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- DUI Results (Page 1)
- Airport Courthouse, Third-Time DUI, Case Dismissed for Lack of Probable Cause to Arrest - Attorney Success # 1
- Airport Courthouse, 0.12 BAC, Case Resolved as Speeding, Lawyer Success # 2
- Los Angeles (Metropolitan Court), Client Charged With DUI With BAC of 0.12, Negotiated to Speeding – Attorney Success # 3
- Westminster, Client Had 0.27 BAC, Case Dismissed # 4
- Westchester, Second-Time DUI Negotiated to a First-Time DUI - Attorney Success # 5
- Redondo Beach, Second Time DUI, 0.19 BAC, Plea Bargain To First Time DUI Terms – Attorney Success # 6
- Hermosa Beach, BAC 0.165, Crash Into City Parking Enforcement Vehicle, Resolved To Wet Reckless – Attorney Success # 7
- DUI Results (page 2)
- Redondo Beach, Car Crash, BAC of 0.27, Resolved with Three Month DUI Program - Attorney Success # 8
- Manhattan Beach, Client Under Age 21, BAC of 0.16, Collision with Parked Car - Attorney Success # 9
- Downey, Underage Driver with a BAC of 0.17, Negotiated to Three Month DUI Program – Attorney Success # 10
- El Segundo, Second-Time DUI - Attorney Success # 11
- Near Head-On Collission with Police Car, DUI Refusal to Submit, Minimum Plea, Bargain from 60 Days in Jail to First-Time Offender Plea - Attorney Success # 12
- Hermosa Beach, DUI, BAC of 0.14, Resolved To Wet Reckless – Attorney Success # 13
- Hermosa Beach Arrest after Evading Arrest, Second-Time DUI, BAC of 0.13 - Attorney Success # 14
- Hermosa Beach, 0.13 BAC Taken One Hour After Arrest, Resolved for Wet Reckless (Vehicle Code § 23103) - Attorney Success # 15
- Long Beach, Client Speeding and Running Red Light with 0.10 BAC, Negotiated To Wet Reckless – Attorney Success # 16
- U.S.C Student, Speeding with a 0.13 BAC, Resolved as Wet Reckless (VC 23103) - Attorney Success # 17
- Fountain Valley / Orange County, 0.13 BAC and Speeding 88 Mph On Freeway - Attorney Success # 18
- Newport Beach, 0.07 BAC, Wet Reckless - Attorney Success # 19
- Redondo Beach Arrest, BAC of 0.23, Negotiated to Six Month Alcohol Class - Attorney Success # 20
- Long Beach, Our Client Blows a 0.23 BAC, Case Dismissed by Judge on Our Motion to Suppress - Attorney Success # 21
- Hermosa Beach, Motorcyclist Crashes and Then Refuses to Submit to Breath or Blood Test, Resolved as a Wet Reckless - Attorney Success # 22
- Hermosa Beach, Speeding Past Police Station With a 0.16 BAC, Resolved as a Wet Reckless – Attorney Success # 23
- Compton, 0.10 BAC, Resolved As Dry Reckless, $145 Fine, Two Years Summary Probation – Attorney Success # 24
- Murietta, 0.13% BAC, Resolved for Reckless Driving, No Jail - Attorney Success # 25
- Palos Verdes Estates, Case Dismissed When Torrance Judge Grants Our Motion to Suppress Evidence - Attorney Success #26
- Long Beach, Non-Alcohol DUI, Resolved for Reckless Driving - Attorney Success # 27
- Compton, Third-Time DUI And 0.19 Bac Resolved As A Wet Reckless And First-Time Offense With No Jail Time – Attorney Success # 28
- Torrance, Speeding 55 in a 25 MPH zone, Running Stop Sign, BAC 0.12, 60 Days Jail Eliminated – Lawyer Success # 29
- Torrance Arrest Off 110 Freeway, Client Has .12 BAC, Dry Reckless - Attorney Success # 30
- Redondo Beach Arrest, Third-Time DUI Plea Bargained to First-Time Terms in Torrance Court - DUI Attorney Success #31
- DMV Results
- Hollywood, Second-Time DUI, License Reinstated - DMV Attorney Success # 1
- Long Beach, CHP Bungles Their Report, License Reinstated - DMV Attorney Success # 2
- Torrance, DUI Checkpoint Stop, BAC of 0.18, License Reinstated - DMV Attorney Success # 3
- Long Beach, Client with a 0.20 BAC Found Not to Be Driving under California Law, License Reinstated - DMV Attorney Success # 4
- Compton, Third-Time DUI, Client with a 0.19 BAC, License Reinstated - DMV Attorney Success # 5
- Torrance, DMV Fails to Complete Officer Certification, Then Takes Blood Sample Too Late – DMV Attorney Success #6
- Rancho Palos Verdes, Client Facing Felony DUI for Running Into Two Cars and Causing Six Injuries, License Suspension Set Aside – DMV Attorney Success # 7
- Palos Verdes Estates, Traffic Stop For Burned Out Tail Light, Non-Alcohol DUI, DMV Reinstates License – DMV Attorney Success # 8
- Torrance, Police Claim Client Refused Breath and Blood Test, DMV Agrees This Was False – DMV Attorney Success # 9
- Hawthorne, Client Falls Asleep While Driving, Rear-Ends Cab; CHP Fails to State Time of Accident - Attorney Success # 10
- Every Question About an I.I.D. that You had, but were Scared to Ask
- Driving Offenses
- Driving Offenses Results
- Long Beach, Felony Hit & Run Dismissed After Civil Compromise - Attorney Success # 1
- Torrance, Speed Contest with Crash Into Roadside Electrical Panel - Attorney Success # 2
- Downtown L.A., Driving on a Suspended License, Client in New York - Attorney Success # 3
- Compton Hit & Run, Delayed Entry of Plea and Case Dismissed - Lawyer Success # 4
- Felony Hit and Run, Bodily Injuries to Four Victims, No File By the Long Beach Prosecutor - Attorney Success # 5
- Whittier, Driving Without Insurance and Without a License - Attorney Success # 6
- El Monte, Driving Without a License And Without Insurance - Attorney Success # 7
- Metropolitan Court, Three Cases of Driving Without Insurance, Two Cases Fully Dismissed, Savings to Client of Over $9,000 In Fees And Fines - Attorney Success # 8
- Fullerton, Hit and Run (Vehicle Code § 20002), Case Dismissed After Diversion - Attorney Success # 9
- Driving Without A Valid License (Vehicle Code § 12500(a)) Or On A Suspended Or Revoked License (Vehicle Code § 14601)
- Illegal Tinted Windows (Vehicle § 26708.5)
- What is Reckless Driving (Vehicle Code § 23103)?
