More and more in today's society where people are going online, Tinder, some of these other dating applications trying to find companionship or whatever you want to call it, they're ending up getting arrested at record numbers for sex-related offenses. Whether it be an allegation that the alleged...
The police in the never-ending pursuit of prosecuting people for sex crimes are using all sorts of different stings in order to catch individuals who are involved with crimes. To give readers a better understanding of whether police stings are legal in sex crime cases, our criminal defense lawyer...
If someone is claiming that you committed a sex crime against them and you believe that person agreed or consented to the sex act that you are being accused of performing, then that could be considered a consent defense to the alleged crime. A lot of times, especially with dating apps, people get...
What Will Happen If I Fail to Register as a Sex Offender as Required under California Penal Code 290? This happens every day. People do not register as a sex offender under California Penal Code 290 as they're supposed to do, typically within five days of their birthday. Another area that catche...
Why are Criminal Defendants Facing So Much Time on Drug Trafficking Cases in Los Angeles? Both the state and federal authorities in Los Angeles and across the country are trying to stamp-out those people who distribute illegal drugs throughout LA and throughout the country. To give readers a bett...
Basically, for a felony case the defendant is entitled to have what's called a preliminary hearing. During the preliminary hearing the prosecutor has to put on the evidence that shows that the individual that's being charged is guilty of whatever crimes the prosecutors have alleged against them....
The reason I have in the title talking about today's society as far as prostitution cases go, it's because there has been a lessening up of punishment and a lessening up of ramifications — at least in Los Angeles County for the solicitation of prostitution cases. The authorities seem more targeted...
What's the Difference Between Possession, Distribution and Production of Child Pornography for Criminal Purposes? When it comes to the area of federal child pornography charges, typically what ends up happening is the federal authorities find child pornography in somebody's computer and then the...
Once Federal Agents Seize Your Computer in a Child Pornography Investigation How Long Does It Take? Under federal law, child pornography is any “visual depiction” of a minor who is engaging in “sexually explicit conduct.” A visual depiction is can be a photos, videos, or even a digital image. A m...
In that scenario, you are interfering with the police in the performance of their duties, and that fits under the umbrella of resisting arrest, which is defined under California Penal Code 148(a). Even though it's not the classic scenario where you're wrestling with the police, your refusal to get ...
You can be charged with resisting arrest if law enforcement informs you that they're going to arrest you and you try to prevent them from being able to arrest you. Resisting arrest usually involves some sort of physical force. California Penal Code 148(a) defines the crime of resisting arrest. If...
Law enforcement now has identified what they think is a different type of pimp as it relates to sex crimes in Los Angeles. Most classic pimps related to pimping and pandering charges in Los Angeles have to do with someone who fits the stereotypical prototype of someone who's mean, beats the wome...
This is more and more of a common crime in Los Angeles that I'm seeing prosecuted in the local courthouses. People are taking small video cameras and filming people in dressing rooms and other locations. Even peeping-tom-type activity where they're filming them in their own home...
This is a classic scenario where people are dating. Maybe it's their first or second date — and both parties are drinking alcohol and get drunk. Then, some sort of a sex act occurs and then later on one of the parties believes that they were taken advantage of because they were drunk. Rape charge...
As the internet has become more and more prevalent in our society, so have internet sex-related offenses. People have through of all sorts of different ways to either satisfy their interest in sex or to make money off sex crimes. Sex Trafficking and Child Pornography. Whether it be sex traffickin...
What do Juries Look for in Determining Guilt or Innocence in a California Penal Code 187 Murder Case? As you might guess, when a jury deliberates whether somebody is guilty of a murder, they're going to look at the evidence. They're going to look at what the prosecutors present. Are there any e...
I've been doing this over twenty-five years and I've had a lot of clients come to me and tell me that the police are lying about some aspect of their criminal case — either as part of the investigation or most of the time clients are claiming that the lies are related to a statement that the clie...
This is a good question. It's asked a lot when I sit down and meet with clients and you can't really give a specific answer to because it depends on a number of different factors. First, is it a felony or a misdemeanor? Felonies, in my experience usually take longer to resolve than a...
This is something that a lot of people who are charged with crimes throughout Los Angeles county and even the United States, grapple with every day. Trying to figure out whether they should go to a jury trial, whether they should let a jury decide their fate in a criminal case because that's rea...
This is a big question on a lot of people's minds who are on probation in Los Angeles county and they don't want to be on probation anymore. They want to move on with their life and try to get a job and try to get that probation terminated early, and even a lot of times people are looking to get...
This is a good question. I get asked it all the time if people are calling in, they're under investigation, the police are looking at them and trying to figure out if they're involved in a crime. Hiring an attorney right from the beginning when you find out that there's a potential criminal case...
When you're searching for the best criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, I'm think that you want to find somebody who is best for you. In other words, somebody who you feel comfortable with feel like they have your best interests at heart. That's why I think it's so important when you're try...
Some of the biggest things that I hear parents talking about when they come in for a consultation related to a juvenile case that one of their children has is they are concerned that the juvenile offense and the consequences that flow from it will ruin their child's future. In other words, when t...
There's a whole host of ways that a criminal case can be dismissed. First and foremost, sometimes people will get confused. They might be being investigated for a crime. Nobody has filed a crime against them and they're talking about trying to get the whole thing dismissed when the prosecutor ...
In Los Angeles, a big hot bed issue is when somebody pleads guilty to a crime, what their restitution is going to be. How much is it going to be? What if they don't have the means to pay the restitution in a criminal case. This is a big issue that comes up all the time and a lot of times people...
