Get Off The Registration Rolls (Part 2)
- Still Registering as a Sex Offender? Looking to Stop? This Three Part Series Will Discuss The Different Ways We Can Help You Get Off The Registration Rolls (Part 1)
- Man Freed From Prison After Faulty Conviction - Real Perpetrators Will Not Face Justice
- Conviction Reversed When Trial Court Fails to Properly Explain The Elements of The Crime of Assault to The Jury
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines no Longer Dictate What a Federal Judge Can do at Sentencing in a Federal Criminal Case
- California Prison Inmates to Get Early Release Under New Program
- Prevent the District Attorneys from Discovering Your Secrets and Strategies by Hiring Smart and Creative Lawyers
- US Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction
- California Law Bans Cell Phone Use While Driving
- When Are A Rape Victim's Prior False Allegations "False Enough"?
- Pretext Telephone Calls
- Attorney Client Privilege Under Attack
- Supreme Court Lets Child Porn Conviction Stand
- Some Crimes Cannot be Reduced to Misdemeanors
- More Hate Crme Laws Hit the Books
- Calculating Child Support
- I Want More Child Support
- Same Sex Marriage in California
- Attorneys Who Conduct Thorough Investigations Can Save You Thousands of Dollars
- The Costs of Divorce
- Want to Get Re-Married
- Defendants Have Right to Exculpatory Evidence
- Arrears
- Britney Spears is Still Unfit to Participate in Legal Proceedings
- Warrantless Search of Utah Man's Home To Be Supreme Court Case
- GPS Devices And Probation
- Making Sure Your Lawyer is Familiar with Current Law
- Exercising Your Right To Remain Silent
- Undocumented Gang Members Run Risk of Being Deported
- Phone Calls Made From San Diego Jails
- A Death Can Be Lethal
- DRUG TESTING IN FAMILY LAW MATTERS
- JUDGE THROWS OUT BREATH TEST RESULTS
- JUDGE GRANTS DEFENDANT NEW TRIAL WHEN PROSECUTION VIOLATES DEFENDANTS RIGHT BY FAILING TO TURN OVER DISCOVERY
- YOUR FELONY CASE MUST BE DISMISSED IF YOUR PRELIMINARY HEARING IS DELAYED BEYOND STATUTORY TIME PERIOD
- I Want More Child Support
- UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AGREES TO HEAR CASE THAT COULD SEVERELY LIMIT PROSECUTORIAL IMMUNITY
- COURT: SIXTH AMENDMENT GIVES DEFENDANT THE RIGHT TO HAVE JURY INFORMED OF MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE
- WHAT IS A “BUI?”
- NEW DEVICE HELPS COPS INVESTIGATE COMPUTER CRIMES
- VICTIM NEED NOT PRESENT “PROOF” OF LOSS AT RESTITUTION HEARING
- PROPOSED LAW TARGETS CRIMINAL IMMIGRANTS
- NEGLIGENT OPERATOR HEARINGS
- Wireless Telephone Laws FAQs
- POLICE SEEK CONSENT TO SEARCH HOMES
- FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS - DO I HAVE TO TAKE THEM?
- SUSPICIONLESS SEARCH OF COMPUTER HELD CONSTITUTIONAL
- DUI in California Based on "Unsafe Turning Movement"
- THE EFFECT OF EARNING CAPACITY OF AN OBLIGATING PARENT IN A CHILD SUPPORT ISSUE
- SHOPLIFT
- EMBEZZELMENT
- DUI
- BATTERY CHARGES
- "SOCK-PUPPETING" MAY LEAD TO CRIMINAL CHARGES
- US SUPREME COURT AGREES TO HEAR WARRANTLESS SEARCH CASE
- LAPD CARS TO BE OUTFITTED WITH CAMERAS
- BE SURE YOUR LAWYER IS IN FACT A LAWYER
- CHP GETS FEDERAL GRANT TO CRACKDOWN ON DUI DRIVERS WITH ARREST WARRANTS
- SEX OFFENDERS AND MYSPACE
- CA LEGISLATURE: TIME CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT ON CLOSING TIME, MAYBE?!?!?
- THERE IS NO PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET
- COURT: BREATH TESTS ADMISSIBLE
- WHAT YOU SAY CAN COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU
- IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CASES
- NEWS FLASH: COPS TAPE RECORD JAIL CELLS
- WHAT’S THAT LEPRECHAUN GOT IN HIS PIPE ANYWAY?