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Results (page 1)
- Torrance, Battery on Girlfriend, Case Dismissed - Attorney Success # 1
- Redondo Beach, Domestic Violence to Wife, Case Dismissedv - Attorney Success # 2
- Lomita, Wife Allegedly Hit on Head with Glass Table, Felony Case Dismissed - Attorney Success # 3
- Lennox, Felony Domestic Violence and False Imprisonment, Strike Removed, One Year Deal - Attorney Success # 4
- Torrance, Alleged Rape and Domestic Violence, Negotiated to Disturbing the Peace - Attorney Success # 5
- Torrance, Severe Facial Injuries to Victim, Case Settled for Delayed Entry of Judgment and Dismissal - Attorney Success # 6
- Domestic Violence Results (page 2)
- Redondo Beach, Client Almost Stabs Husband with Knitting Needle, Case Plea Bargained to Delayed Entry of Judgment - Attorney Success # 7
- Bellflower, 20 Days of Jail Reduced to Community Service - Attorney Success # 8
- Alhambra, Domestic Violence Charge with Probation Violation - Attorney Success # 9
- Signal Hill, Client Allegedly Hits Girlfriend on Her Arm, Greg Hill Discusses Case with DA and He Rejects Case for Filing - Attorney Success # 10
- Redondo Beach, Domestic Violence "No File" - Attorney Success #11
- Hermosa Beach, Domestic Violence Trial - Attorney Success # 12
- Redondo Beach, Bail Reduced And Felony Domestic Violence Case Negotiated To Misdemeanor Battery – Attorney Success # 13
- Manhattan Beach, Delayed Entry of Judgment and Dismissal – Attorney Success # 14
- Torrance, Delayed Entry Of Judgment And Dismissal – Attorney Success # 15
- Long Beach, Dismissal of Domestic Violence Charges - Attorney Success # 16
- Gardena, Police Arrest Client While Punching Girlfriend - Attorney Success # 17
- Gardena, Client Drives Car Into Boyfriend - Attorney Success # 18
- Bellflower, Domestic Violence Between Boyfriend and Girlfriend, Entire Case Dismissed on First Day of Trial – Attorney Success # 19
- Lancaster, Client Allegedly Chokes Girlfriend, Later Found with Brass Knuckles, Violation of Probation in Two Cases - Attorney Success # 20
- Torrance, Client Stabs Her Boyfriend’s Hand With An Exacto Knife, Felony PC 273.5 - Case Dismissed – Attorney Success # 21
- Huntington Beach, Client Hits Girlfriend in Nose, Causes Bloody Nose and Emergency Room Visit, Reduced to Disturbing the Peace (Penal Code 415) – Attorney Success # 22
- Whittier, Client Allegedly Hits Girlfriend in Face, Case Dismissed On Motion, Domestic Violence - Attorney Success # 23
- Inglewood, Reduction of Felony Domestic Violence Charge to Misdemeanor Disturbing the Peace - Attorney Success # 24
- Whittier, Second Time Domestic Violence, Client Throws Beer Can at Wife, Hits Her in Face, No Jail – Attorney Success # 25
- Pomona, Domestic Violence Charges, with Criminal Threats and a Probation Violation, Client Faces 20 Years and 8 Months in Prison, Deal Negotiated for 3 Years at Half-Time - Attorney Success # 26
- Rancho Cucamonga, Client Violates Civil Restraining Order by Leaving Girlfriend Voicemails & Sends Many E-Mails And Text, Case Resolved for Disturbing The Peace - Attorney Success # 27
- Drug Offenses
- Drug Offense Results (Page 1)
- Torrance, Felony Possesion of Methamphetamine for Sales, Prop 36 Granted - Attorney Success # 1
- Los Angeles, Felony Transportation and Possesion of Cocaine for Sales - Attorney Success # 2
- Lomita, Felony Possesion of Marijuana for Sales, Dismissed - Attorney Success # 3
- Redondo Beach, Felony Possesion of Cocaine, Marijuana and Methamphetamine for Sales, Resisting Arrest and Probation Violation - Attorney Success # 4
