Escape is a very interesting term, because when we think about escape we think about somebody who is either in jail or prison and somehow they figure out a way to tunnel out or escape like you saw in Alcatraz in the famous movies. The crime of escape is covered under California Penal Code 4532. ...
Obviously, this would depend on what the person preferred to be involved with. But, when it comes to prescription medication/opioids — probably some of the more commonly abused ones would be Vicodin for example. Vicodin is a drug that's commonly prescribed when people get injuries and suffer fr...
This concept of prescription drug abuse has to do with those individuals who are either given prescription medication for some ailment that they have and they end up getting addicted to it and abusing it and getting as much as they can — that's one form of prescription abuse. Another form is that...
It's a pretty fine distinction between prostitution and solicitation of prostitution. Obviously, solicitation has to do with somebody offering money for some sort of sexual act. Once the offer is made and accepted, the crime of solicitation has been completed even if the parties don't engage in...
A lot of people try to represent themselves in some of these sex crime cases and it's a huge mistake because when you speak to law enforcement regarding a sex crime matter, you really put yourself in jeopardy because if they're investigating you then you're a target and they're going to try to ga...
More and more, I've seen these date rape charges across California, especially since this Me To movement and a lot of times what I'm seeing happen is, a woman will drink to much, take some drugs, mix drugs with alcohol, and basically become in a state where they're intoxicated to the degree that ...
Some of the important issues when having to register as a sex offender, I see people run afoul of the sex registration laws all the time. It's a very dangerous thing to do because a lot of times the people who have to register as a sex offender had to plea to a felony and are looking at state pr...
This is probably one of the big questions on people's minds when they're arrested for domestic violence, and that is, is there liberty going to be taken away, because usually what happens in these cases is, the police come out to a scene. They assess a situation and once they determine that someb...
Domestic violence cases have been legislated by our government. What I mean by that is, the government has determined certain mandatory minimum sentences when it comes to a domestic violence case. They've taken this to such an extreme because of political pressure and the...
What Is It Important To Retain a Local Criminal Defense Attorney for a Los Angeles Domestic Violence Case? This whole concept of local when it comes to domestic violence cases has to do with an attorney who knows the courthouse where your case is pending. In my opinion, the reason this is so imp...
First you have to know why it's important to know who the aggressor is because when the police come out to the scene because someone called 9-1-1 for a domestic violence or spousal abuse case, they're going to be talking to everybody there. If it's just the husband and wife / boyfriend and girlf...
This is a good topic because most people — once they get arrested for a domestic violence case — they have to post $50,000.00, they're in jail for a period of time and then they're waiting for a court date — they're typically looking for ways to get out of their case. I have people calling me, s...
Will the Court Order Me to Stay Away From My Significant Other in a Domestic Violence Case? It's unbelievable. I'm seeing more and more that courts and prosecutors are blocking the defendant in domestic violence cases from being able to come within one hundred yards of their significant other...
This is the classic revenge porn statute that came into being in 2013. With all of these computers and people videotaping their sex acts, taking photographs and posting them, there's been a bunch of new crimes that have been added to the Penal Code. Also, the federal level crimes have been adde...
Many people across Los Angeles and California are being charged with domestic violence spousal abuse. Basically, spousal abuse and domestic violence are the same thing. It has to do with one party using some sort of physical force against another party that is unlawful. In other words, it's not...
This is an excellent question, because usually when it comes to criminal defense, judges control the sentence, while prosecutors control what the charges are. So, a lot of times a case can't be worked out or resolved because a defendant wants a misdemeanor and the prosecutors have charged him or...
What exactly are the punishments for drug sales in Los Angeles? This has been a constant question over the course of the last twenty-five years of me handling drug-related offenses. People get caught for selling drugs or possessing drugs to sell them, which is kind of under the same category and ...
What's the difference? This is a good question because I have found myself over the course of the last twenty-five years in defending murder cases arguing that this was a voluntary manslaughter situation instead of a murder situation. A lot of times, you're talking about one big difference — the...
I see this all the time when I defend people who are charged with criminal threats or what used to be called terrorists threats. The reality is it's somebody threatening another person to do some sort of harm to them or their family in order to scare that person or to gain some sort of advantage...
This is an important question because robberies are usually different from burglaries because a robbery is going to involve some sort of force or fear being exerted; whereas, a burglary just involves going into somebody's house and stealing some property from that particular person. It doesn't n...
When people commit a burglary, a lot of times the police are unable to catch these individuals because they're either sneaking into a house when nobody is home, taking all of the stuff and leaving, and a lot of times they will leave evidence as to who they were that went into the home. Other time...
This is a big question on a lot of people's minds who are charged with domestic violence across Los Angeles county because a lot of people logically think, if the person who is accusing me of domestic violence no longer wants me to be prosecuted and they want the case dismissed, then why wouldn't...
This is good question because a lot of people get themselves involved in hit-and-run cases and they're worried about what's going to happen to them and there's really not that many answers out there. Obviously, it depends on the circumstances of your hit-and-run as far as how it's going to be in...
As everybody knows, your home is your castle and the Constitution, the founding fathers and even the powers that be today, realize that you can't just search a person's home with no probable cause behind it. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches an...
There's no law that blocks people from filing the police. Obviously, as you've seen throughout the years, many police officers are caught on video doing illegal things and a lot of time, a nice video is a defense attorney's best friend because that can be used to discredit the police if they're ...
