Charges Dismissed for Contra Costa County Client Charged with Possession of Child Pornography
In Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez, our client was charged with a violation of Penal Code Section 311.11(a) ...
Attorney General Eric Holder Announces a Plan to Target Racial Profiling by Federal Police
Speaking at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. preached, United States Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced that he will soon be disclosing a Justice Department guided plan aimed at ending racial profiling...
Obama Seeks Funds for Body Cameras and Better Police Training
President Obama is expected to ask lawmakers to fund...
Study from the NACDL Finds that Courts give Prosecutors Leeway on Disclosing Evidence
A study conducted by the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers found that, over a five-year period...
FAILURE TO PROSECUTE FERGUSON COP AN OUTRAGE
he decision not to prosecute Darren Wilson in the killing of unarmed Michael Brown is an outrage
Another Great Result! Oakland Client Charged of a Felony Drug Crime, Reduced to Misdemeanor
DRUG CRIMES: Our client was charged in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland for a violation of Health and Safety Code Section 11351.5 - possession for sale of ...
Great Result! Contra Costa Client Charged with DUI, no Charges Filed
No charges filed in Contra Costa DUI Case...
Surprising Statistics on Convictions from FBI Investigations
Recent data from the Justice Department shows that there have been a total of 10,979...
Despite all Odds, Court of Appeals Reversal Leads to Client's Relief from Penal Code Section 290 Sex Offender Registration
Alameda County client was convicted over 20 years ago of an offense...
Unanimous win for Cell Phone Privacy in Riley v. California
The Supreme Court has announced, in an undivided decision, that police do not have the right to search the data stored on a cell phone without a warrant...
Great Result! Client Charged with Child Molestation, Sentence Reduced
CHILD MOLESTATION: Our Alameda County client was arrested for an alleged violation of One Count of Penal Code Section 288.2(a) – sending harmful matter and Four Counts of Penal Code Section 647.6(a)(1) – child molesting with a prior violent sex offense involving a minor under 14 years of age. D...
Great Result! Client Charged with Child Molestation, Case Closed and not Reffered to DA
Case closed and no jail time for child molestation case.
Another Great Result: Felony Drug Charge Granted Motion to Reduce to Misdeamenor
Client convicted of a violation of Felony H & S Code Section 11366
Great Results!
Our Napa County client was charged with a 23-count Indictment in the United States District Court Northern District of California in San Francisco with thirteen counts of violation...
More Than One Hundred Women Prisoners Illegally Sterilized in California
After the Center for Investigative Reporting broke a story that the California Department of Corrections had been illegally sterilizing women for many years..
San Francisco aims to cut Cost of Inmates’ Phone Calls
A new contract has been imposed with the San Francisco jail telephone provider that will be considered by a Board of Supervisors on Thursday. Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is yearning to lower the cost an inmate has to pay in order to talk to their families...
Redemption for the Ex-Con? Compassion or Rejection?
Celebrities who are faced with criminal charges should not be the only ones that serve their prison sentences and go back to living a normal life after they reenter society...
Department of Justice Passes New Policy Requiring the Recording of Law Enforcement Officials
A new policy , set to take effect on July 11, will require that certain law enforcement agencies enforce recordings...
US Mass Incarceration
For more than 10 years, researchers have been studying the widespread societal and economic effects caused by the United States’ 40 year “experiment” with incarcerating mass numbers of its citizens. There is overwhelming evidence supporting the argument that...
Allegations of Child Pornography and the Issue of Competency to Stand Trial Collide in 9th Circuit Ruling
Defendant Albert Garza was charged in federal court with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography...
DEA Arrests Lead to Federal Indictment for Distribution Of Synthetic Marijuana
It was reported that packets of a leafy mixture laced with chemicals sent hundreds of people to the hospital in Colorado...
California Board wants to Remove Low-Risk Sex Offenders from Penal Code 290 Registry
Board members overseeing California sex offender registration laws want to reduce the number of registered offenders because...
San Francisco Man Released after Fatally Shooting College Student
A San Francisco man has been accused of killing a college student who mistakenly tried to enter his apartment...
Alarming Statistics from Oakland Police Department on African-Americans
The Oakland Police Department has produced a report on the race and ethnicity of people who get pulled over by Oakland officers, and results showed that 62 percent of the detentions were of those of African-American descent...
