Can An Anonymous Cell Phone Call to Police Support a Traffic Stop for DUI?
Oct 09, 2012
With the proliferation of cell phone use, police often receive calls from motorists who claim to be witnessing a driver who appears to be intoxicated and a danger to other motorists. Sometimes, the ...
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Juvenile Commits First Degree Residential Burglary By Stealing Guns From Closet Near Home Entry
Oct 08, 2012
In San Diego County, a juvenile (M.A.) entered a house with the owners permission without any intent to commit a felony therein. While inside, he learned that there were guns in a closet and then de...
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First Degree Burglary Conviction Upheld When Residential Home Uninhabited And Realtor’s Wallet Is St
Oct 03, 2012
Under Penal Code 460, every burglary of an inhabited dwelling is first degree burglary. Burglary of a structure that is not an inhabited dwelling house is second degree burglary.
On June 27, 2010...
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If I Am Arrested, Can Police Look At My Text Messages?
Oct 02, 2012
Erik Rangel allegedly beat and stabbed a man in a San Mateo park. The crime was believed to be gang related. Days later, a judge signed a warrant for Rangels arrest and a search warrant for Rangels ...
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The Police Took Your Money, So You Usually Get it Back, Plus Interest.
Oct 01, 2012
Under Health and Safety Code 11469(i), when a government agency seizes a persons money, the agency has a duty to protect the money and preserve its value. The government does this by placing the mo...
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Federal Conviction Reversed for Assault Because Intended Victim Not Aware Defendant Threw Rock at Hi
Sep 26, 2012
On June 18, 2009, Enrique Acosta-Sierra threw a baseball-size piece of concrete at U.S. Custom and Border Protection Officer Abram Lopez. Acosta-Sierra missed, although he was only seven or eight fe...
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Seven Years to Life Sentence for Dissuading a Witness for Benefit of a Gang Reversed Because No Forc
Sep 25, 2012
Michael Valles was fatally shot at a tattoo parlor in Stanislaus County in 2004. Felix Lopez was charged with violating Penal Code 187, murder, as well as four other counts associated with the crim...
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Destruction or Spoliation of Evidence Can Cause More Problems Than it May Seem to Solve
Sep 24, 2012
Relevant evidence that can support a defense or that can disprove the occurrence of a crime is valuable, even vital evidence. It may be a videotape that supports an alibi defense or a claim of self-...
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Does the Law Against Carrying a Dirk or Dagger Violate My Constitutional Right to Bear Arms for Self
Sep 18, 2012
On September 28, 2010, a security guard removed Kenyatta Quinn Mitchell from the San Diego trolley because Mitchell did not have a ticket to ride the trolley. Another guard came to assist and notice...
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The Police Asked Me to Be An Informant- Should I?
Sep 17, 2012
The activities of an informant are glamorized in movies and on television as dangerous, exciting, and dramatic. The informant can be the key witness everyone relies upon, so they are respected as pow...
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