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  • CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER: DOES USD DRUG TEST ONLY BLACK ATHLETES?
  • CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY MARY FRANCES PREVOST SUES UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO/COACH/POLICE ON BEHALF OF USD'S FORMER POINT GUARD ALLEGING RACIAL PROFILING/RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
  • CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE: ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ARRESTED ON DUI AFTER CRASHING TWICE IN 30 MINUTES!
  • SANTA CLARA PROSECUTOR'S FOUR-YEAR SUSPENSION FOR MISCONDUCT UPHELD
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: COURT OF APPEAL REVERSES CASE FOR JUROR MISCONDUCT
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: COURT OF APPEALS RULES FAVORABLY ON DEFENSE MELENDEZ-DIAZ/CRAWFORD CASE
  • CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER CHARLES MADDOX CHALLENGES INCUMBENT JUDGE IN ORANGE COUNTY
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: MIRANDA ON THE BLINK
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS TO WEAR VIDEO CAMERAS
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DFENSE: LAURA DUFFY NAMED UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
  • MARICOPA SHERIFF FACES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES
  • MARICOPA SHERIFF FACES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES
  • CALIFORNIA DUI: CHP TO INVESTIGATE RIVERSIDE POLICE CHIEF'S EARLY MORNING DUI CRASH
  • SAN DIEGO POLICE MISCONDUCT: COURT OF APPEAL ORDERS "BRADY" DISCOVERY FROM POLICE PERSONNEL FILE IN LYING COP CASE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: USING A NICKNAME FROM A HORROR MOVIE CAN GET YOU IN TROUBLE
  • MURDER DEFENSE - IMPERFECT SELF DEFENSE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVERSES VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT ON MELENDEZ-TYPE CONFRONTATION CASE
  • TEXAS JUDGES CLOSES COURTROOM EARLY TO AVOID FILING BY DEATH ROW INMATE: OFF WITH HER HEAD!
  • NEW YORK JETS FAN ARRESTED AT JETS/CHARGERS PLAYOFF GAME
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: IS A SCHOOL A PUBLIC PLACE?
  • CALIFORNIA SENTENCING LAW: ENHANCEMENTS AND MINIMUM PAROLE ELIGIBILITY
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER: RESTITUTION FOR COSTS AT KAISER
  • CALIFORNIA C RIMINAL LAW: PROVING OUT-OF-STATE PRIORS
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: WHAT CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OR "TERRORIST" THREAT?
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: MULTIPLE SENTENCES FROM A SINGLE ACT
  • FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ISSUES NEW MEMORANDUM ON PROSECUTORIAL DISCOVERY
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: FALSE IMPRISONMENT OF A CHILD
  • CALIFORNIA FEDERAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: IF YOU SEE, SMELL OR SUSPECT MISCONDUCT, YOU MUST RAISE IT IN A PRE-TRIAL MOTION. USE IT, OR LOSE IT.
  • A CURTILAGE JUST ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE (SIGH!)
  • CALIFORNIA WILL WASTE $8 MILLION THIS YEAR BEEFING UP SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS: THIS SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE ATTORNEY THINKS THIS IS A TOTAL WASTE OF VALUABLE RESOURCES
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL SUSPECTS RELEASED FROM JAIL BECAUSE OF FALSE TOXICOLOGY RESULTS
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAWYER MARY PREVOST: RESTITUTION FOR THE COSTS OF INVESTIGATION
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: THE DEFENSE OF BEING TOO DEPRESSED TO REMEMBER TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER?
  • ROMAN POLANSKI AND THE FUGITIVE DISENTITLEMENT DOCTRINE
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL LAWYER MARY PREVOST: ATTEMPTING TO EXHIBIT HARMFUL MATTER TO AN APPARENT 13-YEAR-OLD
  • GANT AND SEARCHES OF RECENT OCCUPANTS OF CARS
  • STATUTE BANNING POSSESSION OF BODY ARMOR BY EX-CONS IS VOID FOR VAGUENESS
  • DUI DEFENSE: COLORADO CRIME LAB GENERATES FALSE DUI READINGS
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL ATTORNEY MARY PREVOST: FELONY EVADING, SIREN AND LIGHTS
  • HOW TO AVOID A DUI ARREST AND CONVICTION THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
  • LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST: FAILURE TO COMBINE TRIALS ON GUILT AND ASSET FORFEITURE
  • LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN ATTORNEY FAILS TO ADVICE ON IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES?
  • NO LICENSE PLATES BUT MAYBE A PERMIT? SUPPRESSION MOTION DENIED!
  • MARICOPA COP WILL VIOLATE COURT ORDER REQUIRING HIM TO APOLOGIZE FOR STEALING DEFENSE ATTORNEY'S DOCUMENT
  • CALIFORNIA DUI: HOW TO AVOID A DUI ARREST THIS THANKSGIVING
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: SLEAZY POLICE TACTICS TO GET CONFESSIONS ARE JUST FINE
  • PENAL CODE SECTION 654 AND GANG ENHANCEMENTS
  • MERE CONCLUSIONS BY THE POLICE GANG EXPERT ARE NOT ENOUGH FOR THE GANG
  • COP SENTENCED FOR STEALING PART OF DEFENSE ATTORNEY'S FILE; SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS HIS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
  • EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE SEARCHES FOR MISSING PERSONS
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: KNOWLEDGE AND FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER: PROVOCATIVE ACT MURDER AND FIRST DEGREE MURDER
  • CALIFORNIA DUI CONVICTION CAN PREVENT ENTRY INTO CANADA
  • BANNING COUNSEL FROM DISCUSSING A WITNESS STATEMENT WITH THE DEFENDANT
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: PLACING A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY IN A CHAIR NEXT TO A TESTIFYING DEFENDANT (OUTRAGEOUS!)
  • ONE INFLICTION OF GREAT BODILY INJURY, TWO ENHANCEMENTS
  • PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT QUANTIFYING PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
  • CALIFORNIA SEARCH & SEIZURE LAW: THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND PRIVATE POSTAL BOXES
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL SEARCH & SEIZURE: POLICE SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST IS LIMITED
  • PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT 6500 JUVENILE CASES BECAUSE OF JUDICIAL CORRUPTION
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: INVESTIGATING JUROR MISCONDUCT
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: PACIFIC TOXICOLOGY LABORATORY RESULTS CALLED INTO QUESTION
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER: TEXT MESSAGES, THREATS AND OBSCENITY
  • CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION INTERVIEW WAS TESTIMONIAL (CRAWFORD WIN!)
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER: NO COUNTY JAIL FOR JUVENILES
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: SECRET TAPES MADE BY COP REVEALED TO DEFENSE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL THREATS: ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL THREATS AND REASONABLENESS OF THE VICTIM'S FEAR
  • UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO HEAR "ONE SWERVE" ANONYMOUS TIPSTER DUI CASE
  • SAN DIEGO POLICE SHOOT UNARMED WOMAN IN STOLEN CAR
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER: JOINTLY CHARGED DEFENDANTS, DELAYS WITH GOOD CAUSE, AND TRAILING
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: CLIENT CONTROLS WHETHER OR NOT TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GANG ENHANCEMENT
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: STRANGE CASE ON OBTAINING A FINDING OF FACTUAL INNOCENCE.
