San Francisco, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at San Francisco, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Violent Crime ... +2 more
The Old Miranda Rule Miranda still applies only to custodial police interrogations. One of the most common complaints I hear on Avvo is that the police didn't read someone their rights. The police ...
See Full GuideI Was There But He's the One Who Did the Crime Many people are under the mistaken belief that if they did not actively participate in a crime that is somehow a defense to liability. Often people com...
See Full GuideThey Didn't Read Me My Rights This is the most common error I see on Avvo. I treat it separately in another guide but since nobody reads my guides I'll highlight it here. The police don't have to r...
See Full GuideShort Answer: It Is a Crime Listening to our politicians bellying up to the public trough, one would think that illegal immigrants enter this country with impunity. Nothing could be further from the...
See Full GuideThe Best System in the World? In almost every jury case I have tried the judge informs the panel that our system of trial by jury is the best in the world. Is that really true? What does the judge ...
See Full GuideSex Offense: the Most Heinous of All Crimes? That's the way each night's serving of Law and Order, Special Victims Unit begins. Sex offenses are the most heinous crimes imaginable and in some cases ...
See Full GuideTattoos Pro and Con When I was growing up people with tattoos were associated with some vaguely illegal activity. Today when approximately 1/5 of the US population sports a tattoo or more attitudes ...
See Full GuideMy Lawyer Screwed My Case Let's start out with an admission. Not all lawyers are fine, ethical people. The system doesn't always succeed in weeding out the dishonest, irresponsible people who someh...
See Full GuideWhat Is a Probation Search When you are granted probation you are given a grant of leniency based on certain conditions. One of these conditions is that you submit to a search of your person, home, ...
See Full GuideMy Appointed Attorney is Useless; What Can I Do? The first thing you should try to do is re-establish a good relationship with him or her. Maybe he has been in another trial and can't respond to you...
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