My son sentenced, it is none violent treat, gets felony, do you know if there a vote on November to become a misdemeanor?

As the other commenters have noted, it's difficult to answer your question without more information. It would help to know the charge on which your...

First, you need to be sure that you were ordered to do community service, as opposed to in-custody work supervised by sheriff's deputies. In my...

How can I prove my innocence in a case where I honestly believe that I've been set up?

Other commenters have stressed the need to hire an attorney or work closely with your fiancee's public defender, so I won't dwell on that issue....

Cases are reassigned to different deputy DAs for a variety of reasons. I'll discuss a few of them below. Ordinarily, there is a great deal of...

As others have already stated, plea bargaining can occur at any stage of a criminal proceeding. If you are charged with a misdemeanor offense, the...

Will the three strikes law apply ?

There are many sentence enhancements under California law, and your question addresses two of them: (1) the "strike" prior enhancement; and (2) the...