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My Rights Law's Criminal Lawyers Offering Free Consultation for Criminal and DUI Cases , a highly distinguished and reputable criminal defense law firm, is providing appointments for a free consultation to anyone who may be involved in a criminal or DUI case in the greater Los Angeles area. If one becomes arrested, having a high-powered Los Angeles criminal defense attorney beside [...]

New California Diversion Program Under California Penal Code 1001.36 If you’ve been arrested for a crime in California, Penal Code 1001.36 allows any defendant charged with a misdemeanor or felony the chance for a dismissal of their case if they meet certain requirements. To be eligible, the accused must suffer from a “mental disorder” listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental [...]

Bribing Backlash Today, I read an article that disturbed me. It was about an attorney who bribed officials in exchange for visas and/or citizenship. How many times have you heard a joke pertaining to sleazy lawyers? How many times have you cringed at the unforgiving behaviors of an attorney? Most of the time, these puns refer to a defense attorney… the lawyers who help YOU [...]

Proposition 36 Amidst budget cuts, layoffs, attrition and the closure of courthouses and courtrooms, California is struggling to accommodate the volume of litigation on court dockets. The passage this month of Proposition 36 is only going to add to that challenge. Proposition 36 reforms California's three strikes law so that defendants whose third strike is a non-serious or nonviolent felony cannot be sentenced to [...]

Lifting Liberty Prior to September 9, 2010, the law in California dictated that if an individual had once been convicted of any theft offense, and had served at least a day in jail, any subsequent convictions for petty theft could be prosecuted as a felony, rather than a misdemeanor. The pertinent statute, California Penal Code Section 666, “Petty Theft with a Prior.” However, On September 9, [...]