If you haven't been charged with a crime in connection with the incident, but suffered an injury in an accident that you believe wasn't your fault...

You'll have to explain the circumstances of the testimony in greater detail, and perhaps could be more successful doing so in a phone call. Many...

The DMV has its own requirements for restoration of a CDL following a DUI arrest, and conviction, which are distinct from a court's punishments for...

PC 4573.6 is a felony punishable by up to four years imprisonment. While that is not much compared to a life sentence, it is enough to deny parole...

What you should do depends on what you hope to accomplish. If you want to contest the ticket and obtain the best possible outcome, the likelihood...

One thing you can do is to check the public on-line records. For Santa Clara County, go to https://portal.scscourt.org/search, and enter your...

The consequences? You can either passively wait for the criminal justice system to act upon you, as Mr. Nazzaro explains, or you can start planning...

If you're wondering whether you have a defense, a charge of stealing alcohol cannot be defeated by claiming its theft was necessary for the relief...

Penal Code sec. 1001.95 gives judges discretion to grant diversion in most misdemeanor cases, including DUIs. However, if granted, diversion does...

You seem to have been misinformed or misread the case record. California criminal law does not have degrees of felonies (and Federal law uses...