Our office frequently receives calls about someone who was arrested, but never told to go to court. In releasing the person, police may have advised the person that a notice would be mailed telling them of a court date, but the notice never arrived. Other times, there is an incident and the person is not […]
It is not uncommon for our clients to encounter a prosecutor who seems to stop plea bargaining, or plea bargain at all in the face of new information. The prosecutor may not seem to read the police report or, in the case of a DUI for example, to begin and end his or her analysis […]
Chino prison guard Robert McGowan was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for violations of federal laws prohibiting a prison guard from depriving an inmate of his constitutional right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment. The conduct at issue was a 2007 incident where McGowan allegedly pushed two hand-cuffed and […]
Since AB109, the measure to realign California’s overcrowded prisons by sending more felons to county jails, split sentencing has become a more attractive option for negotiating plea bargains. While split sentencing has not quite caught on in Los Angeles County as it has in other counties, it may gain popularity as the jails become more […]
California Penal Code
For six years, Defendant Joseph Robert Horvath and his wife tortured, beat and maimed their adopted daughter, starting when she was nine and ending when she was fifteen. The wife thought her husband was sexually molesting the daughter, so she beat the girl until she confirmed this was so. Then the husband would take over […]
Our office has found that attention to the calibration records of breath test devices can often pay off in cases when the blood alcohol content (BAC) measurement is just over .08 percent. We sometimes notice that a machine which one may otherwise assume is accurate is actually calibrated to read 0.11 when a known sample […]
Our office receives numerous phone calls about financial elder abuse, usually involving quit claim deeds of property and / or second mortgages that go unpaid, resulting in a home foreclosure. It is unusual for law enforcement to take action in such cases, as such problems are seen as civil, not criminal, in nature. In the […]
When you are recovering from an injury from a trauma seeking an accident lawyer may be relatively advantageous, still selecting the suitable personal injury lawyer can be very complex. Choosing an experienced lawyer might be the difference between being successful in a personal injury lawsuit and walking away bare handed. Are you aware of various […]
Seeking an injury lawyer might be very advantageous even as an individual is getting better from injuries, however finding the suitable accident lawyer will be relatively complicated. Having the best lawyer can be the distinction between winning an accident case and losing on one. So, what are many important things to look for? It\’s not […]