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: TRIPLING LIFE SENTENCES? NO!
  • San Diego DUI Defense: San Diego Saved from First Time Ignition Interlock Requirements in DUI cases.
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL EVIDENCE: ARANDA, BRUTON, AND REDACTION
  • PREPARING AND OFFERING FALSE DOCUMENTS FOR TRIAL
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: CONSENSUAL LEWD ACTS CAN STILL REQUIRE MANDATORY SEX REGISTRATION
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: PITCHESS CAN PROPERLY BE DENIED WHEN IT'S UNDISPUTED THAT THE DEFENDANT
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: THE DEFENSE HAS THE RIGHT TO A PARTISAN DEFENSE EXPERT
  • CONSENSUAL SODOMY WITH A MINOR AND MANDATORY SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: CAN YOU ROB YOURSELF?
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: IS A FENCED YARD A PUBLIC PLACE?
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: CAMPUS SECURITY GUARDS ARE NOT COPS!
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY MARY FRANCES PREVOST: ARE CAMPUS SECURITY GUARDS PUBLIC OFFICERS FOR PURPOSES OF PENAL CODE?
  • CIVIL RIGHTS: SHOULD PROSECUTORS WHO MANUFACTURE EVIDENCE BE HELD LIABLE?
  • CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING ENHANCEMENT VACATED
  • IMPERIAL COUNTY PROSECUTOR ARRAIGNED ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES
  • JUDGE ORDERS CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY NOT TO SPEAK IN DEATH PENALTY TRIAL
  • DISMISSAL OF CASES CONTINUED PAST THE LAST DAY BECAUSE OF COURT CONGESTION
  • SAN DIEGO CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER: PLAINTIFF WINS SLAPP MOTION ATTACK
  • CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: EXPERT DOESN'T MEET KELLY REQUIREMENT
  • CALIFORNIA SEX CRIMES: FULL CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES AND JESSICA'S LAW
  • EX-MAIMI DEA CHIEF INDICTED IN ALLEN STANFORD SCANDAL
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE: WILL COPS BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR BLOOD AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD?
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: LYING WITNESS AND JURY INSTRUCTIONS
  • FOURTH MELENDEZ-DIAZ CASE: WE WIN AND WE LOSE THIS ONE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: CALCULATING INDETERMINATE AND DETERMINATE SENTENCES
  • USE OF A WHIZANATOR PERMITS TERMINATION OF PROP 36 PROBATION-OOPS!
  • SAN DIEGO SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWYER: HERE'S ANOTHER HOFSHEIER WIN
  • NO CHARGES CAN BE ADDED AFTER DEFENDANT WAIVES PRELIM
  • NATURAL AND PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES AND PREMEDITATION
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GETTING THE EXPERTS YOU NEED
  • MULTIPLE CRIMES, THE ONE-STRIKE SEX LAW, AND EX POST FACTO
  • COURT MAY ONLY RELY ON PAST ACTS IN SENTENCING
  • I WANT MY LAWYER! NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR MIRANDA
  • San Dieego Dui Defense: San Diego County is Not one of the Counties that will Initiate a First Offender Ingition Interlock Device
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE: PARTITION RATIO DEFENSE LIVES! AT LEAST ON A CHARGE OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
  • CALIFORNIA DUI: SAN BERNARDINO ANNOUNCES JULY 4 CRACKDOWN ON DRUNK DRIVERS
  • HOW TO AVOID A DUI ARREST THIS JULY 4TH WEEKEND
  • UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT REQUIRES LAB ANALYSTS TO TESTIFY IN CRIMINAL CASES-A MAJOR VICTORY FOR THE DEFENSE
  • CIVIL RIGHTS LAW: JURY AWARDS $5 MILLION TO MAN WHO SPENT 17 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER CRIME LAB WITNESS TESTIFIED FALSELY
  • JURY DELIBERATES IN CASE WHERE LABORATORY WITHHELD EVIDENCE OF INNOCENCE
  • TOP IPHONE APPLICATIONS FOR BUSY LAWYERS
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DNA TESTING
  • DOUBLE JEOPARDY AND HUNG JURIES
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: DELAY CAUSING PREJUDICE, NO JUSTIFICATION, REQUIRES DISMISSAL
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE: 8 ARRESTED AT ESCONDIDO DUI CHECKPOINT
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: CRIMINAL STREET GANGS AND THEIR PRIMARY ACTIVITY
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: IMPROPERLY BARRING THE DEFENSE FROM IMPEACHING THE VICTIM WARRANTS REVERSAL
  • CALIFORNIA MURDER DEFENSE: ATTORNEY WHO CANNOT BE "READY" TO TRY A CAPITAL CASE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF ARRAIGNMENT CAN BE RELIEVED. OUTRAGEOUS!
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY MARY PREVOST TO SPEAK TO CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  • SAN DIEGO MAN SUES RAMONA SHERIFF's DEPUTIES FOR BRUTAL ASSAULT AND BATTERY
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER MARY PREVOST NAMED TOP ATTORNEY BY SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE
  • SAN DIEGO COP & PROSECUTOR COMMIT MISCONDCUT
  • CAN REFUSAL TO CONSENT TO SEARCH ITSELF JUSTIFY A PAT DOWN SEARCH? THE COURT OF APPEALS RESOUNDINGLY SAY "NO!"
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: SAN FRANCISCO MAY PAY 4.5 MILLION TO WRONGFULLY CONVICTED MAN
  • SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER DAMON SMITH WITHHOLDS EVIDENCE IN CASES
  • ANONYMOUS CALL, NO SOURCE OF PROBABLE CAUSE, NO PROBLEM
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFEWNSE: DRUNK DRIVING CONVICTION REVERSED FOR INSUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE
  • PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT:EVIDENCE OF SELF-INCRIMINATION ASSERTION
  • CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS: BILL TARGETS FREQUENT RECORDS REQUESTERS
  • IS THE CALIFORNIA DMV RIGGING DMV HEARINGS?
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: ILLEGALLY PROLONGED DETENTION? NO PROBLEM
  • CALIFORNIA'S TOP LEGAL NEWSPAPER TRACKS BIOTOX SCANDAL
  • FORGETTING TO PROCESS AN APPEAL:OOPS
  • WHEN IS A BLADE A FOLDING KNIFE?
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: BAD OBSERVATION POST CASE
  • SHOWING HARMFUL MATTER TO A MINOR (What's "Harmful?)
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: HARASSING PAROLE SEARCHES ARE DANDY
  • BIG WIN IN THE SUPREMES: COPS NEED WARRANT TO SEARCH PASSENGER AREAS OF CARS WHEN SUSPECT IS LOCKED UP
  • OBAMA RELEASES TORTURE MEMOS
  • CAL SUPREMES ISSUE NUTTY RULING ON AIDING AND ABETTING
  • CALIFORNIA DRUNK DRIVING LAW: DRUNK BOATING AND CAUSATION
  • PRIOR SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE IN MURDER DURING A RAPE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: ROBBERY OR GRAND THEFT PERSON?
