California Appeals: Making the Right Objections in Court
California Appeals: Making the Right Objections in Court
What Happens If My Criminal Defense Attorney Does Not Make the Right Objections During Trial? In a criminal trial, the district attorney may introduce evidence against a defendant that the jury should not consider. If the defendant is not represented by a skilled criminal defense attorney in California, the prosecution may be successful in introducing this evidence. If this happens, there is not much the defendant can do about it,…
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California Home Detention Qualifications
Can my Criminal Defense Attorney Help me Serve my Jail Time in Home Detention? The answer to this will depend on whether you make the sound decision to retain the legal services of a knowledgeable, reputable and experienced criminal defense attorney in California at Wallin and Klarich. Voluntary Home Detention Programs are generally available to low-risk defendants committed to jail, or defendants participating in a work furlough program. These defendants…
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Immigration Consequences of a Convicted Crime in California
What Happens If I Plead Guilty To A Crime And I'm An Immigrant? Can My Status Be Revoked? Do I Need A Criminal Defense Attorney? If you have been charged with a serious crime in San Bernardino, or in any other county in California, and are thinking of pleading guilty or no contest, there is some important information you should consider, especially if you're an immigrant to this country. For…
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San Bernardino Divorce and Family Law Attorneys
San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County. Located in the southwestern area of the county, San Bernardino occupies most of the San Bernardino Valley and is a large part of California's Inland Empire. San Bernardino's population was estimated 205,010 in 2006 as the eighteenth largest city in California. With the population rising in the Verdemont area on the north side of the city, new homes continue to…
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California Parole Violators Right to Legal Counsel Restored by Federal Judge
The voters in California in November, 2008 approved a new "victims rights" initiative that stated that only in rare cases would a person facing a parole violation be entitled to a skilled criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles or another city in California to defend him or her from the allegations. What this meant is that in the vast majority of cases, parolees were facing being returned to prison without…
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Juvenile Criminal Convictions Reversed
Hundreds of Juvenile Court Criminal Convictions Reversed Due to Alleged Actions of Judge who Took Millions of Dollars in Kickbacks It was reported in the Los Angeles Times on March 27, 2009 that a state Supreme Court has reversed convictions in hundreds of juvenile crime cases due to the corrupt actions of a former judge. It was reported that this judge was being prosecuted for allegedly taking over 2.6 million…
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Riverside Divorce and Family Law Attorneys
Riverside is located near, and named for, the Santa Ana River. As home of most of the Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County is primarily a desert. Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County and the birthplace of the citrus industry in California. With its burgeoning citrus industry, Riverside expanded rapidly and continues to grow today as the largest city in the Inland Empire with over 300,000 residents. Given…
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California Police Informant Tips can be Unreliable
What If The Police Used An Informant In My Case? What Can My Criminal Defense Attorney Do? Before a police officer can stop a person, they must have reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is occurring. One way in which police can get reasonable suspicion is through informants' tips. Sometimes, people will inform the police about suspected criminal activity. These tips must be sufficiently reliable in order for the police to…
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California Appeal Reverses Sex Offense Conviction
Often a defendant is accused in one criminal complaint of many different crimes. A very powerful weapon in many cases is for your experienced California criminal defense attorney to bring a motion to sever the cases so you can receive separate trials. Jurors often will tend to want to convict a defendant just because of the number of criminal charges. Also in many cases, the prosecutor will attempt to have…
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San Diego Drug Diversion Program Granted By Judge
Judge Reverses 19-Year Sentence and Gives Criminal Defendant Drug Diversion Program On Appeal by Criminal Defense Attorney Chauncey Lee Harris was convicted in San Diego Superior Court of transportation of a controlled substance and possession of narcotics paraphernalia in San Diego. The jury in the case specifically made a finding that the transportation of the controlled substance was for personal use. The court also made a finding that Harris had…
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