I share your curiosity. I also must say we all watch too many crime movies and television like CSI. However, in my experience as a criminal...

No, but not because of any civil rights issue that you might believe. When police "run your plates," the name associated with the license plate is...

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I need to file a petition to seal arrest record 851.8

Penal Code § 851.8 applies to any wrongful arrest and all the documents generated in conjunction with the arrest (the booking photo, the...

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I do not think you will serve anywhere close to your actual sentence. My bet will be about four or five days. When the DUI from Super Bowl Sunday...

What is going to happen?

What you are describing is shoplifting. Shoplifting is the unpermitted taking of an item belonging to another with the intent to permanently...

My boyfriend is 21 and is being accused of having sex w a minor. What would be the charges and time if he is found guilty?

Your question suggests your boyfriend may be charged with statutory rape. Statutory rape is defined under Penal Code § 261.5 as sexual intercourse...

Current percentage of time" served" verses "sentenced to" in Alameda Co. Jails for a felony (PC 245 A1)?

I agree with the math that the attorney before me set out. Your ex may be released even earlier, however, if county jail is crowded. Your ex...

Calif court, had me sign a paper -- if I dont appear for sentencing, what are those law numbers? Can court take my drivin privli

As the charge was a misdemeanor, you can appear through counsel under Penal Code section 977(a), unless the judge specifically said this was not...

If you walk into court, you will not be arrested immediately. The judge should inquire first of you whether you were summoned to military duty,...

Any good legal advice for this interesting DUI? I assure you if you read it you'll have fun with the defense

You certainly can contest the arrest as being based upon field sobriety tests that were "garbage in, garbage out" because you could not see. I...