  • FEDERAL JUDGE SANCTIONS GOVERNMENT $600,000 FOR SECRETLY TAPING DEFENSE LAWYER
  • CONFESSION CASE FROM THE US SUPREMES; NO IMPACT ON CALIFORNIA
  • IMPROPER DENIAL OF PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE IS NOT A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL DUE PROCESS
  • OBTAINING JUVENILE COURT DELINQUENCY RECORDS
  • SUBSTANTIVE GANG CRIME REQUIRES CRIME TO BE FOR THE GANG
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: SECOND-DEGREE FELONY MURDER AND MERGER
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: NO "CUSTODY" FOR MIRANDA PURPOSES AT WORK
  • FEDERAL WIRETAPPING AND STANDING
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: MORE PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT UNVEILED
  • CALIFORNIA FEDERAL DEFENSE: GOVERNMENT'S VIOLATION OF PLEA AGREEMENT IS OKAY IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION AT SENTENCING
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: PROSECUTORS CAN'T APPEAL THEIR OWN DISMISSAL
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: COMPARATIVE JURY ANALYSIS
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: EVIDENCE THAT CRIME WAS COMMITTED WITH A FELLOW GANG MEMBER IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROVE CRIMES WERE GANG RELATED
  • Florida DUI: Cops Will Be Allowed to Draw Blood at the Roadside, a Dangerous Proposition
  • NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Badly Fragmented' Forensic Science System Needs Overhaul;
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUE DILIGENCE AND ABSENT WITNESS
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: JOINDER & SEVERANCE AT TRIAL
  • FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW: MISDEMEANANT IN POSSESSION OF A GUN?
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: IT'S OK TO IMPOSE GPS DEVICE ON JUVENILE AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: TESTIMONIAL HEARSAY, THE CONFRONTATION CLAUSE, AND CASUAL REMARKS
  • JUDGE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WHEN QUESTIONING WITNESSES
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: ONE ROBBERY, HOW MANY VICTIMS?
  • FEDERAL LAW: FRAUD-HONEST SERVICES WIRE FRAUD
  • FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE: QUID PRO QUO REQUIREMENT FOR EXTORTION
  • SAN DIEGO FEDERAL DEFENSE LAWYER: EVIDENCE-IMPEACHMENT BY CONTRADICTION
  • CALIFORNIA FEDERAL DEFENSE LAWYER: ARSON AS A FEDERAL CRIME?
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: IS THE SUPREME COURT ABOUT TO KILL OFF THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE?
  • SANTA CLARA PROSECUTOR FOUND TO HAVE ENGAGED IN EGREGIOUS MISCONDUCT WILL GET TO KEEP HIS JOB; ASKS TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR HIS DEFENSE
  • STATE BAR OPINION: PROSECUTOR SHOULD BE SUSPENDED FOR FOUR YEARS
  • POLICE BEATING OF HOMELESS MAN PROBED
  • CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT FOR FALSE STATEMENTS MADE WHILE TESTIFYING
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: OK FOR PROSECUTORS TO COMMENT ON DEFENSE FAILURE TO RETEST EVIDENCE
  • FEDERAL EVIDENCE- RELIANCE ON CLETS FOR SENTENCING
  • JURY INSTRUCTION ON THE TESTIFYING DEFENDANT FAILING TO EXPLAIN OR DENY
  • U.S. SUPREME COURT: MIGHT THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE BE ELIMINATED?
  • CALIFORNIA STATE BAR SANCTIONS THREE PROSECUTORS
  • ATTEMPT CRIMES IN CALIFORNIA REQUIRE MORE THAN MERE PREPARATION
  • PUBLIC DEFENDERS HAVE THE TOUGHEST JOBS-READ ON FOR THIS INSULT
  • FEDERAL JUDGE CHASTIZES FEDERAL PROSECUTOR FOR WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE
  • CONTRA COSTA PUBLIC DEFENDER CHALLENGES DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S USE OF ILLEGAL CLIENT RECORDINGS
  • SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT STIFLES POLICE BRUTALITY INVESTIGATION
  • BUSH PARDONS BORDER PATROL AGENTS WHO SHOT MAN-TRIED TO COVER IT UP
  • NO PRE-PRELIMINARY HEARING PITCHESS DISCOVERY
  • CONFLICT IN FLAT FEE RETAINER KILLS CLIENT
  • PROBATION CONDITIONS ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF PETS
  • PROBATION CONDITIONS ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF PETS
  • THE POLICE CAN'T KEEP THE ONLY COPIES OF SEALED SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVITS
  • FAILURE TO ADVISE A DEFENDANT OF ALL OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS-CASE REVERSED
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE NEWS: 3-STRIKES SENTENCE STRUCK DOWN AS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT
  • WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR TRIAL ATTORNEY RESIGNS FROM THE STATE BAR DURING YOUR TRIAL?
  • POSSESSING MANY ITEMS OF CHILD PORN; HOW MANY COUNTS?
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE NEWS: HOW TO AVOID A SAN DIEGO DUI THIS CHRISTMAS
  • WHAT'S THE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: JUVENILE GETS CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR MULTIPLE DRUG SALES
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: STOPPING CARS TO CHECK ON TEMPORARY PERMITS
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: YOUR RIGHT TO GET EXPERTS
  • rELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO SELL MARIJUANA AS A DEFENSE? HOW DUMB IS THIS?
  • ARANDA/BRUTON, CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT, AND CRAWFORD
  • UNLAWFUL STOP, DISCOVERY OF A WARRANT, THEN A SEARCH. ILLEGAL? NAW!
  • PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT DURING VOIR DIRE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DISCRETIONARY FINDING RESULTING IN SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION MUST BE
  • NO CRIME? NO PROBLEM? GET CONVICTED ANYWAY
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: YOU CAN'T USE ONE PRIOR TWICE IN SENTENCING
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: CONSECUTIVE SENTENCING AND APPRENDI
  • INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE-GANG MURDER CASE DISMISSED
  • POSSESSION OF DRUGS FOR SALE AND CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS DRUGS FOR SALE
  • FAILURE TO ADVISE ON IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES DURING THE PLEA
  • RECORDING JURY INSTRUCTIONS; CUSTODY FOR POSSESSION; REOPENING JURY
  • ORANGE COUNTY POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH TORTURE
  • SAN DIEGO CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY MARY FRANCES PREVOST WINS $400,000 SETTLEMENT FOR CLIENT AGAINST CHULA VISTA POLICE OFFICER
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY MARY FRANCES PREVOST WINS VICTORY FOR COACH WRONGFULLY ACCUSED OF SEX CRIMES AGAINST PLAYER
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: SACRAMENTO POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE
  • RAMONA WOMEN SHPPORTS RAMONA SHERIFFS' ON DUTY ABUSE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE:JURY SELECTION - BATSON - PROSECUTOR'S SPECULATIVE REASONS
  • NO MANDATORY SEX REGISTRATION FOR CONSENSUAL ORAL SEX WITH A 14-YEAR OLD
  • CALIFORNIA DUE PROCESS TRAVESTY
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE NEWS: 19-YEAR OLD GETS YEAR IN JAIL FOR DUI DEATH
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE NEWS: SAN DIEGO DUI COP ARRESTED-IS THERE A COVERUP?
