LAPD OFFICERS CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING FIELD IDENTIFICATION CARDS
When police officers encounter an individual, whether as a result of a traffic stop, arrest for suspicion of a crime, even just a detention based on a suspicion, or other encounters, the officer may...
View ArticleCRIMES AND CLEARANCE RATES IN CALIFORNIA—A LOOK AT THE STATISTICAL RECORD
The California Department of Justice makes crime statistics available to the public that can be an interesting read for a legal nerd such as myself. Even if you aren’t a legal nerd, I think you might...
View ArticleNEW LAW MAY END MANY MISDEMEANOR PROSECUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA
The California Legislature had a busy year in 2020 as it concerns criminal laws. Several significant changes in criminal law will go into effect at the beginning of 2021. I will discuss some of those...
View ArticleDIGITAL VEHICLE FORENSICS USED TO HELP SOLVE CRIMES
You may not know that your vehicle records and stores a large assortment of time stamped data that can range from the opening and closing of the vehicle’s doors, the speed at which the vehicle was...
View ArticleDINE AND DASH IN THE AGE OF COVID
It has been almost a year now since restaurants in California have been forced to close all or part of their dining facilities. For many small restauranteurs, the take-out business has kept them...
View ArticleEVIDENCE IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL
A criminal trial is all about the evidence. It is the backbone of the prosecution’s case. Evidence of a crime is most often circumstantial. It is unusual for the police and prosecutors to have direct...
View ArticlePossession of Controlled Substance For Sale
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO HE STOOD BEFORE THE JUDGE AS A CONVICTED DRUG DEALER, NOW HE STANDS BEFORE THE SAME JUDGE TO BE SWORN IN AS AN ATTORNEY. Being a criminal defense attorney in Orange County can be...
View ArticleSIGNIFICANT RELIEF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SOME SEX OFFENDER REGISTRANTS
BEGINNING JULY 1, 2021 Beginning July 1, 2021, many California residents who are required to register as sex offenders under Penal Code section 290 will be relieved of the lifetime registration...
View ArticleBenzodiazepines: The Next Drug Epidemic Crisis?
The opioid addiction and overdose crisis is old news, but is this country on the cusp of a new prescription drug epidemic? Some experts fear that a class of drugs, benzodiazepines, is the next drug...
View Article2020 SAW A 30% INCREASE IN FATAL DRUG OVERDOSES
I think we can all agree that 2020 was a bad year all around. Drug abuse and overdose was no exception. In 2020, the number of drug overdose deaths increased 30% to an estimated 93,000 people, the...
View ArticleCRIMINAL APPEALS
A person convicted by a judge or jury of a misdemeanor or a felony has a right to appeal that conviction. However, it is not enough to be unhappy with the verdict or think the trial was unfair, there...
View ArticleWHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU LEARN A BENCH WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR YOUR ARREST?
A bench warrant is a warrant for a person’s arrest issued by a judge (the “bench”). Most often these warrants are issued because a person failed to appear in court for an arraignment or other matter or...
View ArticlePETITION FOR RESENTENCING FOR THOSE CONVICTED AS AN ACCOMPLICE ON MURDER,...
The so-called felony murder rule that treated an accomplice to a murder as if he or she was the actual murderer was amended in 2017 so that an accomplice could only be convicted as the murderer when...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ARE GETTING TOUGH ON FENTANYL DEALERS
Riverside and San Bernardino County prosecutors have started charging individuals accused of selling fentanyl that resulted in death to the user with murder. In Riverside County, the DA is currently...
View Article“HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES” ARE NOW ILLEGAL IN CALIFORNIA
It took five years, but Prop 63 is now the law. In 2016, the California voters passed Prop 63, which outlawed most “large capacity magazines,” as defined by the proposition as a magazine that holds...
View ArticleIS A NEW OR AMENDED CRIMINAL LAW RETROACTIVE?
This is a tale about how a small change in criminal law can affect a criminal defendant in a big way. The California Legislature is always busy writing bills seeking to enact new or amended criminal...
View ArticleBURGLARY: PRIOR ACTS TO PROVE INTENT TO COMMIT A CRIME
A conviction of first-degree burglary requires evidence that the defendant entered certain structures with the intent to commit a theft or a felony. The structure must be one for which the purpose is...
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