Victim Character Evidence
Jul 02, 2009
She Deserved What She Got Beacuse She's Always Flirting Around This is a complicated area of law. Usually it comes up only in sex crime cases although it may come up in cases of domestic violence. I...
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Explanation of Character Evidence and Its Uses in California
Jul 02, 2009
But I Had a Clean Record Up Til Now Many clients in response to a charge bring in stacks of letters testifying to their good character. In addition they point to a lack of previous arrests in defens...
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How Bail Works
Jul 02, 2009
Will I get My Bail Premium Back if I Win? An amazing number of clients and lawyers think that if they use a bail bondsman and they win they'll get back the 8-10% premium they paid. Not so. That mon...
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What to Tell Your Lawyer
Jul 02, 2009
Should I tell him the whole truth? That depends frankly on how your relationship with your lawyer evolves. Most lawyers say they want the whole truth from their clients. But knowing the truth can m...
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When to Call the Police for a Domestic Dispute
Jun 20, 2009
Domestic Violence Laws Should Be Used by Those Who Need Them Many people come to me for help after having an argument where one spouse or partner calls the cops, the other ends up in jail, the whole ...
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Shoplifting and Civil Demand Letters:
Jun 20, 2009
What are these civil demand letters? When shoplifting occurs the store has two options. It can call the cops who will arrest you and later the DA will decide whether to press charges. In addition a...
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Your Rights When Detained by the Police
Jun 14, 2009
What's the Difference Bewteen a Detention and an Arrest? An arrest will land you in jail. A detention is a stop by the police because they have some reasonable suspicion of wrong doing which is less...
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When No Search Warrant is Needed (Warrantless Search)
Jun 14, 2009
Many people think that if they have been searched and there is no warrant -- the results of the search are going to get thrown out. Maybe, but there are a number of exceptions to the requirement that ...
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The Proper Execution of Search Warrants
Jun 12, 2009
My House and Car Were Searched But the Warrant Only Says the Building. What Gives Two principal issues govern the scope of the warrant. The first is the area of the search and whether property beyo...
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Available Mental Defenses in California
Jun 12, 2009
General and Specific Intent Crimes In CA, as in most states, most crimes are general intent crimes which means that to be guilty you only had to do the act your are accused of or that the statute def...
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