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: USING RAP SHEETS TO PROVE PRIORS
  • SAN DIEGO DUI LAWYER NEWS: DUI CHECKPOINT IN ENCINITAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING
  • SAN DIEGO DUI LAWYER NEWS: BEWARE OF SAN DIEGO DUI CHECKPOINTS THIS LABOR DAY
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE NEWS: HOW TO AVOID A SAN DIEGO DUI THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND
  • NINTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS REASONABLENESS OF COP'S STOP AND SEARCH
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE NEWS: JUDGES CAN'T ORDER PSYCHIATRIC EXAMS ON CLIENTS
  • U.S. COURT OF APPEAL TO REVIEW WHETHER OR NOT SENTENCING COURT CAN USE "AQUITTED CONDUCT" TO ENHANCE A CRIMINAL SENTENCE
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: SPEEDY TRIAL STAYED WHILE TRIAL LAWYER IS IN ANOTHER TRIAL
  • CALIFORNIA FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL MAKES BIZARRE RULING ON USE OF PRIOR ACTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE OUTRAGE OF THE WEEK: ACQUITTAL VACATED BY DEFENDANT'S FAILURE TO VOLUNTEER THE WHEREABOUTS OF COMPLAINING WITNESS!
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: COURT CAN'T MODIFY PLEA AGREEMENT AFTER IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE
  • DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL SEARCH LAPTOPS AT THE BORDER
  • TRIAL COURTS SHOULD NOT LIMIT VOIR DIRE
  • KICKING OFF ALL SPANISH SPEAKING JURORS IS BIAS, COURT RULES
  • CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND SEIZURE; COURT SAYS ACCESSING CELL PHONE HOURS AFTER THE ARREST IS JUST FINE
  • PERMISSIBLE SCOPE OF CHARACTER EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL EVIDENCE IN PENALTY
  • DEATH PENALTY REVERSED WHEN JUROR WAS WRONGFULLY KICKED OFF JURY
  • DISMISSALS FOR VIOLATION OF SPEEDY TRIAL BEFORE THE END OF THE LAST DAY
  • POLICE BEAT CUFFED SUSPECT-VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS
  • CIVIL RIGHTS PLAINTIFF CAN FILE SUIT WHILE CRIMINAL CASE IS PENDING
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER WINS ASSAULT CASE WHERE SCARY PERPATRATOR THREW "GLITTER" AT WOUND UP COP
  • SAN DIEGO CHARGER STEVE FOLEY SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST CORONADO ROOKIE POLICE OFFICER AARON MANSKER-MANSKER WILL NOT BE CHARGED (like, we didn't know THAT would happen!)
  • THE PROSECUTION CAN PRESENT EVIDENCE THAT A DEFENSE LAB EXAMINED EVIDENCE
  • COPS DROP DRUGS ON INNOCENT SUSPECTS-LOS ANGELES COPS AT IT AGAIN
  • CHULA VISTA POLICE ARREST 9 AT DUI CHECKPOINT
  • RIVERSIDE DUI CHECKPOINT NETS 6 DUI ARRESTS
  • SAN DIEGO CITY ATTORNEY MIKE AGUIRRE, AND DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY DAVID STOTLAND REVERSED - AGAIN - IN POLICE MISCONDUCT CASE
  • GETTING JUROR INFORMATION AFTER TRIAL - NOT SO EASY
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY MARY FRANCES PREVOST VOTED A SEMI-FINALIST IN "SAN DIEGO'S TOP ATTORNEYS" COMPETITION
  • MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL ENCOURAGES CONCEALMENT OF BREATH TESTS' CRITICAL FLAWS
  • SAN DIEGO DRUG SMUGGLING DEFENSE: THREE PEOPLE FACE CHARGES OF SMUGGLING 1000 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA
  • CHULA VISTA DUI DEFENSE: NINE PEOPLE HURT IN SUSPECTED DUI ACCIDENT-DRIVER DROVE THE WRONG WAY
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: PROSECUTOR FACES DISCIPLINARY HEARING FOR MISCONDUCT
  • ORANGE COUNTY COP CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE REPORTS
  • EL CAJON POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH MINOR GIRL
  • PROBATIONER HAS RIGHT TO TEST EVIDENCE THAT WOULD REVOKE PROBATION
  • FEDERAL COURTS CAN ORDER EARLY DISCOVERY
  • GOOD DALLAS PROSECUTOR WON'T PUT UP WITH MISCONDCUT-A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
  • NO RECUSAL OF PROSECUTORS FOR REPRESENTING A VICTIM-OUTRAGEOUS
  • PROSECUTOR'S MAY NOT COMMENT ON DEFENDANT'S SILENCE
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE ATTORNEY NEW: HOW TO AVOID A DUI THIS SUMMER
  • PROSECUTOR'S RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS WARRANTS DISMISSAL OF INDICTMENT
  • 75 STUDENTS ARRESTED IN SDSU DRUG BUST-GUNS INVOLVED
  • COP "ACCIDENTIALLY" SHOOTS INSTEAD OF TASERS HANDCUFFED SUSPECT
  • CALIFORNIA LEGISLATOR WITHDRAWS BILL THAT WOULD HIDE POLICE MISCONDUCT
  • ALCOHOL OFFENSE REPORTING FOR PILOTS
  • PILOTS & DUI: REPORTABLE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION FOR PILOTS
  • FEDERAL SENTENCING-POST PLEA CONDUCT
  • SAN BERNARDINO COPS - WITH SHOOTING HISTORIES - KILL INDIVIDUAL
  • CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE - TESTIMONY RE: EVIDENCE BEING SENT TO DEFENSE LABORATORY
  • CUSTOMS OFFICERS AT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CAN SEARCH YOUR LAPTOP
  • DNA TESTS MAY OFFER DEEPER EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED
  • SAN DIEGO PROSECUTOR FORCED TO DISMISS CHARGES AGAINST INNOCENT WOMAN ACCUSED OF POISONING MARINE HUSBAND-SHAME ON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
  • NINTH CIRCUIT REQUIRES COURT TO CONSIDER "RELEVANT CONDUCT"
  • CALIFORNIA RESTITUTION - UNDOCUMENTED CLAIMS OF LOSS
  • CALIFORNIA SENTENCING LAW: CAN COURT AGGRAVATE TERM BECAUSE DEFENDANT IS ON PROBATION?
  • U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR CASE THAT COULD DESTROY PROSECUTORIAL IMMUNITY
  • COULD PROSECUTORS BE LIABLE FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS? LET'S HOPE SO!
