Category: Criminal Defense

Be careful the next time your frog dies during a jumping contest. If this happens in California and you choose to eat your precious frog’s legs, no matter how tasty they may be, you could find yourself being arrested and charged with a crime. Our great nation still has a

Being arrested and charged with a crime does not automatically result in a conviction. Luckily, United States citizens are protected by various rules of law that may not necessarily prevent prosecution, but can lead to a reduction in charges or a lesser sentence upon conviction. The prosecution may not have

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its annual list of crimes in September 2016 and, while property crimes had decreased in 2015, the data showed a 3.9 percent increase in violent crimes during the same year. However, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is unlikely to include the myriad

So, your local district attorney has filed an indictment against you and local law enforcement has arrested you for the crimes listed in said document. Unfortunately, depending on the crime, criminal charges are not always the only way you may be punished for your alleged wrongdoing. There are several crimes

On November 8, 2016, California voters chose to make the adult recreational use of marijuana legal. At the time, Prop 47 had already reduced the state’s felony drug arrests for marijuana by 33 percent between 2014 and 2015. This was also due in part to the reduction of the minor

Being approached by law enforcement officials will make most people nervous even if that haven’t done anything wrong. After all, we are always hearing about wrongful convictions based on shaky evidence or people confessing to things they didn’t do. This first meeting with a police officer regarding an alleged crime

The protection of American citizens against sex crimes began in 1996, but the Wetterling Act only required states to implement offender registries. In 2006, a new federal law, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 imposed stiffer regulations on states’ sex offender registry requirements. These new regulations

Being arrested for a crime is only the first step in the prosecution’s efforts in gaining a conviction. Unlike the court proceedings portrayed in television, the process of trial and conviction do not fly by in a 60-minute flash. Not only that, many of the things that people believe about

You’ve been arrested, booked, and are now waiting patiently for arraignment where your charges will be read and you will enter a plea. What happens next will depend on the severity of the crime for which you have been arrested. You may be released, required to pay bail, or remanded