For better or for worse, the sf bay area has a very high criminal conviction rate. How do you,attorneys, fight these DAs?

DAs typically do not file charges unless they think they can make the case. Consequently, conviction rates are high because DAs only take cases...

In the last couple years, the government has been prosecuting welfare fraud at a greater rate. If you failed to report income you were receiving...

It is impossible to know what the DA will do. That they didn't see you drive is not the end of the story. There may be circumstantial evidence that...

If a victim/witness is dead can their credibility be attacked in court.

A dead witness can't testify unless the defendant had something to do with his death or, unless, there is some other hearsay exception that allows...

Penal Code section 207(a) is kidnapping. It is generally punishable by up to 11 years. Penal Code section 236 is probably charged in the...

I know the DA can take up to a yeat to file a dui case. Can you file for a speedy trial to get it over with?

No. In a misdemeanor DUI case, the DA doesn't have to file for a year after the event. But there is no mechanism for forcing the DA to file sooner....

PC 803 says that the statute of limitations for certain crimes does not begin until the crime is discovered. Almost all crimes have a statute of...

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