Did you know your license was suspended?
Did you know your license was suspended?
It is illegal to operate a motor vehicle while your driving privileges are suspended. However, the Department of Motor Vehicles MUST inform you that your license is suspended. Knowledge is key. If you were never properly given notice of a driver's license suspension on your privileges by either the Court or the DMV, then you should not be found guilty of the violation of driving on suspended license. If you…
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SAN DIEGO ARREST WARRANTS
Think you have an arrest warrant in San Diego County? It's easy to find out. You can search by name on the San Diego County Sheriff's web site. You have a warrant for your arrest? If you do, you need a lawyer. Recently persons with warrants have been arrested and thrown in jail when they came to court on their own. They have gone to the court clerk and asked…
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JAIL IN SAN DIEGO
Afraid of going to jail in San Diego? These are alternatives. Many misdemeanor cases are settled for community service. Picking up papers and raking leaves in a Probation Department program may be a choice. Did you know that "jail" doesn't always mean bars and an orange jumpsuit? Competent, San Diego lawyers know about work furlough. It counts as jail, but you go to work and return. They have an electronic…
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THINK “SCIENTIFIC” EVIDENCE IS ROCK SOLID AND UNIMPEACHABLE?
Ask John Jerome White. He might have a somewhat different view on the matter. According to a recent press release from the Georgia Innocence Project, Mr. White was convicted of brutally raping an elderly woman in Georgia in 1980 when he was just 20 years of age. Mr. White was sentenced to life in prison. In 1990, ten years after his conviction, Mr. White was paroled, however, being released from…
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RECENT “SPIKE” IN “HOMELESS” PAROLED SEX OFFENDERS
A recent news report from the Associated Press (AP) revealed that, in California, since November 2006, there has been a 27% increase in the number of sex offenders who have reported that they are "homeless" and apparently this trend has little to do with a sagging economy. In November 2006, California voters voted to enact Jessica's Law, which provides, among other things, that sex offenders may not live within 2000…
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IF YOU LIE TO THE POLICE FOR A LOVED ONE, YOU CAN END UP IN JAIL
We all love our friends and family. We all want to protect them from the possibility of going to jail. However, if you lie to the police in an attempt to protect your loved ones you could be facing a jail sentence. A good example of this is the recent case of a loving 74 year old grandfather who had lent his car to his 23 year old grandson for…
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DEATH PENALTY LIKELY TO BE ABOLISHED
Well, at least in one U.S. State anyway. The New Jersey state legislature has voted to abolish capital punishment in that state. New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has indicated that he will sign the legislation into law. Republican lawmakers had pushed to keep the death penalty on the books for cop killers and terrorists, however, Democratic law makers, who control both houses of the legislature in New Jersey, voted against…
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DUI CHARGES DISMISSED FOR DEFENDANT ILLEGALLY STOPPED
Our firm handled a case recently where a defendant was stopped for Driving Under the Influence in a mall parking lot. The officer cited as the reason for initially stopping the defendant the fact that the defendant "rolled" through a stop sign posted in the mall's parking lot – i.e., our client did not come to a full and complete stop at the stop sign. When the client was stopped,…
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WHERE DID YOU HAVE YOUR LAST DRINK?
This is the question that many people arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol are being asked in at least one state, and this law enforcement practice has many bar owners fuming. New Jersey officers have begun regularly asking all DUI arrestees where they had their last drink. The question seems innocuous enough. However, the officers plan to use this information to target establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to…
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STATUTORY RAPE LAWS
The recently reported pregnancy of sixteen-year-old television star Jamie Lynn Spears has drawn a spotlight on the issue of statutory rape and the different state laws that apply. While most high school aged people do not travel extensively interstate, apparently, given Ms. Spears' occupation, and her domicile in Louisiana and the baby's alleged father's domicile in Mississippi, and the fact that apparently Ms. Spears and the alleged father traveled to…
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