As New Year’s approaches, whether you live in Pasadena, Los Angeles, West Covina, Palmdale or any other city in California you will inevitably read a story about a person discharging a firearm during the holidays and/or being arrested while in possession of a firearm after a traffic stop. Such conduct can lead to criminal felony [...]
Perhaps one of the biggest problems identified on college campuses today are incidents of rape among students. Many persons charged with such crimes claim that both parties were drunk and no force was used to the point where an injury occurred so therefore no rape had occurred. Such claims often times do not lead to [...]
In most cases involving drug charges, a criminal defense attorney in California will always analyze whether the search and ultimate seizure of drugs was lawful. Under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, persons have the right to be free from unlawful searches and seizures. In most cases an unlawful search will occur where [...]
Recently many college football fans followed the arrest of Ohio State Quarterback J.T. Barrett as video of his DUI arrest made national news http://www.tmz.com/category/dui/. Besides asking for special treatment from the police, Mr. Barrett also denied drinking alcohol and eventually had his DUI charge reduced to “operating a vehicle while under the influence” which carries [...]
Throughout my 20 year career handling domestic violence cases for my clients, I have seen an increase in criminal prosecutions relating to domestic violence incidents in California including Los Angeles, Palmdale, Ontario, Pasadena, Pomona, West Covina and many other cities in California. After the OJ Simpson trial in the mid-1990s, law enforcement has much less [...]