- Redondo Beach, Felony Transportation of Marijuana and DUI, Delayed Entry of Plea - Attorney Success # 5
- Manhattan Beach, Felony Possession of Methamphetamine for Sales and Probation Violation, 16 Months - Attorney Success # 6
- Drug Offense Results (Page 2)
- Fontana, Transportation with Intent to Sell 1,000 Ectasy Pills - Attorney Success # 7
- West Covina, Dismissal, Client Found With Baggie of Methamphetamine While on Parole for Sale of Methamphetamine -Attorney Success # 8
- Newport Beach, Dismissal, Re-Test Of Substance Irvine Police Claimed Was Positive For Methamphetamine Proves Negative - Attorney Success # 9
- Client Arrested With Two Packages Of Marijuana (6.5 Pounds, 5.5 Pounds), Case Dismissed, Airport Courthouse – Attorney Success # 10
- Burbank, Our Client on Parole And With Many Priors, Found With 73 Grams Of Meth, Case Resolved For Two Years County Jail - Attorney Success # 11
- Bellflower, Client Admits to Trying to Sell Bunk, Plea Bargain to Treatment Program - Attorney Success # 12
- San Fernando Court, Client's Plea Agreement to Two Years in Prison Set Aside by Our Motion, Client Enters Military Veterans Treatment Program Instead - Attorney Success # 13
- Do you have a Medical Marijuana card?
- Vandalism and Graffiti
- Sex Offenses
- Child Molestation/Lewd Acts
- Child Molestation/Lewd Acts Results
- Chula Vista, Felony Lewd or Lascivious Acts - Attorney Success # 1
- Los Angeles, Felony Lewd Act With a Child - Attorney Success # 2
- Los Angeles, Client Faces Six Consecutive Life Terms for Multiple Acts of Intercourse with a Child Under Fourteen, Resolved for Eight Years - Attorney Success # 3
- Compton, Six Counts Of Violating Penal Code § 288a(b)(1) With A Fifteen Year Old, Client Faced Nine Years In Prison, Case Resolved For 90 Days County Jail – Attorney Success # 4
- South Los Angeles, Continuous Sexual Abuse of Step Daughter for Nine Years, Resolved for Six Years in Prison, Rather than Multiple Consecutive Life Terms - Attorney Success # 5
- Torrance, Penal Code Section 288.4 - Attorney Success # 6
- Ventura, Client’s Step-Daughter Accuses Client of Molesting Her Every Day for Ten Years, Client Faces Multiple Life Sentences, Case Resolved for Six Years and One Strike - Attorney Success # 7
- Rape
- Prostitution and Indecent Exposure
- Prostitution and Indecent Exposure Results
- Downtown Los Angeles, Client Caught With Prostitute - Attorney Success # 1
- Manhattan Beach, Misdemeanor Urinating In Public, Reduced To Infraction – Attorney Success # 2
- Compton, Prostitution (PC § 647(b)) Sting, Case Dismissed - Attorney Success # 3
- Cudahy Arrest Off Atlantic Avenue, Client Offers to Pay Decoy Police Officer for Oral Sex, Case Dismissed After Diversion – Attorney Success # 4
- Hollywood Arrest Off Western Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, Client Poses as Male Prostitute to Female Police Decoy, Case Dismissed, No Diversion – Attorney Success # 5
- Hollywood, Off Western Avenue, Client Faces Charges of Loitering with Intent to Commit Prostitution (Penal Code § 653.22), Diversion and Dismissal – Attorney Success # 6
- Sex Offenses Results
- What is Statutory Rape?
- What is Rape?
- What Are the Defenses to Possession of Child Pornography (Penal Code § 311)
- What is Meeting a Child for Lewd Purposes (Penal Code § 288.4)?
- What is Indecent Exposure (Penal Code § 314)
- What is Penal Code § 647(b), Prostitution and Solicitation for Prostitution?