  • CALIFORNIA POLICE TRYING TO HIDE BEHIND THE SHIELD
  • JUDGE SAYS PACIFIC LAW CENTER FAILED CLIENT - ALLOWS DEFENDANT TO WITHDRAW PLEA
  • CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY SHOULD NOT WEAKEN PITCHESS STATUTE STATE
  • CALIFORNA STATE ASSEMBLY MAY GUT STATUTE REVEALING POLICE MISCONDUCT; KILL THE BILL
  • PACIFIC LAW CENTER AT CENTER OF LEGAL CONTROVERSY
  • DEFENDANT HAS 6TH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO INFORM JURY OF MINIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCE
  • ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF CALLS FBI TO PROBE JAILHOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE: TRIAL COURT SHOULD NOT HAVE ADMITTED EVIDENCE IN DUI RE-TRIAL
  • SHAKEN BABY SYDROME DEBUNKED BY US RESEARCHERS
  • CALIFORNIA SENTENCING LAW NEWS: PROBATIONER DOES NOT GET CUSTODY CREDITS ON NEW CHARGED UNTIL PROBATION IS FORMALLY REVOKED
  • CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS NEWS: CALIFORNIA FEDERAL COURT SETS STANDARDS FOR STRIP SEARCHES IN THE FIELD
  • NINTH CIRCUIT DECLINES TO ADOPT "REASONABLENESS" STANDARD FOR GUIDELINES SENTENCES
  • CALIFORNIA DEATH PENALTY REVERSED FOR RIGHT TO USE "LINGERING DOUBT" EVIDENCE
  • POSSIBLE CHARGES TO BE FILED AGAINST SAN DIEGO ROAD RAGE COP
  • GOOD JURY SELECTION CASE FROM THE SUPREMES
  • SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER SHOOTS MOTHER AND CHILD IN ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
  • PROSECUTORS ON TRIAL - IT'S ABOUT TIME
  • U.S. SUPREME COURT GRANTS CERTIORARI ON TWO MAJOR CASES
  • CAN OPPOSING COUNSEL SEARCH YOUR COMPUTER IN FEDERAL CASES? COULD BE
  • PRISONERS' RIGHTS - SUFFICIENCY OF PLEADINGS
  • WILLFULLY FALSE STATEMENTS--ABSENCE OF FLIGHT
  • PROBABLE CAUSE FOUND IN SAN DIEGO DRUG CASE WHERE STOP WAS BASED ON UPSIDE-DOWN LICENSE PLATE
  • SAN DIEGO'S PACIFIC LAW CENTER SALE CALLED A "FRONT"
  • SAN MARCOS MAN INJURED IN DUI ACCIDENT
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE NEWS: Chief justice drops bid to speed up death penalty appeals
  • MEXICO POLICE SAY 100 PERCENT OF DRUG SMUGGLING MURDERS COMMITTED WITH SMUGGLED US GUNS
  • COPS CAN'T SEARCH CONTAINERS WITH CO-HABITANT'S CONSENT ONLY
  • CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE NEWS: CRIME LAB CHIEF RESIGNS OVER PROBLEMS RAISED ON FAULTY DUI EVIDENCE
  • CONSERVATIVE BUSH FEDERAL JUDICIAL APPOINTEE GETS ARRESTED FOR DUI WEARING BLACK COCKTAIL DRESS, HEELS AND FISHNET HOSE
  • CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND SEIZURE: CUSTOMS AGENTS ARE ENTERING YOUR LAPTOPS AND CELLPHONES
  • CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS LAW: COPS INVOLVED IN HIGH SPEED CHASES GET QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IN CIVIL RIGHTS CASES
  • WASHINGTON STATE CRIME LAB CHIEF RESIGNS AFTR PROBLEMS RAISED ON DUI EVIDENCE
  • KILLING A DOG IS A "SEIZURE"
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAWYER NEWS: SEARCH OF A BLACKBERRY REQUIRES MORE BRIEFING
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: WAR ON DRUGS LEADS TO EXPLOSION OF FEMALE INCARCERATIONS
  • JUVENILE SUSPENSIONS OR DELAYS OF DRIVER'S LICENSES
  • THE iPHONE MEETS THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE: BREATHALYZER TESTS ARE AN INACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT
  • CALIFORNIA DUI: WOMEN BEWARE-HAVING A "DIET COCKTAIL" COULD GET YOU A DUI
  • RICHARD HATCH OF "SURVIVOR" FAME LOSES TAX EVASION APPEAL
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAWYER NEWS: REFUSING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING CROSS EXAMINATION
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: THE MOST BIZAARE KIDNAPPING FOR RAPE CASE - EVER
  • PACIFIC LAW CENTER TOOK MONEY AND DID LITTLE WORK, FAMILY SAYS
  • PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT, OR NO PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT?
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE NEWS: FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STRIKES DEFENDANT'S TESTIMONY AT SUPPRESSION MOTION AFTER TELLING DEFENDANT IT CAN BE USED AGAINST HIM AT TRIAL: SAY WHAT?
  • CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS NEWS
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULES EMPLOYERS CAN FIRE MEDICAL MARIJUANA USERS
  • MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED WHEN SUSPECT FLEES
  • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MURDER RATES DOWN IN 2007
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE NEWS: GANG ENHANCEMENT DOESN'T REQUIRE CRIME TO BENEFIT THE GANG
  • AL MENASTER'S TAKE ON PEOPLE V. HUA-EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T EXIST TO BREAK INTO A HOUSE FOR A LITTLE GRASS
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: MAN SENTENCED IN SAN DIEGO ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE
  • SAN DIEGO CIVIL RIGHTS CASE GOES TO TRIAL: POLICE SHOOTING QUESTIONED
  • EL CAJON DUI DEFENDANT WILL SPEND TWO YEARS IN PRISON
  • CALIFORNIA GANGS:WHAT IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PROVE MEMBERSHIP?
  • CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL RULES ON TRIAL COURT JURISDICTION
  • DEFENDANT'S CONSENT TO TAKE BLOOD AND URINE HELD INVOLUNTARY
  • CALIFORNIA TRAFFIC OFFENSE NEWS: CALIFORNIA TRAFFIC SCHOOL NO LONGER AN OPTION FOR MANY OFFENDERS
  • CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE NEWS: MANY VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS ARE NO LONGER SUBJECT TO MANDATORY CALIFORNIA EXPUNGEMENT
  • WASHINGTON STATE WANTS TO STOP YOU IN YOUR CAR FOR NO REASON
  • CALIFORNIA FEDERAL COURT NEWS: DETENTION DURING EXECUTION OF BAD WARRANT IS BAD
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL REJECTS PROSECUTORS ARGUMENT THAT EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTED FOR WARRANTLESS SEARCH OF DEFENDANT'S HOME
  • LAWYER'S SARCASTIC COMMENT AT AIRPORT SECURITY ABOUT A BOMB IN A SUITCASE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST
  • NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL: ISSUES NOT DECIDED IN FIRST APPEAL
  • FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: PHONE COMPANIES CUT OFF FBI WITETAPS BECAUSE OF UNPAID BILLS
  • CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS NEWS: NINTH CIRCUIT SAYS ALLEGATIONS OF EXCESSIVE FORCE ARE ENOUGH TO DEFEAT GOVERNMENT'S MOTION TO DISMISS
  • CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL HOLDS CUNNINHAM ERROR IS HARMLESS
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: SURREPTITIOUS BUGGING OF DEFENDANTS IN A HOLDING CELL DOES NOT VIOLATE MIRANDA
  • EXIGENCY CEASES TO EXIST WHEN HE IS ARRESTED AND REFUSES CONSENT
  • MALE OFFICER'S PATDOWN OF WOMAN'S GROIN OVERCAME QUALIFIED IMMUNITY
  • FORFEITURE CASES-LOCAL ORDINANCE IS PRE-EMPTED
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAWYER NEWS: CALIFORNIA COURTS CANNOT USE PRISON PRIORS TO ADD TIME AND CHOOSE UPPER TERM
  • NINTH CIRCUIT POISED TO ALLOW FULL-FLEDGED SEARCHES OF COMPUTERS AT THE BORDER
  • CIVIL RIGHTS NEWS: LIMA, OHIO, COPS SHOOT AND KILL BYSTANDER WOMAN HOLDING BABY DURING DRUG RAID - BABY INJURED
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: SELF REPRESENTED DEFENDANT CAN CHANGE HIS MIND AND GET A LAWYER. COURT'S REFUSAL TO PROVIDE A LAWYER UPON REQUEST VIOLATES CONSTITUTION
  • CALIFORNIA RINGS IN NEW LAWS FOR THE NEW YEAR
  • LOS ANGELES CIVIL RIGHTS NEWS:LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SUSPENDED FOR PEPPER SPRAYING INMATE'S GENITALS
  • SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS-SAN DIEGO MURDER RATE DROPPED IN 2007
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: FIND A DESIGNATED DRIVER FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE
  • CRACK SENTENCES BEING CHALLENGED AFTER U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING
  • CALIFORNIA DUI LAWYER NEWS: LINK TO ALCOHOL/DRUG REACTIONS
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE NEWS: DUI CHECKPOINTS IN SANTEE AND SAN MARCOS THIS WEEKEND
  • SAN DIEGO DUI NEWS: BALBOA PARK MAY BAN ALCOHOL
  • CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS-CHP TO TARGET DUI DRIVER'S WITH NEW GRANT
  • FORT WORTH DUI COPS WILL GET SEARCH WARRANTS TO TAKE BLOOD ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: ELECTRONIC MONITORING DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF CUSTODY
  • CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL REVERSES CALIFORNIA MURDER CONVICTION
  • NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL STAMPS OUT LAWSUIT FILED BY ROGUE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES AGAINST SUPERVISORS
  • CHP DUI ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM SECURES GRANT FOR CALIFORNIA DUI INVESTIGATIONS, CALIFORNIA DUI ROADBLOCKS AND CALIFORNIA DUI ROVING PATROLS
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE NEWS: LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRESTS MORE DUI DRIVER'S THIS SEASON AND EXPECTS MORE
  • PLAINTIFF CANNOT BRING CICIL RIGHTS CASE IN FEDERAL COURT SOLELY ON FOURTH AMENDMENT ISSUES
  • CUFFED & BEATEN DEFENDANT STATES CIVIL RIGHTS CLAIM
  • SAN FRANCSICO ATTORNEY AWARDED $1 MILLION IN ATTORNEY FEES IN SUCCESSFUL SAN FRANCISCO CIVIL RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION SUIT
  • RIVERSIDE DUI DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS-RIVERSIDE DUI ARRESTS UP SLIGHTLY OVER CXHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
  • EL CENTRO DUI DEFENSE NEWS-ONLY TEN IMPERIAL COUNTY DUI ARRESTS IN CHRISTMAS
  • ALABAMA GOVERNOR WON'T ORDER DNA TESTS IN DEATH PENALTY CASES:POTENTIALLY INNOCENT MEN MAY BE PUT TO DEATH
  • NORTH COUNTY DUI: RINCON FIRE CHIEF ARRESTED FOR SAN DIEGO DUI PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE LAWYER GIVES TIPS TO AVOID A SAN DIEGO DUI ARREST THIS CHRISTMAS
  • HAWAII COURT EVICERATES "REASONABLE SUSPICION" AND REPLACES IT WITH GUESSWORK IN DRIVING CASES
  • POWAY DUI DRIVER'S BEWARE-POWAY DUI CHECKPOINT TO BE SET UP
  • FIVE ESCONDIDO DUI DRIVER'S ARRESTED AT ESCONDIDO DUI CHECKPOINT
  • BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING:FEDS ARE CREATING WORLD'S LARGEST BIOMETRICS DATABASE
  • SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY CONTINUES INVESTIGATION OF VISTA DUI MURDER CASE
  • PRISONER ABUSE CASE REVERSED
  • CALIFORNIA MEDICAL MARIJUANA CONVICTION REVERSED:COP DIDN'T HAVE EXPERTISE FOR HIS OPINION
  • HEARSAY ADMISSIBLE AT CALIFORNIA PROBATION REVOCATION PROCEEDINGS
  • CHULA VISTA DUI CHECKPOINTS THIS WEEKEND-BEWARE
  • VISTA DUI DEFENDANT PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO DRUG POSSESSION
  • CHULA VISTA DUI SUSPECTS WON'T GET O.R. RELEASE FOR CHRISTMAS
  • NINTH CIRCUIT SAYS RELIGIOUSLY CONFUSED MAN CAN CONSCIENTIOUSLY OBJECT TO DNA TEST ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS
  • SAN DIEGO DUI SUSPECT IS RINCON BAND FIRE CHIEF
  • VAGUE THREAT TO KIDS IS "FALSE IMPRISONMENT BY MENACE"
  • POLICE OFFICER'S REASONS FOR STOP HELD "INCREDIBLE"
  • CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL COURTS CAN STRIKE DEADLY WEAPON ENHANCEMENT
  • NINTH CIRCUIT REJECTS DEFENDANT'S REQUEST TO SEAL COURTROOM FOR ALLOCUTION
  • CHULA VISTA DUI SATURATION PATROL RESULTS
  • SAN DIEGO DUI "GET OUT OF JAIL FREE" POLICY MOST LIKELY WILL BE SUSPENDED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
  • POLICE OFFICER'S PROMISES NOT TO ARREST IF DEFENDANT CONSENTED AMOUNTED TO COERCION
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DRIVER CRASHES AND DIES
  • SAN DIEGO DUI SUSPECT KILLS FOUR ON HIGHWAY
  • SAN DIEGO DRUNK DRIVING SUSPECT DRIVES INTO HOME
  • OCEANSIDE DUI DRIVER ARRESTED
  • San Diego Sheriffs Arrest 15 Suspected Vista Drunk Drivers in DUI Checkpoint Sting
  • SAN DIEGO CHARGER STEVE FOLEY WON'T BE CHARGED IN SAN DIEGO DUI INCIDENT; NEITHER WILL THE COP THAT SHOT HIM
  • NINTH CIRCUIT RULES THAT SEARCH CONDITION OF SUPERVISED RELEASE IS NOT TOO INTRUSIVE
  • COURT OF APPEAL SAYS DEFENDANT WHO FAILS TO PASSWORD PROTECT HIS COMPUTER FILES HAS NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY
  • NINTH CIRCUIT FOLLOWS CALIFORNIA COURTS: TERMS OF PROBATION MUST BE REASONABLY RELATED TO THE PROBATIONER
  • JUNK IN THE YARD GIVES RISE TO WARRANT TO SEARCH IN CALIFORNIA
  • VIDEOTAPE OF DUI SUSPECT'S DRUNK DRIVING ARREST DOESN'T SUPPORT ARREST FOR DUI
  • DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ADMINISTRATIVE SEARCH NOT BARRED BY HECK V. HUMPHREY LIMITATIONS
  • STUPID SEARCH CASE OF THE WEEK-WHAT'S GOING ON IN IOWA?