- 26 YEAR SECRET KEEPS INNOCENT MAN IN PRISON
- MOUTH ALCOHOL SENSORS IN BREATH TESTS DETERMINED TO BE UNRELIABLE
- SEAL YOUR JUVENILE RECORD
- SOCIAL SECURITY STOPPED BECAUSE OF AN ARREST WARRANT IN SAN DIEGO
- UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
- US SUPREME COURT HEARS SECOND AMENDMENT CASE
- A Miscalculation That Will Cost You Time In Prison
- ON PROBATION FOR A DUI?
- To waive, or not to waive time, that is the question!
- THE DEATH OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER
- WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
- Smoking weed with your kid brother or sister could land you 3 years in jail!!!!
- PUT OUT THAT CIGARETTE AND DRIVE
- POLICE OFFICERS BARRED FROM SEARCHING THE RESIDENCE OF A PERSON THAT THEY SEE SMOKING MARIJUANA
- People v. Merlen, CA 3rd district, Case No. C051678, unpublished opinion has very good material regarding expert testimony re use of ambient and DUI.
- BE CAREFUL WHO YOU HIRE AS YOUR LAWYER - HE MAY NOT BE A LAWYER AT ALL
- NO MORE AUTOMATIC EXPUNGEMENTS FOR DUI AND OTHER DRIVING CASES
- NEW LAW PROHIBITS SALE OF INFORMATION
- INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC HOLDS IN CALIFORNIA
- HANG UP AND DRIVE – PART II
- HANG UP AND DRIVE
- KEVIN FEDERLINE USES POLICE INTERVENTION TO ENFORCE THE COURT ORDERED CUSTODY ARRANGEMENT:
- Keep out of Jail in Orange County: DUI Court
- CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY DISBARRED FOR FAILURE TO PROPERLY REPRESENT DEFENDANT IN HIS ROBBERY TRIAL RESULTING IN HIS CONVICTION
- Cops Aren't Always Right
- Too Many Points for San Diego DMV
- I Want to Own a Handgun
- BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU KICK OR YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF GUILTY OF FELONY BURGLARY
- AM I ELIGIBLE FOR PC 1000?
- What Happens When a Juvenile is Arrested in San Diego County?
- Did you know your license was suspended?
- SAN DIEGO ARREST WARRANTS
- JAIL IN SAN DIEGO
- THINK "SCIENTIFIC" EVIDENCE IS ROCK SOLID AND UNIMPEACHABLE?
- RECENT "SPIKE" IN "HOMELESS" PAROLED SEX OFFENDERS
- IF YOU LIE TO THE POLICE FOR A LOVED ONE, YOU CAN END UP IN JAIL
- DEATH PENALTY LIKELY TO BE ABOLISHED
- DUI CHARGES DISMISSED FOR DEFENDANT ILLEGALLY STOPPED
- WHERE DID YOU HAVE YOUR LAST DRINK?
- STATUTORY RAPE LAWS
- “PRESSURED” TO CONVICT?
- Avoiding INS Holds And Jail Time
- YOUR VERY OWN PERSONAL LAWYER
- Did the DMV Take Away Your License After You Had a Seizure?
- CRIMNIAL DEFENSE LAWYER SENTENCED
- THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY YOU SELECT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JAIL AND FREEDOM
- ARE YOU A MARINE OR NAVY OFFICER CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
- Drive Drunk, But Drive Well
- JUVENILES CHARGED WITH CHILD MOLESTATION
- JUVENILE CASES AND DEFERRED ENTRY OF JUDGMENT (W&I 790 PROBATION) VS. INFORMAL PROBATION (W&I 654)
- You cannot appeal your criminal case if you pled guilty without a certificate of probable cause
- IF YOU EVEN THINK YOU ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR A CRIME...
- INTERNET SEX CRIMES
- Watch What You Say – You could be charged for a felony terrorist threat crime
- DO YOU HAVE A WARRANT?
- What do I do if I was involved in a “Hit and Run”?
- Going Up Against the Prosecutor
- IS YOUR LAWYER DOING A GOOD JOB REPRESENTING YOU?
- TOO MANY POINTS AND DMV-NEGLIGENT OPERATOR SUPSENSION
- BUSTED FOR MARIJUANA?
- Can I really go to jail for forgetting to finish my class, community service, or making payments on time?
- Mass Exit Out of Federal Prison
- Tracking for Sex Offenders
- Should I Plead Guilty to a DUI?
- SHOULD I APPEAL?