- Public Urination Results
- Manhattan Beach, Misdemeanor Urinating In Public, Reduced To Infraction– Lawyer Success # 1
- Client, An Attorney, Arrested For Public Urination In Manhattan Beach, Case Dismissed- Attorney Success # 2
- Client Arrested For Urinating In Public Outside Hermosa Beach Bar, Charged With Misdemeanor Public Nuisance, Case Resolved For Infraction Disturbing The Peace – Attorney Success # 3
- Hermosa Beach, Client Arrested For Urinating Outside House, Charged With Misdemeanor Public Urination, Case Resolved For Infraction Disturbing the Peace – Attorney Success # 4
- Prostitution Lewd Acts and Indecent Exposure Results
- Other Serious Sex Offense Results
- Theft/Robbery
- Theft/Robbery Results (Page 1)
- Theft/Robbery Results (Page 2)
- Beverly Hills, Shoplifting Case Dismissed – Attorney Success # 4
- Torrance, Grand Theft, Case Dismissed by Our Motion - Attorney Success # 5
- Manhattan Beach, Felony Grand Theft – No File - Attorney Success # 6
- Torrance Shoplifting, Delayed Entry of Judgment – Attorney Success # 7
- Whittier, Felony Grand Theft Of $220,000 In Product From Employer And Compton Five Counts Of Armed Robbery (Each A Strike), Five Years Plea Bargain - Attorney Success # 8
- Manhattan Beach, P.C. 484(a) Shoplifting, Misdemeanor Charge Reduced To P.C. 490.1 Infraction – Attorney Success # 9
- San Pedro, P.C. 496 Receiving Stolen Property (Felony), Case Dismissed – Attorney Success # 10
- El Monte, Six Counts Of Felony P.C. § 476(A) For Check Kiting, With Prior Theft Conviction, 90 Days County Jail - Attorney Success # 11
- Rancho Cucamonga, P.C. 487(A) Grand Theft and P.C. 459 Second Degree Commercial Burglary Reduced To Disturbing the Peace P.C. 415 - Attorney Success # 12
- Bellflower, P.C. 484 Petty Theft and P.C. 459 Second Degree Commerical Burglary Dismissed – Attorney Success # 13
- Long Beach, Client With Prior “Strike” and Facing Seven Years in Prison, Probation Granted with Cal-Trans - Attorney Success # 14
- Torrance, Our Client Allegedly Takes Item from Kohl’s, Our Motion for Civil Compromise Granted, Case Dismissed – Attorney Success # 15
- Bellflower, Shoplifting from Sephora, Case Dismissed on Our Motion for Civil Compromise – Attorney Success # 16
- Airport Courthouse, Client with Extensive Criminal History Accused of Two Counts of Auto Burglary and Receiving Stolen Property, 60 Days Community Service and Formal Probation – Attorney Success # 17
- Airport Courthouse, Airline Employee Accused of Stealing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Passenger Property, Resolved for One Year House Arrest – Attorney Success # 18
- Marina Del Rey, Client Steals $59 Ink Cartridge from Costco, Case Dismissed After Diversion, Airport Courthouse, Shoplifting Defense – Attorney Success # 19
- Shoplifting
- Commercial Burglary (Penal Code § 459)
- What is Embezzlement (Penal Code § 503)?
- What is Carjacking?
- What is Robbery?
- What is Passing Bad Checks (Penal Code § 476(a))
- What is Forgery?
- What is Unemployment Insurance Fraud?
- What is Joyriding?
- What is Receiving Stolen Property (Penal Code § 496)?
- What is Grand Theft Auto?
- What is Grand Theft Auto?
- Violent Crimes
- Violent Crime Results
- Redondo Beach, Attempted Murder with Gang Enhancement, 11 year sentence - Attorney Success # 1
- Torrance, Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Knife) - Attorney Success # 2
- Los Angeles, Felony Criminal Threats, Case Dismissed - Attorney Success # 3
- Torrance, Felony Animal Cruelty Reduced to Misdemeanor - Attorney Success # 4
- Bellflower, Battery, Criminal Threats and Grand Theft - Attorney Success # 5
- Long Beach Battery of a Police Officer – Attorney Success # 6
- Violent Crimes Page 2
- Redondo Beach, Battery “No File” - Attorney Success # 7
- Van Nuys, Assault and Battery "No File" - Attorney Success # 8
- Hermosa Beach, Felony Criminal Threats Reduced to Misdemeanor – Attorney Success # 9
- Torrance, Fight Between Two Construction Workers, Reduced To Disturbing The Peace – Attorney Success # 10
- West Hollywood, Law Student Assaults Police Officer, Case Resolved for Disturbing the Peace and Formal Diversion - Attorney Success # 11
- Hawthorne Police & Airport Courthouse, 18 Year Old Beats Fellow Teenager Over Head With Tire Iron, Utters Gang Names, Faces 34 Years State Prison, Gets Four – Attorney Success # 12
- What Is Mayhem (Penal Code § 203) and Aggravated Mayhem (Penal Code § 205)?
- What Are Criminal Threats and the Defenses to this Charge?
- What is “Resisting an Executive Officer” Under Penal Code § 69?
- What Is Resisting Arrest Under Penal Code § 148(a)(1)?
- What is Arson (Penal Code § 451 and § 452) and Its Defenses?
- What is Kidnapping and Aggravated Kidnapping?
- What is Child Abduction (Penal Code § 278)?
- What is Assault (Penal Code § 240)?
