Ten Things To Do If Police Stop You For DUI
May 31, 2013
1. Pass the Attitude Test. Be respectful. Let the cops know you appreciate their power. Say Sir and Maam.
2. Dont try to pass the Attitude Test by confessing you had anything to drink. Officers will...
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Warrantless Use of Police Dog on Front Porch to Signal Drugs Violate t
May 31, 2013
There is a general feeling among defense attorneys that the Fourth Amendment has lost almost all viability as law due to the seemingly countless exceptions adopted over time by courts and due to n...
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Appeals Court Affirms LAPD Officer’s Conviction for Solicitation of Prostitution (Penal Code § 647(b))
May 31, 2013
In October, 2007, Officer Russell Mecano of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) arrested Taylor P., age 18, after she slapped another woman in Santa Monica. Taylor P. was homeless.
Officer ...
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Conviction for Felony Resisting Arrest (Penal Code § 69) Reversed For Improper Evidence of Prior Res
May 30, 2013
In trial, certain evidence has tremendous prejudicial effect. Sometimes, such effects are proper and relevant, but other times, the introduction of such evidence is unfair because it is unduly pre...
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May A Sentence Enhancement Be Applied Twice on the Same Defendant for Acts on the Same Victim in the Same Day?
May 30, 2013
In the case of People v. Theodore Rolando Wooten (2013 DJDAR 2859), it was alleged that Mr. Wooter forced M.S. to orally copulate him, causing her great bodily injury, and then after M.S. tried to...
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Probation Conditions Authorizing Police to Conduct Warrantless Searches, Upheld on Appeal When Polic
May 30, 2013
Criminal defense attorneys are familiar with terms of formal probation stating:
Defendant is subject to a warrantless search condition, as to defendants person, property, premises and vehicle, an...
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Thirty Years to Life Sentence For Juvenile Sex Crime Defendant Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment
May 29, 2013
Javier Perez was convicted in Orange County of a single count of sexual penetration with a foreign object (Penal Code 289(a)(1)) on a nine year old boy and a single count of a forcible lewd act (...
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Why the Megan’s Law Website Information Should Be For Police Use Only
May 29, 2013
Make no mistake about it. Crimes of sexual violence devastate victims, tear families apart and can even terrorize communities. Those who commit such crimes must be punished so that the risk of rec...
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Adult Convicted of Resisting Arrest May Not Serve Sentence in County Jail Because of Juvenile Strike
May 29, 2013
Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109) is widely perceived as a good thing for defendants facing charges that ten years ago would present prison sentences. Under AB109, felons without serious or violent felon...
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Which County Will Prosecute Me If I Committed a Crime in Two Different Counties?
May 28, 2013
It is not uncommon in the Los Angeles area for a client of ours to make sales of narcotics in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura and / or San Bernardino County, especially when sales are made...
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