- BEWARE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE DEPORTED -IMMIGRATION OFFICERS ARE ARRESTING ILLEGAL ALIENS IN MASS SWEEPS
- Obtaining a Temporary Restraining Order
- PROBATION VIOLATIONS
- California “Cracking Down” on DUI’s
- Increased DUI Enforcement and Drunk Driving Incidents a Significant Part of the Holidays
- CLEANING UP YOUR RECORD
- I’m out on bail, and was arrested again, should I be Worried?
- WAS A PROTECTIVE ORDER ISSUED AFTER YOUR ARRAIGNMENT?
- How do I know whether or not I should take my case to trial?
- Should I cooperate with the police?
- DUI on a Bicycle?
- Do Not Adopt a Nonchalant Attitude Toward Your Criminal Case
- GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER VETOES NEW LAWS THAT WOULD HAVE PROTECTED PEOPLE WRONGFULLY ACCUSED OF A CRIME
- TRUE AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
- Hello World!
- “Statutory Rape” Law in California
- Resisting and Evading Arrest
- The District Attorney and reports on your criminal case.
- DEFENDING PERSONS ACCUSED OF SEX CRIMES
- “I will only marry you if we get a Prenup”
- LIMITED SCOPE REPRESENTATION
- DNA EVIDENCE MAY HELP OVERTURN YOUR CONVICTION
- IF YOU WANT TO WIN YOUR CASE, DO NOT TALK TO THE COPS
- Don’t Get Zapped By Trial Preparation
- STOP REGISTERING AS A SEX OFFENDER!
- Public Defender vs. Private Attorney
- IF YOUR LAWYER KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING, YOU CAN REMOVE A JUDGE FROM YOUR CASE
- There must be an adequate factual basis in the record to accept a plea
- Entrapment
- Recent Court Decision Makes Changes in DUI Cases
- Wrongfully imprisoned? You may sue the state
- OUT OF STATE SEX OFFENDERS AND SEX CRIME REGISTRATION IN CALIFORNIA
- Sometimes you can beat a case even though it is old
- Merely Misrepresenting Your Identity is not a Crime
- IF YOU HAVE TO DO JAIL TIME DO IT IN STYLE AT A PRIVATE JAIL
- Limiting Visitation of a Juvenile Offender is Unconstitutional
- Don’t Let the Judge Make You Pay for “Legal Assistant” Fees In Error
- Wrongfully convicted wants FBI analyst fired
- A Prior Juvenile Conviction Could Lead to More Jail Time
- SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION – WHAT A MESS!
- SEIZURE OF CARS BY LOCAL CITY ORDINANCES HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
- Death Penalty Investigator Sentenced to Five Years
- THAT’S NOT MY SIGNATURE! SOMEONE STOLE MY IDENTITY!
- TAKING BLOOD BY FORCE:
- Curfew laws in California
- Firearms and minors in California
- Suspended or expelled from school for a weapon?
- Are you facing a felony probation violation? If so, it is still possible to stay out of prison.
- Lawyer found not guilty for carrying drugs into jail while visiting his client who was accused of a drug offense
- What Exactly Is a DUI?
- UNLAWFUL ADMISSION OF TESTIMONY LEADS TO REVERSAL OF CONVICTION ON APPEAL BY FEDERAL COURT EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THE CALIFORNIA COURTS TURNED DOWN THE APPEAL, FEDERAL COURT GRANTS NEW TRIAL AFTER WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FILED
- No One is Immune to a DUI
- If I have a high Blood Alcohol Content level, should I plead guilty?
- Enforcing out of state child support obligation:
- Clean up your Record
- WHEN YOU ARE AFRAID TO ASK YOUR LAWYER A QUESTION, IT IS TIME TO CHANGE LAWYERS
- When you are Arrested
- Why should I pay for a lawyer when the public defender will handle my case for free?
- YOU HAVE TOO MUCH AT STAKE TO NOT SEEK A SECOND OPINION ON YOUR CASE
- Clients Represented by Court Appointed Lawyers Do More Jail Time
- Six Million Dollar Heroin Arrest Dismissed for Failure to Get Search Warrant
- Can I Win a New Trial if My Lawyer Was Incompetent and Failed to Call Witnesses in My Defense?
- SEX CRIMES AND VIDEOTAPE
- Hire a Trial Lawyer — Not Just a Family Lawyer
- 3 STRIKES MEANS 25 TO LIFE IN CALIFORNIA
- Can Your Felony Sentence Be Reduced Due to New Supreme Court Decisions?