- Elder Abuse
- White Collar Crime
- Juvenile Crimes
- Juvenile Results
- Long Beach, Child Abuse by 16 Year Old Mom, Attorney Success # 1
- Redondo Beach, Felony Robbery with a Knife, Home on Probation, Attorney Success # 2
- Hermosa Beach, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Son Against Mother, Delayed Entry of Judgment, Attorney Success # 3
- Venice Beach and Santa Monica Court - Possession of Alcohol by One Under 21 (Business and Professions Code § 25662) – Case Dismissed at Trial - Lawyer Success # 4
- Redondo Beach Pier Arrest, Our Client Hits Victim In Head With Handgun While Co-Conspirator Hits Him With Baseball Bat, Delayed Entry Of Judgment, Torrance Attorney Success # 5
- Federal Offenses
- Reducing Bail & Knowing When Someone Will Be Released
- Bail & Release Contact Information
- Bail Reduction Results
- Torrance, $70,000 Bail Reduced To $0, Client Facing Probation Violation, Armed Robbery, Second Degree Burglary and Shoplifting Charges – Attorney Success # 1
- Long Beach, $200,000 Bail Reduced To $100,000, Client Bailed Out, Facing Sex Offense Charges – Attorney Success # 2
- Probation Violations
- Probation Violation Results
- Long Beach, DUI as Probation Violation for Manslaughter Case, 90 days - Attorney Success # 1
- Pomona, Dirty Test During Prop 36 Program, Three Years - Attorney Success # 2
- Hacienda Heights, Possession of Marijuana for Sales, Probation Violation, No Additional Sentence - Attorney Success # 3
- Hermosa Beach, Possession of a Handgun by a Felon, Probation Violation - Attorney Success # 4
- Long Beach and Torrance, Sex Offense Probation Violation - Attorney Success # 5
- Los Angeles – Probation Violation (Penal Code § 166(a)) for Failure to Pay Child Support - Attorney Success # 6
- Torrance, Probation Violation (Penal Code § 166(a)) for Failure to Complete Batterers Program as Part of Domestic Violence Plea Bargain - Attorney Success # 7
- Long Beach, Probation Violation and Bench Warrant Six Years Old on Third-Time DUI, Resolved for 30 Days County Jail – Attorney Success # 8
- Post Conviction – Modification & Expungement
- Results
- More Results
- Long Beach, Expungement of Domestic Violence Conviction - Lawyer Success # 4
- Compton, Expungement of Grand Theft Conviction - Attorney Success # 5
- Alhambra, Court Grants Early Termination of Probation and Expungement of Battery Convictions – Attorney Success # 6
- Alhambra, Three Clients Convicted Of Misdemeanor Battery Arising Out Of A Fight In a Restaurant, Probation Terminated Early and Convictions Expunged – Attorney Success # 7
- Compton, Client Previously Convicted Of Violating Health and Safety Code § 11351 (Felony); Probation Ended Early, Case Dismissed, Conviction Expunged – Attorney Success # 8
- Hermosa Beach, Client Cannot Renew Work Visa in Canada While on Probation, Probation Terminated – Lawyer Success # 9
- Westminster, District Attorney Vigorously Opposes Motions, But Probation Terminated, Conviction Expunged – Lawyer Success # 10
- Torrance, Client With Three Prior DUI Convictions, Up for Promotion, Convictions Expunged - Attorney Success # 11
- Torrance, Twelve Convictions Expunged - Attorney Success # 12
- Protective Orders / Restraining Orders
- Our Protective Orders/Restraining Order Results
- Lomita, Court Grants Our Clients’ Restraining Order, Denies Neighbor’s Reciprocal Order – Attorney Success # 1
- Santa Monica, Court Denies Neighbor’s Request for Restraining Order Against Our Clients – Attorney Success # 2
- Torrance, Court Denies Ex-Wife’s Request For Restraining Order Against Our Client – Attorney Success # 3
- Torrance, Ex-Boyfriend’s Request For Restraining Order Against Our Client Negotiated Off Calendar – Lawyer Success # 4
- Long Beach, Disgruntled Bar Patron’s Request for Restraining Order Against Our Client Denied – Attorney Success # 5
- Wilmington, Neighbor’s Request for Restraining Order Against Our Client Denied – Attorney Success # 6
- Harbor City, Ex-Wife’s Request For Restraining Order Against Her Ex-Husband, Our Client, Withdrawn After Ex-Wife Reads Our Brief Opposing The Restraining Order – Attorney Success # 7
- San Pedro, Parking Rights Dispute, Neighbor’s Request for Restraining Order Against Our Client Denied - Lawyer Success # 8
- Norwalk, Our Client Served With Restraining Order By Aunt, Restraining Order Denied – Attorney Success # 9
- Santa Monica, Dispute Between Neighbors Over Dog, Request For Restraining Order Against Our Client Denied, Our Client Awarded $1,000 In Attorney Fees - Attorney Success # 10
- Norwalk, Employer Seeks Restraining Order Against Ex-Employee, Our Client, Who Discussed Suing For Wrongful Termination, Court Denies Order – Attorney Success #11
- Compton, Our Client Defeats Ex-Wife’s Attempt to Obtain Restraining Order to Increase Child Support Payments – Attorney Success # 12
- Santa Monica, Ex-Girlfriend Seeks Restraining Order From Our Client Living In Washington State – Attorney Success # 13
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- Police Use of GPS on Drug Dealer’s Car Without a Warrant Held Improper; Evidence From it Thrown Out
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- License Suspended at DMV DUI Hearing Despite Improper Calibration of Breath Test Device
- Conviction for Second Degree Murder by Child Neglect Upheld
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- Immigration Consequences of a Conviction for Shoplifting
- Immigration Consequences of a Conviction for a Drug Offense
- Conviction Reversed for Burglary by Acetylene Torch at Best Buy
- Federal Court Rules Collection of DNA from Felony Arrestee Constitutional
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- Court Rules Change in Petty Theft Limit Is Retroactive, Turning Certain Grand Theft Conviction Into Petty Theft
- What is Private Jail?
