D.U.I. and sobriety checkpoints
Aug 03, 2011
WITH the Holiday season here, you can be sure that the police will be setting up sobriety checkpoints. In California and in many states, police conducting checkpoints must comply with a strict guidelin...
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I have been arrested, what do I do?
Aug 03, 2011
THE holiday season means more police out in the freeways arresting people for DUI and more security at our shopping malls which means more shoplifting arrests. This is a quick guide as to your rights i...
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Michael Jackson’s case at the preliminary hearing stage
Aug 03, 2011
A PRELIMINARY hearing has been described as a mini-trial, at which the judge and not the jury decides whether there is enough evidence to force the defendant to stand trial. The legal standard for thi...
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To prove DUI, they must prove…driving
Aug 03, 2011
THERE are two elements to proving Driving Under the Influenceyou were driving and that you were driving over the legal limit in your state.
For example, the police arrive at a scene of a one car accid...
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Super Bowl-domestic violence myth persists
Aug 02, 2011
THE myth dates back to 1993 when media outlets labeled Super Bowl Sunday a day of dread for women across the country. Women advocates spoke of a flood of calls to domestic abuse hot lines and media mai...
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Bad check criminal charges in Vegas
Aug 02, 2011
IN Nevada, it is a called a marker when you borrow money from a casino. If you do not pay back the marker, you may be charged and convicted of a felony, which carries a possible prison sentence. A felo...
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Theft crimes
Aug 02, 2011
YES, Lindsay Lohan is in trouble again. She was allegedly walked out of a Venice, California jewelry store with a $2,500 necklace around her neck. The Los Angeles County District Attorney (DA) filed a...
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‘Nuts and Bolts’ of child support arrears
Aug 02, 2011
Arrears means past due support. Arrears are created when a child support order is made and there have periods of time in which support payments were paid only partially or not at all. Section 685.020 (...
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Setting aside paternity
Aug 02, 2011
It is not uncommon for many fathers to be unaware that they are fathers until their wages have been garnished by the state.
Setting aside paternity
Paternity cases capture public attention and grab h...
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Immigration and Criminal conviction
Aug 02, 2011
If you are convicted of a crime, you could be deported. The United States government is serious when it comes to excluding and deporting immigrants who have been found guilty, either through a voluntar...
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