- Just Because the Police Find Drugs in Your Room Does Not Mean That Your Are Guilty of Drug Possession
- HOW EASY SHOULD IT BE FOR YOUR UNCLE (YOUR UNCLE SAM THAT IS) TO SNOOP THROUGH YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT?
- US SUPREME COURT: “JUST SAY ‘NO’” TO “BONG HITS 4 JESUS”
- How does California feel about Dog Fighting?
- A Key Witness Leads to Court Victory
- A District Attorney’s Failure to Turn over a Tape to the Defense Results in a Murder Conviction Being Overturned
- Investigation Is the Key to Success in Most Criminal Cases – Who You Have as Your Lawyer Can Make the Difference
- When Is an Accused Entitled by Law to a Lawyer?
- WHAT YOUN NEED TO KNOW IF YOU ARE FACING A PAROLE VIOLATION - YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HIRE YOUR OWN LAWYER
- WHAT DO I DO IF I AM ACCUSED OF STATUTORY RAPE OR UNLAWFUL SEX WITH A MINOR?
- WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I AM ACCUSED OF MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL? (MIP)
- PROPOSITON 21 - DA DIRECT FILING CASES
- Racial Profiling in the Buena Park Police Department
- Can a father of a child get custody when he has never been married to the mother of the child?
- What Kinds of Crimes Can Be Committed On The INTERNET?
- The Dangers of the Internet to Minors and Online Predators
- PROTECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS WHEN YOU ARE FACING A PROBATION OR PAROLE VIOLATION
- Get A Loved One Out of Jail…File A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS:
- Depositions:
- What if the Court Makes an Order and Nobody Knows it?
- FIREARMS AND THE LAW
- The Importance of Seeing a Case Through to the End
- Probation Does Not Give You a Free Pass
- Are you a registered sex offender?
- I Do Not Want to Go To Jail
- Anatomy of a Criminal Case
- When can officers STOP AND FRISK?
- When Should The Police Read Me My Miranda Rights?
- WHERE YOU DO THE CRIME WILL LIKELY DETERMINE IF YOU DO THE JAIL TIME!!!
- EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT
- Modification of Custody and Support Award
- A Way Out For Shoplifters
- US SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN PART OF CALIFORNIA SENTENCING LAW
- Diversion of Drug Offenses Coupled with DUI
- GUARDIANSHIP CASES
- Day in the Life of a Lawyer
- Move Away Cases and Children
- CAN I BE LIKE PARIS HILTON AND DO MY JAIL TIME AT HOME?
- JUST SAY NO TO SEARCHES
- “I WANT TO MOVE AWAY WITH MY CHILD BUT MY EX WON'T LET ME – WHAT CAN I DO!?!”
- Moving Away with Your Child While Divorce is Pending
- “How does DMV suspend thee? Let me count the ways.”
- What is Community Property?
- CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SUSPENSION
- Lowe Decision Has Negative Impact on Speedy Trial Rights
- MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL
- Arrested for DUI? - Be Prepared
- UNDERSTANDING YOUR APPEAL
- Underage Drinking and Parties
- Setting Aside a Judgment or Order
- Asking the Court to Allow You to Move Away from Area with Your Child
- Divorce: A Sentence (or Lottery) of Lifetime Spousal Support?
- Officer’s Must Use “Common Sense” on Vehicle Impounds
- DUI LAW CHANGES AS OF 1/1/05
- Search and Seizure - Cell Phone Records
- ORANGE COUNTY NEW DUI COURT
- Saving Your License After a DUI
- Child Custody - Clearing up the Confusion
- Maintaining Your Driving Privilege - Part 3
- LAWSUITS CHALLENGE LAPD IMMIGRATION POLICY
- Maintaining Your Driving Privlege - Part 2
- Maintaining Your Driving Privilege - Actions To Avoid
- Dismissal Under 1203.4 of the California Penal Code
- DUI Arrest - Do you really NEED a lawyer?
- Summary Dissolution of Marriage
- Police Acting as La Migra?
- Prop 36: Does it Give Offenders a Free Pass?
- Medical Marijuana Use - Legal or Not?
- Proposition 83 - Residency Restrictions
- BUI: What You Need to Know about Biking Under the Influence
- THINK BEFORE YOU CALL “911”
- WHAT IS AN “AV-RATED” LAW FIRM ANYWAY?
- Does the Second Amendment protect an individual’s right to own and possess a firearm?
- Start Out Christmas Shopping…End Up in Jail?
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