- Judge Makes Mistake in Sex Offender Registration After Sentencing for Felony Child Endangerment
- Consecutive Sentences, Not Concurrent Sentences, Upheld in Forcible Sex Case
- Defenses to Evading a Police Officer Depend Upon the Facts
- Illegal Use of Disability Placards Can Lead to Far More Serious Charges
- Felony Hit & Run Charges Involving Injury or Death Often Depends on Willfulness of Conduct
- Mail Fraud Indictment Sustained for Case Involving Commercial Driver’s Licenses
- What is a Critical Needs Restricted License?
- Restitution in Domestic Violence Case Does Not Violate Harvey Rule
- Eighth Amendment Challenge to Three Strikes Law Fails
- Strong Marijuana Smell Does Not Justify Warrantless Search of Hotel Room
- I Lost My DMV Hearing for My DUI- Now What?
- Conviction Reversed for Conspiracy to Commit Burglary of Junk Cars for Gasoline
- How Do I Have My Arrest Record Sealed and Destroyed?
- Can I Withdraw My Plea Based on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel?
- Should I Waive A Jury Trial and Instead Have a Bench Trial?
- “Bad Cops” and Pitchess Motions
- Beware: Living With A Prostitute Can Be Illegal and Land You in Prison
- How Much Time Will I Serve?
- What is GERD and How Does It Affect DUI?
- Do Crimes of Moral Turpitude Include Illegal Possession of Assault Weapon and Cultivating Marijuana?
- How is Bail Set?
- Orange County Judge Reversed for Refusing Production of Internal Affairs Witness Statements
- Sixth Amendment Not Violated in Rape Case When Expert Introduces Hearsay That Supports Conviction
- DUI Based on Being Under the Influence of Drugs
- How Do I Have My Name Removed from the Megan’s Law Internet Listing?
- What Happens at a Probation Violation Hearing?
- Appeals Court Holds, in Ruling on a Romero Motion, that There Is No Automatic Dismissal for Strikes Arising from Same Act
- Good Faith Exception to Officer’s Execution of an Improper Search Warrant Does Not Have Similar Application to an Improper Traffic Stop
- Opening a Garage Door with a Stolen Garage Door Opener is Only Attempted Burglary, Not a Completed Burglary
- What is Shoplifting and Its Defense?
- What is Commercial Burglary (Penal Code § 459) and What Are the Defenses?
- What is Carjacking?
- Conviction Reversed for Possession of Burglary Tools (Penal Code § 466)
- What is Robbery?
- Are Criminal Threats Protected Speech Under the First Amendment? Appeals Court Say No
- What is Embezzlement (Penal Code § 503)?
- What is Passing Bad Checks (Penal Code § 476(a))
- First Degree Residential Burglary Is a Crime of Violence Under Immigration Laws
- What is Forgery?
- What Are Illegal Tinted Windows (Vehicle Code § 26708.5)?
- What Are the Limits of a “Protective Sweep” Search Without a Warrant?
- Driving Without A Valid License (Vehicle Code § 12500(a)) Or On A Suspended Or Revoked License (Vehicle Code § 14601)
- What Is Unemployment Insurance Fraud?
- Witness Intimidation Can Make Admissible Otherwise Inadmissible Hearsay
- What is Joyriding?
- What is Grand Theft Auto?
- When One Admits to Having Marijuana, A Search Is Legal When An Arrest Follows
- Do Warrants Expire?
- What is a Misdemeanor Pre-Trial Hearing?
- What is Statutory Rape?
- What is Rape?
- What is False Imprisonment (Penal Code § 236)?
- What is Disturbing the Peace (Penal Code § 415)?
- What is Trespassing (Penal Code § 602)?
- What Is Tampering with a Vehicle (Vehicle Code § 10852)?
- Sixth Amendment Right to Fair Trial Means Family Can Be In Court During Sentencing
- What Happens at a Felony Preliminary Hearing Setting Conference?
- What is House Arrest as an Alternative to Jail?
- What is Penal Code § 647(b), Prostitution and Solicitation for Prostitution?
- What Is Mayhem (Penal Code § 203) and Aggravated Mayhem (Penal Code § 205)?
- The Police Asked Me to Be An Informant- Should I?
- Does the Law Against Carrying a Dirk or Dagger Violate My Constitutional Right to Bear Arms for Self Defense?
- Destruction or Spoliation of Evidence Can Cause More Problems Than it May Seem to Solve
- Will the Prosecutor Dismiss the Domestic Violence Case if the Victim Will Not Testify or Appear at Trial?
- Twenty-Five Year to Life Sentence Not Improper for Failure to Register as Sex Offender
- Seven Years to Life Sentence for Dissuading a Witness for Benefit of a Gang Reversed Because No Force Threatened
- Federal Conviction Reversed for Assault Because Federal Officer Not Aware Defendant Threw Rock at Him
- If I Am Arrested, Can Police Look At My Text Messages?
- The Police Took Your Money, So You Usually Get it Back, Plus Interest.
- First Degree Burglary Conviction Upheld When Residential Home Uninhabited And Realtor’s Wallet Is Stolen.
