Our client in Placer County was convicted of a felony violation of Penal Code § 243.4(d) - (Sexual Battery) that had required him to register as a sex offender pursuant to Penal Code section 290 for more than 25 years. Despite the District Attorney's efforts to block our petition (which included arguments that our client had committed several new offenses in the interim, that the victim was vulnerable and that the client had never completed a Board Certified sex offender treatment program), the court GRANTED our client's petition to be removed from the 290 sex offender registration list under Penal Code section 290.5, recognizing our client's recent clean record, various other factors in mitigation that we brought to the court's attention and an excellent psycho-sexual evaluation that we arranged for the client.
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Our Los Angeles client was arrested for a violation of Penal Code Section 311.11(a) – (Misdemeanor Possession of Child or Youth Pornography). After a thorough work up of the case, the presentation of a strong mitigation case, and aggressive negotiations with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office our client was sentenced to only one year probation with no jail time.
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Our client in San Francisco was under investigation for Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography Penal Code Section 311.11.After numerous contacts with the police and district attorney's office, no criminal charges were filed.
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Client in Richmond was charged with a felony violation of Penal Code Section 288.7(b) – (Oral Copulation or Sexual Penetration with Child 10 Years Old or younger) which carries a sentence of 15 – life in prison. After putting together an aggressive investigation, hiring a top-notch forensic psychologist and presenting a thorough mitigation case and then aggressively negotiating the case with the Contra Costa County District Attorney's office, we were able to negotiate the case down so our client wouldn't have to register as a sex-offender pursuant to Penal Code Section 290 and was immediately released from custody after entering a plea to a violation of Penal Code Section 273a(a) – (felony, Child Endangerment) and sentenced to 3 years probation.
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Our Contra Costa County client was arrested in Danville and charged with a felony violation of Penal Code Section 311.11(a) – (Possession of Child Pornography), a felony violation of Penal Code Section 311.11(c)(1) – (Possession of Over 600 Images of Child Pornography) and a felony violation of Penal Code Section 311.11(c)(2) – (Possession of Sadomasochistic Child Pornography). After presenting of a strong mitigation case including the use of experts as well as aggressive negotiations with the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office, our client was convicted of only a misdemeanor violation of Penal Code Section 311.11 – (Possession of Child Pornography). Client was sentenced to only probation and no jail time.
