- San Diego County Charge: Out of county resident charged with felony assault and battery involving multiple victims and great bodily and serious injuries Result: Verdict, Not Guilty on All 7 counts of Assault and Battery with Great Bodily Injury and Multiple Strikes.San Diego County Charge: 69 year old man driving under the influence of methamphetamine onto oncoming traffic Result: Hung Jury and District Attorney Dismissed DUI San Diego County Charge: Mother of two evading police in hit and run charge with serious bodily injury Result: District Attorney Dismissed after Successful Line-Up Motion San Diego County Charge: Juvenile charged with running over her ex boyfriend at high school Result: Court Dismissed case after Argument Made In Mitigation San Diego County Charge: Spouse arrested for domestic violence after 911 calls and pictures of serious bodily injury Result: District Attorney Dismissed at Trial San Diego County Charge: Military member arrested for assault and battery Result: Court Dismissed after successful argument for Military Diversion San Diego Federal Charge: 19-year-old student charged with Alien Smuggling Result: Case Dismissed after negotiations with US AttorneySan Diego County Charge: Out of county resident charged with felony assault and battery involving multiple victims and great bodily and serious injuries Result: Verdict, Not Guilty on All 7 counts of Assault and Battery with Great Bodily Injury and Multiple Strikes.San Diego County Charge: 69 year old man driving under the influence of methamphetamine onto oncoming traffic Result: Hung Jury and District Attorney Dismissed DUI San Diego County Charge: Mother of two evading police in hit and run charge with serious bodily injury Result: District Attorney Dismissed after Successful Line-Up Motion San Diego County Charge: Juvenile charged with running over her ex boyfriend at high school Result: Court Dismissed case after Argument Made In Mitigation San Diego County Charge: Spouse arrested for domestic violence after 911 calls and pictures of serious bodily injury Result: District Attorney Dismissed at Trial San Diego County Charge: Military member arrested for assault and battery Result: Court Dismissed after successful argument for Military Diversion San Diego Federal Charge: 19-year-old student charged with Alien Smuggling Result: Case Dismissed after negotiations with US Attorney
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California Conspiracy Charges
What is conspiracy? An agreement between one or more people to commit a crime where one of the people involved in the conspiracy commits an overt act in furtherance of the unlawful agreement. What is an overt act? The act done to help accomplish the agreed upon crime after the...
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Speedy Trial Rights
Misdemeanor arraignment departments occasionally set trial dates beyond the time limits of Penal Code section 1382. Because it is the arraigning lawyers’ professional obligation to know what date is 30 and 45 days away, and to object to a trial setting beyond the applicable date unless a date farther out...
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Drunk In Public Charge
An essential element to a violation of 647(f) is that the person must “by reason of his being under the influence of intoxicating liquor” is unable to exercise care for his safety or that of others and by that same reason, interferes with the free use of any street, sidewalk...
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Expungement of Criminal Record
WHO IS ELIGIBLE? An adult who was granted and has successfully completed probation, either by fulfilling the conditions of probation or being discharged before the end of his/her probationary period. He/She must not be on probation or serving a sentence for any other offense. (Pen. Code § 1203.4) WHAT ARE...
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California Probation
Probation and the Law Probation is often part of a criminal defendant’s California sentence. When probation is given, the individual is allowed to remain a member of the community after jail time (if any) has been successfully completed. California probation laws differ according to the type of probation given, such...
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Withdraw A Guilty Plea
You have been arrested, charged and brought before the court. The judge has asked you to enter a plea, you have been offered a plea agreement by the prosecution and pled guilty to the charges against you. The judge has sentenced you but now you want to know if it...
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Self Defense As A Defense
What is an affirmative defense? An affirmative defense is an assertion to the charges against the person accompanied with a legal justification for carrying out the offense charged. What is not an affirmative defense? An affirmative defense does not dispute the facts underlying the charges against the person or negate...
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Fourth Amendment Waiver
What is it? It is waiver of a person’s right to warrantless searches and/or seizures of the person and his or her belongings. Who does it apply to? Parolees, probationers, and pre-trial defendants whose offenses relate to theft, narcotics or involve weapons. Who has the right to carry it out?...
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California Sex Offender Registration
What is it? It is a mandatory life long penalty imposed on people convicted of a sex offense in California, requiring them to register as sex offenders. What are some registrable sex offenses in California? Violations of California indecent exposure law (P.C. 314), rape law (P.C. 261), sexual battery (P.C. 243.4),...
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How to Restore Your Firearm Rights
Who does P.C. §12021.1 regulate? Any person who has been convicted of specified crime, whether a misdemeanor or felony relating to violence, unlawful use of firearms, or who is addicted to the use of a narcotic drug. What is prohibited under P.C. §12021.1? A convicted felon is prohibited from owning,...
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