- Juvenile Commits First Degree Residential Burglary By Stealing Guns From Closet Near Home Entry
- Can An Anonymous Cell Phone Call to Police Support a Traffic Stop for DUI?
- How Much Custody Credit Do I Get?
- Second–Time DUI Offender Must Be Granted Restricted License After 90 Days of Actual Suspension.
- What Are Criminal Threats and the Defenses to this Charge?
- What Is Resisting Arrest Under Penal Code § 148(a)(1)?
- Felony Vandalism Charges Proper When Prosecutor Adds Damages Up From Multiple Victims
- What is “Resisting Arrest” Under Penal Code § 69?
- What is Arson (Penal Code § 451 and § 452) and Its Defenses?
- One Count of Indecent Exposure (Penal Code § 314) Proper Even if Multiple People Witness Conduct.
- California Supreme Court Rules Multiple Punishments for Single, Gang-Related Act Violates Penal Code § 654.
- Wiretap Information Leading to Seizure of 353 Kilograms of Cocaine Properly Denied to Defendant
- Shooting Someone with a BB Gun Can Be Assault With A Deadly Weapon (Penal Code § 245(a)(1)).
- A Juvenile Court May Not Automatically Transfer Case to Adult Criminal Court Without A Hearing
- In DUI Case, Sixth Amendment Not Violated When Author to Lab Report Not Available
- Police Detention Is Illegal When Based On Only One’s Resemblance To A Suspect
- Operator Of Medical Marijuana Collective Is Entitled To Assert Defense Under Prop 215 And The MMPA
- Confession Is Inadmissible When Probation Officer Promised Shorter Sentence If Suspect Waived Right To An Attorney
- Can An Out of State Conviction Count As A Strike Under California’s Three Strike Law?
- In Juvenile Vandalism Case Involving Graffiti, Restitution Cannot Include Investigation Costs
- When Must a Juvenile Be Sentenced to a Juvenile Facility?
- Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction Upheld For Injury From Eight Years Earlier
- DUI Conviction Upheld Based on Ambien-Induced “Sleep Driving”
- What is Kidnapping and Aggravated Kidnapping?
- Juvenile Who Stole Car and Totaled It Must Pay Restitution that Included Interest On Car Loan
- What is Child Abduction (Penal Code § 278)?
- What is Assault (Penal Code § 240)?
- Street Racing and Assault with Deadly Weapon (The Car) Conviction Upheld When Defendant Ran Red Light and Crashed
- What is Reckless Driving (Vehicle Code § 23103)?
- What is Vandalism and Graffiti (Penal Code § 594)?
- Conviction for Possession of Materials to Produce Methamphetamine Reversed
- Sentence for Juvenile of 100 Years is Cruel and Unusual Punishment or Aiding and Abetting Murder
- Expungement Not Available When Probation Terminated In Domestic Violence Case
- Dismissal of Forgery Charges Reversed Although Defendants Impersonated No One During Scheme
- Removal Order Affirmed For Alien Convicted For Use Of Drug Paraphernalia
- Ten Year Restraining Order Proper for Mother Who Stalks Husband and Scares Daughter
- Conviction for Attempted Criminal Threat (PC 422) Proper Although Neighbor’s Fears May Have Been Unreasonable
- Court Incorrectly Grants Certificate of Rehabilitation By Not Evaluating Recent Drug Offense
- DUI Arrest Proper When Man Stumbles in Middle of Road While Picking Up Fallen Tools
- What is Indecent Exposure (Penal Code § 314)
- Partygoers’ Convictions For Attempted Murder Based on “Kill Zone” Theory Reversed
- Expungement of Petty Theft Conviction a Mistake, Although Defendant Consequently Faces Deportation
- Marijuana Grower’s Conviction for Voluntary Manslaughter Upheld from Killing Thief of His Crop
- What Is A STATIC-99 Report?
- Thirteen New Crime-Related Laws to Know for 2013
- Federal Judge Incorrectly Classifies Crack Seller as Career Offender
- Man Who Impersonates Female’s Boyfriend While Having Sex Is Improperly Convicted of Rape
- What is Meeting a Child for Lewd Purposes (Penal Code § 288.4)?
- Unruly Defendant Removed From Courtroom Is Not Entitled to Have Audio or Video Feed to Hear or See Continued Testimony in Trial
- Seventeen Year Old May Be Charged As An Adult With Federal Second Degree Murder Based on Lay Testimony That He Had Average Intelligence And Maturity
- What Are the Defenses to Possession of Child Pornography (Penal Code § 311)?
