- CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE: NTSB Says States Should Lower Blood Alcohol Level from .08 to .05.
- Little-Known Surveillance Tool Called Stingray Raises Concerns by Judges, Privacy Activists
- San Diego Criminal Lawyer Blog: Brady Discovery Applies Prior to Prelim
- CRIMINAL DEFENSE NEWS: Innocent Man Released After 23 years has Heart Attack
- INLAND EMPIRE NEWS: Family Angered that Suspected Riverside DUI Driver Still Not Charged in 3 Deaths
- San Diego DUI Defense: Find Out Where Checkpoints Are NOW
- San Diego DUI Defense: Beware of DUI Checkpoints During Super Bowl
- ENTERING CANADA WITH A DUI; CANADA RELAXES RESTRICTIONS
- CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE: HOW TO AVOID A DUI THIS THANKSGIVING
- VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY INTOXICATION AND UNCONSCIOUSNESS AS A DEFENSE
- THE PUBLISHED COMPILATION HEARSAY EXCEPTION
- BEWARE: DUI CHECKPOINTS ARE ALL OVER SOCAL THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND
- FUGGETABOUTIT! FAILING TO GIVE A REASONABLE DOUBT INSTRUCTION - NOT A BIG DEAL SAYS CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT!
- DEATH PENALTY REVERSED BECAUSE OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT-SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW
- SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT DECLARES NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON HEARSAY RULE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
- SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE: EXPERT TESTIMONY CONCERNING PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AFFECTING BREATH TESTING IMPROPERY EXCLUDEDg Breath Testing Improperly Excluded
- LOS ANGELES SHERIFF BACA DECIDES TO CLOSE MEN'S JAIL PENDING FBI INVESTIGATION INTO BRUTALITY
- CIVIL RIGHTS: NY PRISON "LOSES" VIDEO OF PRISONER'S BEATING
- BOBBY BROWN'S LAWYER NEEDS TO SHUT UP
- LAPD FINDS DEPUTY ENGAGED IN PROFILING-ITS ABOUT TIME
- CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE: HOW TO AVOID A CALIFORNIA DUI THIS CHRISTMAS
- SAN DIEGO CIVIL RIGHTS: JUROR ASSAULTED/ARRESTED BY COURTHOUSE DEPUTY
- SAN DIEGO DUI LAWYER: HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS-A LEGAL FICTION FOR IDENTIFYING IMPAIRED PERSONS
- CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE: SECOND AND THIRD TIME DUI OFFENDERS IN CALIFORNIA CAN GET RESTRICTED LICENSES
- REVIEWING THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE ON APPEAL
- MULTIPLE CHILD PORN PICTURES ON MULTIPLE COMPUTERS. HOW MANY COUNTS?
- PLEADING GUILTY BARS AN APPEAL BASED ON LACK OF FACTS TO SUPPORT CHARGES
- HOW THE US SUPREME COURT GPS TRACKING CASES CAN COMPROMISE YOUR CELL PHONE SECURITY
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DRIVING WHILE USING A CELL PHONE
- RAPE OF AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON AND LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSES
- SAN DIEGO POLICE MISCONDUCT: DELIBERATELY VIOLATING MIRANDA TO GET A CONFESSION
- IMPROPER USE OF PRIOR CRIMES EVIDENCE
- CALIFORNIA POLICE MISCONDUCT: RIGHT TO PITCHESS DISCOVERY OF COMPLAINTS MADE AFTER THE ARREST
- LAW OFFICE OF MARY FRANCES PREVOST- FACEBOOK UPDATE PAGE
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAWYER: THIRD CATEGORY OF VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER-UNINTENTIONAL KILLING DURING A FELONY
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST: GREAT TAKING ENHANCEMENT AND COMMON SCHEME OR PLAN
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAWYER: MANDATORY DNA COLLECTION FOR FELONY ARRESTEES IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
- PROSECUTION HAS THE RIGHT TO DISCOVERY OF NONTESTIMONIAL INFORMATION
- ENDANGERING A MINOR; CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE SECTION 654
- CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: DOG SNIFF AND JUSTIFICATION FOR SEARCHING
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST: DOG SNIFFING EVIDENCE ADMITTED IN SEARCH CASE
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST; CLASS ACTION CERTIFIED FOR CITIZENS' TAX SUIT AGAINST GOVERNMENT
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: FAILING TO FILE A COMPLAINT 25 DAYS FROM CITING AND RELEASING A DEFENDANT