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: DUI MURDER CASE UPHELD BY COURT OF APPEAL
  • CALIFORNIA COURT UPHOLDS COP'S AUTO STOP BECAUSE AIR FRESHENER "OBSTRUCTED" THE DRIVER'S VIEW
  • DENIAL OF CALIFORNIA FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS PETITION REVERSED; TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING DEFENSE INSTRUCTION
  • NINTH CIRCUIT SAYS 15-YEAR DELAY FROM INDICTMENT TO ARREST DOESN'T VIOLATE SPEEDY TRIAL
  • NEW JERSEY MAY BE FIRST STATE TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
  • TRADING DRUGS FOR A GUN IS NOT "USE" UNDER FEDERAL LAW
  • UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT SAY TRIAL COURTS ARE NOT BOUND BY FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES; DISPARITY IN POLICY BETWEEN CRACK AND POWDER COCAINE DOES NOT BIND THE SENTENCING COURT
  • MISDEMEANOR CHILD ABUSE IS NOT A LESSER OFFENSE OF INFLICTING INJURY ON A CHILD
  • MURRIETA DUI CHECKPOINT TO BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW NIGHT BY MURRIETA DUI POLICE TRAFFIC UNITS
  • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COURT ORDERS COPS TO RETURN MARIJUANA
  • NEW CALIFORNIA DUI LAWS WILL SNAG MORE CALIFORNIA DUI PROBATIONERS WITH FALSE EVIDENCE
  • CALIFORNIA FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ATTACKING BLANKET STRIP SEARCHES OF CALIFORNIA JUVENILES IN DETENTION FACILITIES SURVIVES SUMMARY JUDGMENT
  • FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CASE SAVED BY EQUITABLE TOLLING AFTER CRIMINAL CONVICTION REVERSED
  • EL CAJON DUI DEFENDANT FACES PRESCRIPTION FRAUD AND BURGLARY CHARGES
  • MINIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCING APPLIES TO FEDERAL DRUGS CRIMES EVEN WHEN NO DRUGS ARE INVOLVED
  • FAILING TO OBJECT TO MULTIPLICITOUS SENTENCES IS NOT A BAR TO DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAIM FOR CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENDANT
  • NINTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS SEVERE CHILD PORN SENTENCE
  • PALO ALTO COPS LIABLE FOR BEATING PEDESTRIAN
  • NINTH CIRCUIT OPINIONS FOR DECEMBER 5, 2007 AT A GLANCE
  • NINTH CIRCUIT FINDS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF "SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME"
  • KATRINA EVACUEES STATED A CLAIM WHEN ORDERED OFF A BRIDGE BY ARMED COPS
  • CALIFORNIA "SHAKEN BABY" MURDER CASE REVERSAL UPHELD
  • HANDCUFFING 11-YEAR-OLD CHILD STATED A CLAIM FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE
  • MAXIMUM SENTENCE AFFIRMED IN CALIFORNIA DUI HOMICIDE OVER CUNNINGHAM OBJECTION
  • CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE NEWS:CALIFORNIA CONVICTION FOR DUI HOMICIDE AFFIRMED OVER CLAIMS OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT AND PREJUDICIAL PHOTOS
  • BALTIMORE MURDER CONVICTION REVERSED FOR USE OF FAULTY BULLET EVIDENCE
  • CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE: INHALERS CAN GIVE FALSE POSITIVES IN DUI BREATH TESTS: CALIFORNIA DUI ATTORNEYS BEWARE
  • DUI DEFENSE ATTORNEY NEWS: DUI DEFENDANT FOUND NOT GUILTY IN DUI HOMICIDE; AMBIEN TO BLAME
  • CALIFORNIA DUI ATTORNEYS BEWARE: CLIENTS WHO MIX ALCOHOL WITH RED BULL CAN DRIVE IMPAIRED AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT
  • CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE NEWS: AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER TASES DRIVER ON THANKSGIVING
  • NINTH CIRCUIT SAYS DEFENDANT WHO ABANDONED COTTAGE LOST EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN HIS FORGOTTEN BACKPACK
  • SNITCH'S VOUCHING NOT SO BAD, SAYS NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL
  • PRETRIAL ELECTRONIC MONITORING DOES NOT VIOLATE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT SAY CALIFORNIA FEDERAL COURT
  • FORCED DNA TESTING OF NON-VIOLENT DRUG CONVICT HELD CONSTITUTIONAL
  • DEFENDANT'S JAILHOUSE ADMISSION OF GUILT WAS NOT COERCED
  • PLANTING A GPS TRANSMITTER ON PLAINTIFF'S CAR WAS NOT A FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION SAYS NEW YORK FEDERAL COURT
  • CALIFORNIA DRUNK DRIVING-PERMISSIVE INFERENCE INSTRUCTION-CONVICTION REVERSED
  • NEW YORK JUDGE BOUNCED FROM BENCH AFTER 'INEXPLICABLE MADNESS'; BOOKED COURTROOM AFTER CELL PHONE RANG
  • SAN DIEGO DUI FATALITIES UP IN 2007
  • SAN DIEGO DUI ARRESTS DOWN OVER THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
  • CALIFORNIA DUI ARRESTS UP FOR HOLIDAY SEASON
  • FORMER CLIENTS AND LAWYERS FOR SAN DIEGO'S PACIFIC LAW CENTER SLAM FIRM'S BUSINESS PRACTICES
  • WHAT TO DO WHEN THE SAN DIEGO DUI OFFICER STOPS YOU DURING THE HOLIDAYS; A SAN DIEGO DUI LAWYER GIVES YOU PROVEN TIPS TO HELP DEFEND YOU FROM A SAN DIEGO DUI CONVICTION
  • SIX IMAMS STATED A CLAIM FOR FALSE ARREST FOR BEING DETAINED PRIOR TO A FLIGHT
  • GOVERNMENT'S APPLICATION FOR REAL TIME CELL PHONE TRACKING OF SUSPECTED DRUG DEALER REJECTED BY TEXAS COURT
  • SHASTA COUNTY DRUNK DRIVING PROSECUTOR CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING
  • SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT STEPS UP DUI ARREST EFFORTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
  • ANOTHER SEARCH CASE REVERSED; COP VIOLATES TERRY
  • MILITARY BASE ENTRY SEARCH FOR CONTRABAND AT A NO -PUBLIC GATE WAS VALID
  • TWELVE-HOUR SWAT STANDOFF AT HOME REQUIRES WARRANT UNDER PAYTON
  • WATCH OUT FOR SACRAMENTO DUI WARRANT SWEEPS
  • IF A COP GARBS YOUR ARMS AND YOU PULL HIM INTO YOUR MOTEL ROOM WHEN HE CONTACTS YOU ON A MINOR MISDEMEANOR ARREST, IT'S AN UNLAWFL ENTRY (AT LEAST IN OHIO)