- Every Question About an Ignition Interlock Device ( I.I.D.) That You Had, But Were Hesitant to Ask
- Restitution Order in Federal Court Improper When Calling for Immediate Payment
- Conviction for Accessory to Shoplifting and Burglary Has Lesson For Those Defending Such Charges
- Second-Time DUI Offender’s Prison Sentence Upheld on Appeal
- Enhanced Sentence Upheld on Appeal for Sex Crime Defendant Who Already Was A Penal Code § 290 Registrant
- Conviction Upheld for Possession of an Assault Weapon Although AK-47 Disassembled
- Judge Makes Mistake In Allowing Letting Jury Hear Drug Cartel Evidence
- Sentence Set Aside When Federal Judge Makes Mistake
- Resentencing of a Three Strikes Sentence Often Involves Difficult Document Gathering Challenges
- Sex Crime- Defendant Has Right at Trial to Present Evidence of Alleged Victim’s Prior False Sexual Assault Claims
- Defendant’s Sixth Amendment Right to Cross-Examination Not Violated When Confidential Informant Testifies Wearing a Wig and Sunglasses
- Restitution Order in Federal Court Improper When Calling for Immediate Payment
- Confrontation Clause of Sixth Amendment Not Violated When DNA Evidence is Admitted
- Court May Not Involuntarily Commit a Mentally Retarded Person Without A Showing That Violence is Related to Retardation
- A Principal in Disturbing the Peace May Be Sentenced to 25- Year-To-Life for Attempted Murder That Follows
- Restitution Award in DUI Case Reversed and Vacated Because Trial Court’s Calculation Not Rational
- What is Receiving Stolen Property (Penal Code § 496)?
- DUI Arrest Proper When Man Stumbles in Middle of Road While Picking Up Fallen Tools
- Murder and Robbery Conviction Overturned Where Defendant Confessed In Reliance on Detective’s False Promises of Leniency
- Traffic Stop Proper Where Officer Sees Driver Texting While Parked, But Then Move While Making “Similar Movements”
- In DUI Vehicular Manslaughter Case (Penal Code § 191.5), Police Can Download Car’s Computer to Show Speed at Impact
- What Are the Limits of a “Protective Sweep” Search Without a Warrant?
- Immigration Consequences of a Plea to Misdemeanor Criminal Threats Are Not Grounds to Vacate a Judgment
- Is My Call From Jail to My Attorney Really Private?
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules Drug- Detecting Dog’s Incorrect Signal Can Nevertheless Give Police Probable Cause to Search a Car
- Is it Proper for the Prosecutor to Charge Me with More Than What Police Arrested Me For?
- Appeals Court Affirms Denial of Petition for Factual Innocence (PFI) After Case Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing
- Which County Will Prosecute Me If I Committed a Crime in Two Different Counties?
- Adult Convicted of Resisting Arrest May Not Serve Sentence in County Jail Because of Juvenile Strike
- Why the Megan’s Law Website Information Should Be For Police Use Only
- Thirty Years to Life Sentence For Juvenile Sex Crime Defendant Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Standard Probation Conditions Authorizing Police to Conduct Warrantless Searches, With or Without Probable Cause, Upheld on Appeal When Police Find Felon on Probation with Shotgun
- May A Sentence Enhancement Be Applied Twice on the Same Defendant for Acts on the Same Victim in the Same Day?
- Conviction for Felony Resisting Arrest (Penal Code § 69) Reversed For Improper Evidence of Prior Resisting Arrest Incidents Introduced
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Warrantless Use of Police Dog on Front Porch to Signal Drugs Violate the Fourth Amendment
- Appeals Court Affirms LAPD Officer’s Conviction for Solicitation of Prostitution (Penal Code § 647(b))
- 10 Things To Do If Police Stop You For DUI
- Appellate Court Denies Equal Protection Challenge of Lifetime Sex Offender Registration Requirement for Possession of Child Pornography
- Defendant Does Not Have to Pay Restitution When Probation Terminated and Cases Dismissed
- What is a Criminal Street Gang for Purposes of a Sentencing Enhancement?
- What Happens If Probation Is Revoked And There is a Violation After The Probationary Period Ends?
- Federal Sentence Enhancement Proper For Person Deported, But Subsequently Found Back In U.S. Serving Time in a California State Prsion
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules Police May Not Draw Blood Without a Warrant When Suspect Refuses Breath or Blood Test
- Juvenile’s Conviction for Disturbing the Peace under Penal Code § 415 (2) While Stealing a Cell Phone Not a First Amendment Violation
- Man Convicted Making False Claim of Citizenship despite Claim He Suffered Delusion That Caused Him to Believe He was a Citizen
- What Should I Wear and Bring to Court?
- Women Who Allowed Parolee to Stay at Her House Is Guilty of Being an Accessory in Assisting a Parolee Abscond From Supervision
- When Can a Judge Attach Conditions to Bail or Deny Bail?
- What Are the HAM and MADD VIP Programs?
- When Government Destroys Key Evidence of a Crime in a Federal Case, Dismissal of Charge Not Mandatory, but a Jury Instruction Is
- When A Pitchess Motion Is Granted, The Judge Must Review The Police Officer’s Confidential Personnel Records Rather Than Delegate Such Review to Another Person
- Man Discards Handgun While Walking Away From Police After Orders to Show His Hands; Motion to Suppress Evidence of Gun Denied
- Does Arson of an Inhabited Structure Include Setting Fire to An Inhabited Motor Home?
- Pit Bull Owner Is Criminally Liable for His Dog’s Biting a Neighbor, Who Hit the Dog With a Cane to Protect His Labrador Retriever
- Beware: The Prosecution May Add Charges During Trial Based on Witness Testimony in Trial
- What is Summary Probation?
- Defendant Violates Probation on a Seven-Year Joint Suspended Prison Sentence; Under AB109, Sentenced to Seven Years in County Jail
- What Punishment Do I Face for First-Time DUI?
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules It Is Permissible to Take DNA Samples From Those Accused of a Serious Crime
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