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST: LEGALITY OF A DETENTION BASED ON A PARKING INFRACTION
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST: TOP NAVY SURGEON SUES CHULA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR POLICE BRUTALITY
- "LIKE" my Legal Page on Facebook "Law Offices of Mary Prevost
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: KIDNAPPING REVERSED
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST: U.S. SUPREME CURT GRANTS CERTIORARI IN NEW EVIDENCE CASE POST BULLCOMING
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL EVIDENCE: WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHALLENGE BREATH TESTING
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST, ORANGE COUNTY DUI DEFENSE: HOW TO AVOID AN ORANGE COUNTY DUI THIS 4TH OF JULY
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST, SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE: HOW TO AVOID A DUI THIS FOURTH OF JULY
- SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: MIRANDA DOES NOT APPLY TO PROBATION VIOLATIONS
- CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS: POSSIBLE RETALIATION CASE FOR EXERCISING FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
- CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS CASES: ANOTHER CASE OF OVERDETENTION
- CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS: MAKE SURE YOU NAME THE RIGHT PARTIES
- CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS-ATTORNEY FEES REDUCED
- SAN DIEGO CIVIL RIGHTS: FINALLY, THE CROWE CASE DECISION
- SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: SWEARING AND OBSCENITIES
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: NEW IMMIGRATION CASE MANDATES NEW ADMONITIONS TO DEFENDANTS
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: FEDS TAKE OVER SAN FRANCISO POLICE SCANDAL
- CALIFORNIA POLICE MISCONDUCT: SUPPLYING THE SEALED PITCHESS MATERIAL TO THE COURT OF APPEAL
- SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DOWNLOADING CRASH DATA FROM A CAR RECORDER
- THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COUERT LETS PROSECUTOR GET AWAY WITH MISCONDUCT
- SAN DIEGO'S STREET CZAR, MARIO SERRA, ARRESTED FOR LEWD ACTS
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: SEVERE LIMITATIONS ON ISSUING PROTECTIVE ORDERS
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL EVIDENCE: DIMINISHED CAPACITY, DIMINISHED ACTUALITY, AND WHAT CRIMINAL DEFENSE EXPERTS CAN TESTIFY TO
- BOOKING QUESTIONS ABOUT GANG AFFILIATION, IN THE ABSENCE OF MIRANDA
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: MANDATORY NO-CONTACT ORDERS WITH UNDERAGE SEX VICTIMS
- FORENSIC SCIENCE REFORM IS LONG OVERDUE
- CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: WHEN IS A KNIFE NOT A DEADLY WEAPON?
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: CAN A SINGLE ACT RESULT IN MULTIPLE ENHANCEMENTS?
- JURORS CANNOT EXPERIMENT-CASE REVERSED
- JURY MISCONDUCT ISSUE BLOWN-SWEAR IN YOUR JURORS OR LOSE
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAWYER: ENTRAPMENT REQUIRES GOVERNMENTAL ACTION
- HOW TO AVOID A DUI THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE
- CALIFORNIA PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT: PROSECUTOR SENT TO THE STATE BAR
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE-CHILD MOLESTATION; NO SPECIFIC CHILD NEED BE PLEADED
- SAN FRANCISCO DA LOSES SLEAZY BID TO RECUSE JUDGE (CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE)
- WHAT DOES PRESUMED PREJUDICE MEAN? (Criminal Defense Lawyer Mary Prevost)
- CALIFORNIA DISCOVERY-DISCOVERY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT NOT REQUIRED
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DEFENDANTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRE-PRELIMINARY HEARING PITCHESS DISCOVERY
- CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY - JUDGE SAYS: ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES MAY HAVE USED EXCESSIVE FORCE
- WHEN WILL ORANGE COUNTY SETTLE ITS POLICE BRUTALITY CASE AND STOP PAYING ITS LAWYER TO DEFEND THE DIRTY COPS?
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHEN IS IT A MASSIAH VIOLATION?
