Will the DA take into account a previous d.v. if its over ten years Old?

Yes the prior conviction is stale but that does not guarantee that the judge will bar it from evidence as Mr. Marshall's answer implies. The trial...

Can not reduce a staright felony (PC 245b) what are my options of ever owening a firearm

Just so there is no confusion Mr. Marshall is correct. I misread the penal Code section you were referring to. Sorry if I raised your hopes...

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Is there a dallor amount when charged with grand theft that influences the court not to reduce to misdemeanor.

Yes there is a dollar amount that separates a wobbler from a straight felony. It is $950. Courts do have a great deal of discretion, however, and...

Pre-Plea DEJ - employment concerns

To supplement Mr. Sanger's excellent answer I would add that CA does not rank misdemeanors or divide them into serious and not so serious. A...

Can i delete my grand theft felony?

You cannot "delete"anything from your record in CA unless there was no conviction and you can prove yourself factually innocent of the charges. PC...

Can not reduce a staright felony (PC 245b) what are my options of ever owening a firearm

PC 245(b) is a wobbler. If the judge only sentenced you to county jail it automatically became a misdemeanor for all purposes. The answers about...

I received a ticket in LA because I slowed but did not stop at a stop sign. Is there anything i can say on a TBD to evade it?

A rolling stop, sometimes called a CA stop, is not a stop under the law. Minor discrepancies in your ticket will not let you slip through the...

I would like to know if it is a Violation of the U.S. Constitution Article 1, Section 9 to count a 1985 offense under a New Law

No challenge to the three strikes law based on ex post facto claims, double jeopardy clause or cruel and unusual punishment have ever been...

My fiance is in prison for drug charges he has another year before his released. A detainer was filed against him and he is

Someone who legally enters the US and resides here crime free for 7 continuous years, then later gets in trouble, can apply for an exclusion from...

What happens if the county that issued the out of county warrant does not pick you up??

I'm not sure of the situation but if he is serving time in County A for one offense and has a warrant in another county, as long as he has 90 days...