What is the punishment for being 20 and having sex with a 17 year old in California.

My colleagues have given you some good advice. Do not talk to him nor answer any phone calls or texts from him. If he has reported this to the...

Don't have any more money, but the damage is already done. What can be done to bring this to the courts attention and how?

Dont know if you are the asker, but someone has posted an awful lot about some murder in Fresno. Not sure why a defense investigator would...

What are the expected costs for a Criminal Defense Attorney of a person being charged with PC; 209 (B) (1) and PC 211 ?

For charges that carry a life sentence, you are looking easily $50,000 to $75,000 dollars. Anyone who charges anything significantly less is...

Sorry but that is why he has an attorney. Juveniles are not entitled to bail and he already had his detention hearing, so he is going to stay...

Can you be charged with solicitation of a minor if an 18 yr old is posing as underage?

Sorry but this is a scam that seems to have popped all of a sudden. We are getting a boatload of questions about this every day. It is a scam -...

You clearly misunderstand our role. We DEFEND such clients so why would we answer this question? Not all sex convictions require sex...

If the victims drop the charges will the case be dropped?

Since the victim did not file the charges, they can't drop them. Once the police file a report and sent it to the DA for prosecution, then only...

Whats the quikest way to request a different public defender

Sorry but your son cannot request a different public defender. Your son can file what is called a Marsden motion if he feels his attorney is not...

Question: should he retain a lawyer and not a public defender? Also, can this be faught being that he was never served?

Your son's father picked the wrong time to get these types of charges. A couple of days, a woman was shot and killed in her home in Lincoln by a...

Sounds like he should have taken the 10 years. The DA in all likelihood is not "threatening" him with anything. He simply telling him his maximum...