- CALIFORNIA DUI DEFENSE: NEW DUI IGNITION INTERLOCK CHANGES FOR 2010
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: REPEATEDLY INVOKING MIRANDA ISN'T INVOKING MIRANDA
- SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE: HOW TO AVOID A CALIFORNIA DUI THIS FOURTH OF JULY
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: ATTORNEYS-YOU MUST HAVE INVESTIGATORS
- SAN DIEGO CIVIL RIGHTS: OC SHERIFF WHO BEAT TINY COSMETICS REP JUST ARRESTED FOR DUI CRASH AND SELLING DRUGS
- LAW OFFICES OF MARY PREVOST: HOW TO AVOID A DUI ARREST AND CONVICTION THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
- WHAT COST TO DEFEND DIRTY COPS? ORANGE COUNTY TAXPAYERS ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF.
- ORANGE COUNTY SHOULD STOP WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY PROTECTING A ROGUE, DIRTY COP
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: DUE DILIGENCE FOR OUT-OF-STATE WITNESSES
- SAN FRANCISCO CRIME LAB EXPERT TO TAKE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT; CRIME LAB SCANDAL THICKENS
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: REASONABLE CAUSE FOR SCHOOL SEARCHES
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: DUTY TO ADVISE CLIENTS OF IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- CIVIL RIGHTS PLAINTIFF CAN STATE A CLAIM FOR POLITICALLY RETALIATORY ARREST
- COLORADO SCHOOL BEGINS SEARCHING STUDENTS' CELL PHONES FOR TEXT MESSAGES
- CALIFORNIA FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL MAKES UP A "DATING RELATIONSHIP" FROM NOTHING: YET ANOTHER RESULT-ORIENTED DECISION
- IF COPS CAN GET A SEARCH WARRANT, THERE IS NO EXIGENCY IN MINNESOTA DUI CASES
- LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ENGAGE IN ARREST "CONTEST"
- CALIFORNIA COURT: THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF PROBATION IF YOU FAIL TO REPORT AFTER YOU ARE DEPORTED
- SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENDANT WHO SEVERED MAN'S ARM GETS FIVE YEARS IN STATE PRISON
- SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENDANT WHO SEVERED MAN'S ARM GETS FIVE YEARS IN STATE PRISON
- PROBATION CAN MAKE DEFENDANT ON SUPERVISED RELEASE PROVIDE A DNA SAMPLE
- CALIFORNIA COURTS ALLOW COPS - AGAIN - TO WHITTLE AWAY MIRANDA
- CALIFORNIA ASSAULT CONVICTION REVERSED BECAUSE DEFENDANT MAY HAVE ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE
- IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW ALSO A FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION?
- NINTH CIRCUIT RULES THAT A HALFWAY HOUSE IS NOT IMPRISONMENT
- SAN DIEGO JUDGE SENTENCES MAN TO 11 YEARS FOR DUI HOMICIDE
- LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER GETS PROBATION FOR ATTACKING HANDCUFFED CHILD
- DEFENDANT MAY ADMIT EVIDENCE OF "PERSONAL" PARTITION RATIO IN DUI CASE
- PLAINTIFF STATES A CLAIM AGAINST POLICE WHO FAILED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR PRESENCE AND THEN BROKE DOWN DOOR WITH BATTERING RAM
- JUDGE FINDS INMATES' RIGHTS VIOLATED BY MAKING PRISONERS SLEEP ON FLOOR
- CALIFORNIA DMV POSTS WEBPAGE FOR SENIOR DRIVERS
- CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DIRECTOR EXPLAINS TEEN/ELDERLY DRIVING RULES
- DUKE LACROSSE PROSECUTOR MIKE NIFONG REPORTS TO JAIL
- COURT OF APPEAL REJECTS STUDENT'S FOURTH AMENDMENT CLAIMS OF IMPROPER SCHOOL SEARCH
- BRITTNEY SPEARS CHARGED WITH HIT AND RUN
- CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER RETURN TO WORK ON "BIONIC" LEGS
- LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL SETTLES STRIP SEARCH CLASS ACTIONS CASE FOR $10 MILLION
- SAN DIEGO DRUG TRAFFICKING SWEEP NETS 44 ARREST
- CALIFORNIA DUI PENALTIES CHART FOR CALIFORNIA MISDEMEANOR DUI CLIENTS
- DOES JUDGE OR JURY MAKE THE FINDING THAT A PRIOR CONVICTION IS A STRIKE IN CALIFORNIA?