  • CHULA VISTA DUI COPS GET CASH FOR CHULA VISTA DUI ENFORCEMENT
  • CHULVA VISTA POLICE OFFICER BEATS INNOCENT MAN, LAWSUIT SAYS
  • VISTA DUI MOM GETS 12 WEEKENDS IN JAIL FOR LOW BLOOD ALCOHOL CONVICTION
  • SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENDANT, ARRESTED FIVE TIMES IN FIVE MONTHS FOR DRUNK DRIVING, PLEADS GUILTY TO THREE COUNTS
  • CALIFORNIA JUDGES CAN ALLOW REARGUMENT TO HANGING JURY DURING DELIBERATIONS
  • SHINING A SPOTLIGHT, PLUS A BIT MORE, IS ENOUGH TO QUALIFY AS A DETENTION
  • CRUZ WAIVERS; PLEA AGREEMENTS V. COURT IMPOSITION-CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS NEED TO KEEP THEIR EYES OPEN
  • DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL OUTSIDE OF A HOUSE DID NOT CREATE EXIGENCY WHERE FEMALE INVOLVED SAID COPS WERE NOT WANTED
  • NO EX POST FACTO VIOLATION FOR EXTENDING THE DATE DUI PRIORS CAN BE USED AGAINST DEFENDANTS
  • CALIFORNIA COURT DEFINES MAKING A PLACE AVAILABLE FOR STORAGE OR DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
  • REGISTRATION AS A SEX OFFENDER ISN'T PUNISHMENT
  • PLAINTIFF'S PRIVACY VIOLATED WHEN COPS SHOOT THROUGH THE BEDROOM DOOR
  • CALIFORNIA DUI MURDER CASE AFFIRMED
  • RESTITUTION WIN IN CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL CASES
  • NINTH CIRCUIT SAYS "SAFETY VALVE" NOT APPLICABLE TO MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT
  • WOMAN RAPED BY POLICE OFFICERS GETS $7 MILLION IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES
  • NINTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT MISDEMEANOR BENCH WARRANT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR WARRANTS ENTRY INTO HOME
  • PATDOWN FRISK INTO CIGARETTE PACK VIOLATES TERRY
  • SEARCH INCIDENT EIGHT MINUTES AFTER ARREST AND HANDCUFING OKAY FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
  • NINTH CIRCUIT REJECTS LIFETIME SEX REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT
  • NINTH CIRCUIT OVERRULES PRIOR PRECEDENT: SUSPENDED MISDEMEANOR SENTENCES CANNOT BE USED TO ENHANCE SENTENCE
  • COP'S CALIFORNIA DUI STOP JUSTIFIED
  • NERVOUSNESS AND CORN-ROWED HAIR NOT ENOUGH FOR REASONABLE SUSPICION
  • COPS GET QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR ENTERING UPON INVESTIGATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
  • SAN DIEGO CRIME LAB EMPLOYEE TESTIFIES FALSELY; SAN DIEGO DUI ATTORNEY DEMANDS PROSECUTION
  • SAN DIEGO JUDGE JOHN EINHORN REVERSED AGAIN
  • USING CHILDREN AS DECOYS TO SMUGGLE DRUGS WILL GET DEFENDANTS MORE TIME
  • NINTH CIRCUIT SETS OUT PARAMETERS FOR USE OF FORCED MEDICINE ON INCOMPETENT DEFENDANTS
  • PENNSYLVANIA RULES THAT SEARCH WARRANT FOR COMPUTER WAS OVERBROAD
  • RACE-BASED SURVEILLANCE OF SHOPPERS IS ACTIONABLE UNDER 42 U.S.C. SEC. 1981
  • CALIFORNIA TRIAL COURTS SHOULD SENTENCE DEFENDANTS - NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TRIAL COURT REVERSED FOR REFUSING DEFENDANT'S REQUEST
  • SAN DIEGO JUDGE JOHN S. EINHORN REVERSED IN SEX CASE
  • DEFENDANT CAN PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF STANDING TO CHALLENGE A SEARCH WITH HIS OWN TESTIMONY
  • MARINE ARRESTED AFTER SUSPECTED CARLSBAD DUI ACCIDENT
  • EXPERT TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED TO PROVE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
  • SAN DIEGO COUNTY CIVIL LIABILITY REVERSED FOR "AMERICAN BEAUTY" CONVICTED OF MURDERING HUSBAND
  • WELFARE FRAUD CANNOT RAISE A PETTY THEFT TO A FELONY IN CALIFORNIA
  • CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE RECOMMENDS ACCOUNTABILITY OF PROSECUTORS AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
  • NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS SAYS JUDGES NEED NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY THEIR REJECTION OF SEC. 3553 FACTORS
  • NINTH CIRCUIT SAYS CALIFORNIA'S STATUTORY RAPE LAW IS NOT A PER SE CRIME OF VIOLENCE
  • POLICE OFFICER'S USE OF DEADLY FORCE CAN'T BE CAUSED BY OFFICER'S UNREASONABLE ACTS
  • CALIFORNIA COURT ANNOUNCES NEW "KNOCK AND TALK" DOCTRINE: THE FOURTH AMENDMENT SHRINKS AGAIN
  • CALIFORNIA SEX OFFENDERS CAN GET ARRESTED FOR LIVING TOO CLOSE-WHAT'S LEFT? THE DESERT?
  • NINTH CIRCUIT PROTECTS DEFENDANTS' RIGHTS AT SENTENCING
  • CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER BLOCKS EFFORTS TO REDUCE FALSE CONVICTIONS
  • NINTH CIRCUIT REJECTS DEFENDANT'S APPEAL ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CONVICTIONS
  • SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER RELIEVED OF RESPONSIBILITY IN CIVIL RIGHTS CASE
  • CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL REVERSES CONVICTION FOR FELON IN POSSESSION BECAUSE PRIOR WAS REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR BEFORE NEW OFFENSE
  • NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS REJECTS SUGGESTED REQUIREMENT THAT SENTENCING JUDGES RECONCILE DISPUTES IN SENTENCING MEMOS
  • THE CALIFORNIA FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL HOLDS THERE IS A DEFENSE TO RAPING AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON; SHE WAS CONSCIOUS
  • CALIFORNIA DUI ATTORNEYS: WATCH OUT FOR NEW 2009 PENALTIES
  • SAN DIEGO DRUNK DRIVING SUSPECT KILLS PASSENGER
  • CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER VETOES BILL TO ENSURE COPS VIDEOTAPE INTERROGATIONS
  • WHEN IS A PRIOR REALLY A PRIOR IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT?
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  • ACTOR BILL MURRAY ARRESTED IN SWEDEN FOR DUI ON GOLF CART
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