Blog Posts in March, 2013

In California, the answer is a resounding "no". A vicitm of domestic violence (and victims of sexual assualt) are immune from imprisonment or confinement for refusing to testify regarding acts of ...

This article sets forth some practical information about detentions and arrests for theft by shoplifting or video recording in a movie theater. California Penal Code section 490.5 provides merchants ...

In California, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") handles criminal history information. You may order your criminal history from the Office of the Attorney General. An application may be obtained from ...

By this time in our series, the charges have been reviewed, broken into their elements and all of the facts have been gathered, poured over and sifted. It is now time to make that all important ...

In this Part II of How to Defend a Criminal Case, we will explore more of the investigative stage of preparing a criminal case for negotiation, motions and, possibly, trial. After determining the ...

A fundamental question that frequently arises is how should one approach the defense of a criminal case? This article is an overview of the steps necessary to defend a criminal case. First, and I ...