- CALIFORNIA COURT RULES THAT JUDGE CAN CONSIDERED DISMISSED COUNTS AT SENTENCING IF THE DEFENDANTS GIVES A HARVEY WAIVER
- O.J. SIMPSON ARRESTED IN LAS VEGAS FOR ROBBERY
- SAN DIEGO CONVICT IN RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM CASE MAY GO BACK TO JAIL
- O.J. Simpson Suspected in Las Vegas Robbery
- COURT CANNOT SENTENCE DEFENDANTS CONCURRENTLY FOR CRIMES ARISING OUT OF THE SAME COURSE OF CONDUCT
- NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON HEARSAY EXCEPTION - INAPPLICABLE
- SEXUAL ABUSE CONVICTIONS REVERSED FOR JUROR MISCONDUCT
- CALIFORNIA JURY MUST DECIDE IF AN OUT-OF-STATE PRIOR CONVICTION IS A "STRIKE"
- SAN DIEGO JUDGE COMMITS MISCONDUCT BY TALKING TO JURORS DURING DELIBERATIONS - CASE REVERSED
- SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SHOOT AT SAN DIEGO DUI SUSPECT AT DUI ROADBLOCK
- CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL TO OFFICERS WITH TASERS
- ADULT COURT BANNED FROM USING JUVENILE SEX CRIME PRIORS
- SAN DIEGO FEDERAL COURT JUDGE REVERSED ON ALIEN SMUGGLING ENHANCEMENT
- CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS DEFINES "BURGLARY TOOLS"
- JUVENILE PRIOR CONVICTIONS MAY BE USED TO AGGRAVATE ADULT SENTENCES
- CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER SLAPPED ON WRIST FOR ATTACKING SUSPECT
- ACTOR BILL MURRAY ARRESTED IN SWEDEN FOR DUI ON GOLF CART
- CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS MAY FILE SEALED DECLARATIONS IN PITCHESS DISCOVERY MOTIONS
- SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPUTY GETS SWEETHEART DEAL IN WIFE'S MURDER
- CARLSBAD DUI CHECKPOINT SCHEDULED
- SAN DIEGO JUDGE TIM CASSERLY UNVEILED FOR COMMITTING MISCONDUCT AS PROSECUTOR IN SAN DIEGO MURDER CASE
- CALIFORNIA CUNNINGHAM CASES - PART DEUX
- TWO NEW CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT CASES INTERPRET CUNNINGHAM V. CALIFORNIA
- DUI & IMMIGRATION NEWS: DUI IS NOT A CRIME OF VIOLENCE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALIEN DEPORTATION
- STARE DECISIS: FOLLOWING DECISIONS OF HIGHER COURTS
- DIRTY SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WITH HISTORY OF ABUSE SAVED BY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- FEDERAL COURT REINSTATES WIRETAPPING
- CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL RULES PROBATION TERMS MUST ADDRESS PROBATIONER'S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
- APPELLATE COURT: JUVENILE CONVICTIONS CAN NEVER BE USED AS STRIKES!
- SAN DIEGO DUI ARRESTS DOWN OVER FOURTH OF JULY
- San Diego Police Department DUI Checkpoints-Beware!
- PASSENGERS CAN CHALLENGE THE LEGALITY OF AUTO STOPS
- SAN DIEGO PROSECUTORS ALLOWED INCOMPETENT LAB ANALYST TO TESTIFY FALSELY IN DUI CASES FOR YEARS
- PROSECUTORS CAN'T GET DEFENSE DISCOVERY FROM SUBPOENAS
- CAN EVIDENCE OF VOLUNTARY INTOXICATION BE USED TO FIND "IMPLIED MALICE?"
- PARIS IS BURNING-UNFAIR CELEBRITY TREATMENT
- NEW HAMPSHIRE POLICE ARREST MAN FOR GATHERING EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM
- SAN DIEGO CHP OFFICER ACCUSED OF BEATING DUI SUSPECT
- CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL MAY END POLICE SECRECY
