714-997-4400California Bar Requires Attorney Fingerprinting
As of June 1, 2018, most active attorneys in California are required to be re-fingerprinted, according to The State Bar of California. Under California Rule of Court Rule 9.9.5, active lawyers and multijurisdictional practitioners must comply before the prescribed deadline of April 30, 2019, or face penalties. It turns out that up until last year […]
Marijuana-related Arrests Fell Significantly Last Year
It is legal to use marijuana in California recreationally provided however you are an adult over the age of 21. Proposition 64 brought about significant changes concerning offenses related to cannabis use and distribution, for instance, people above the legal age restriction can travel with up to an ounce without fear. Individuals caught selling the […]
Ending the Felony Murder Rule in California
A bill under consideration in California would end a rule that allows people involved in certain serious felonies—that lead to death—to be subject to the same penalties as the killer, ABA Journal reports. SB-1437: Accomplice liability for felony murder (2017-2018) would “prohibit a participant in the commission or attempted commission of a felony inherently dangerous […]
California Money Bail System
The battle to reform California’s money bail system continues, and it would seem that this problem should have been resolved years ago given the progressive nature of the Golden State. Almost one year ago we discussed the topic of cash bail on this blog, specifically how the system favors the rich and discriminates against the […]
Major Meth Bust in Fresno Leads to Federal Charges
Expired registration tags precipitated a series of arrests in California when authorities found the driver to be in possession of a pound of meth and other drugs, ABC 30 reports. Minor infractions are often a catalyst to remarkable drug busts in the Golden State, the crisscross of highways and interstates being notorious for the transporting […]
California Supreme Court Sides With Criminal Defendants
The California Supreme Court is the first state high court to consider and decide on the issue of whether or not social media companies should turn over users’ public communications to criminal defendants in response to subpoenas, The Los Angeles Times reports. The Supreme Court was unanimous in their decision, siding with the criminal defense […]
First Judicial Recall in More Than 80 Years
In 2015, Emily Doe became a victim of sexual assault after blacking out from drinking too much alcohol. In March of the following year a jury found, then Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner (20), guilty of three felonies: Sexual penetration with a foreign object of an intoxicated person; sexual penetration with a foreign object of […]
AB 931: Reasonable Use of Force in California
The swath of killings involving unarmed black men in the United States has led many people to ask the question, ‘What is a reasonable use of force?’ Naturally, there isn’t an easy way to answer such a query, and depending on who you ask (i.e., police officer or average citizen) you might get totally different […]
Mugshots.com Extortion Charges
Innocent until proven guilty. It’s not what you know; it is what you can prove. Each day thousands of Americans encounter a run-in with authorities; whether a person is guilty of a crime or not, the experience is sure to be an arduous one. Those who face arrest are likely to appear in court at […]