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California Criminal Defense Blog

Focuses on drug crimes, criminal defense, white-collar crimes, drunken driving and sex crimes.
By Neil Shous, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 16:57:15

Sexual Assault against Patients Lands Doctor in Jail

Posted on October 06, 2008
A 44-year-old doctor in Rowland Heights has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting his patients during office visits, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports. Dr. Wazir Nadir Ali was reportedly booked on five counts of penetration with a foreign...

San Bernardino Birthday Party Clown Pleads Guilty to Molesting Girls

Posted on September 29, 2008
A birthday party clown pleaded guilty to molestation in San Bernardino County, the Daily Breeze reports. David Albert Lemus aka Trim-Trim the Clown, reportedly agreed to the plea deal at the San Bernardino Superior Court in Fontana. He faces up...

Los Angeles Medicare Fraud Case Ensnares 18

Posted on September 22, 2008
Federal authorities have arrested 18 people in the Los Angeles area on suspicion of filing more than $33 million of phony Medicare bills, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. Officials arrested the suspects Sept. 17 after searching six locations including...

Torrance DUI Crash Injures Two, Jails One

Posted on September 18, 2008
A man suspected of DUI in Torrance crashed into a tree injuring himself and his passenger, the Daily Breeze reports. A passenger?s thumb was cut off when the Ford Taurus overturned. The accident reportedly occurred near the intersection of Van...

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Police Arrest Parolee-at-Large After High-Speed Chase

Posted on September 15, 2008
Police in Boyle Heights arrested a parolee-at-large after a chase, which ended in a crash. According to an article in the Pasadena Star News, Lepoldo Monarrez, 28, of Los Angeles was arrested on suspicion of felony evading, resisting arrest and...

Sitcom Actress Arrested In LAX On Suspicion of Drug Possession

Posted on September 08, 2008
Mackenzie Phillips, former sitcom actress and star of ?American Graffiti,? has been charged with the possession of drugs after she was arrested at LAX, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. Phillips, 48, was reportedly arrested Aug. 27 after she went...

DUI Suspect Attempts to Flee, Injures Sheriff's Deputy

Posted on September 04, 2008
A San Diego County Sheriff?s deputy was injured after his holster got caught on the door of a vehicle he had just pulled over and the driver tried to flee the scene, dragging the deputy. According to an article in...

Myths & Truths About Nevada Prostitution Law

Posted on May 30, 2008
Truth: Nevada is the one state in the US where prostitution is legal. Myth: A person can visit Las Vegas and purchase a prostitute legally. The fact is that Nevada prostitution law makes the trade legal only in counties with...

California & Nevada Lewd Conduct Laws

Posted on May 20, 2008
Nevada law as to lewd conduct offenses is generally modeled upon California law. But Nevada?s statutes cast a wider net and impose harsher punishments. California?s Penal Code 647a Lewd Conduct in Public prohibits touching oneself sexually in public, when third...

California Marijuana Law Differs for Users versus Sellers

Posted on May 15, 2008
Marijuana law in California could be described as unusually lenient when it comes to casual users, and rather draconian as to sellers and distributors. A casual user caught with under an ounce is charged with Health & Safety Code 11357...

Attorney Gabriel Dorman Joins Neil Shouse & Associates

Posted on May 09, 2008
Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney Gabriel Dorman has joined the Southern California law firm of Neil Shouse & Associates. Gabriel Dorman brings 12 years of experience practicing criminal defense law throughout Southern California. He is familiar with courts from Beverly...

Baltimore Case: Miranda Rights Need Not Be Verbatim To Count

Posted on January 30, 2008
State attorneys are celebrating after the Maryland Supreme Court ruled that a detective who told a murder suspect she could ?get a lawyer at some point? if she could not afford one now did not misstate her Miranda rights. Just because the detective did not state the Miranda warning verbatim does not mean that he violated the rights of the suspect, according to the Supreme Court...

Murder Witnesses Called Into Question

Posted on January 28, 2008
Prosecutors thought the father and son who witnessed a California Highway Patrol officer?s murder could be the key to a guilty verdict for suspect Columbus Allen, but credibility issues are calling their testimony into question. The Modesto Bee reports that Christopher Hicks and his son Dujuane both have ?credibility issues?; Dujuane faces his own charges of murder in a recent arrest, and Hicks was known to have possessed weapons and drugs in his home...

?Atonement? And Criminal Defense

Posted on January 26, 2008
The romantic epic film ?Atonement? is sweeping the box office and the awards ceremonies, recently picking up a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama. What does this have to do with criminal defense? A lot, since the story behind ?Atonement? highlights the damning power of words...

Marion Jones Convicted ? Why You Need A Criminal Defense Lawyer Every Step Of The Way

Posted on January 24, 2008
Marion Jones? recent conviction and sentencing to six months in prison for lying to investigators about her use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs highlights yet another reason why people who run into criminal situations need a competent and skillful criminal defense attorney to partner with them every step of the way...

San Francisco Zoo Highlights Question of Criminal Negligence

Posted on January 22, 2008
After the tiger attack that left a 17-year-old zoo patron dead and injured two of his friends, the San Francisco Zoo will have an uphill legal battle to face if lawsuits are in fact filed in connection with the attack. Though it?s likely the legal battle will be fought entirely in civil court, the question of responsibility for the tiger attack brings to light relevant questions of criminal negligence that are faced by California criminal defense lawyers on a regular basis...

Pretext Calls ? What You Need To Know

Posted on January 16, 2008
News that United Kingdom law enforcement officials are set to begin trying to make rape suspects incriminate themselves via telephone or text message means there?s no time like the present to review pretext calls. This self-incriminatory tactic is often used by California police early on in rape cases, and you need to know how to protect yourself against the dreaded pretext call...

California Hit and Run Law in the News Lately

Posted on December 19, 2007
Brittney Spears? recent prosecution for Hit and Run in Los Angeles has drawn attention to the duties of a driver following an accident. California has two hit and run statutes. Vehicle Code 20001 defines felony hit and run as fleeing the scene of an accident in which a third party is injured...

The case of Genarlow Wilson

Posted on November 19, 2007
The case of Genarlow Wilson is provides yet another reason that the general public should never blindly trust the government. This is true regardless of how strongly state legislators emphasize that their main goal is to protect their constituents from injustice and cruelty, including those constituents who happen to be accused of committing a crime...

Mike Nifong and The Duke Lacross Case

Posted on November 18, 2007
Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong stated publicly that a small group of lacrosse players from Duke University raped a woman. After putting these young men and the University through a living hell, it was Nifong who was the ultimate wrong doer. He has had his bar license taken from him and he, himself, is facing criminal charges...

Right To Remain Silent

Posted on November 14, 2007
Your right to remain silent is probably one of the most well known rights we enjoy as Americans; yet, at that time when that right is most important, nobody asserts it. In fact not asserting and remaining silent is better than giving a false statement thinking that is going to get rid of the cops...

Former Orange County Church Pastors Decline DA?s Plea Deal

Posted on November 11, 2007
Two former pastors of an Orange County church turned down a plea deal to serve a three-year prison term on charges of grand theft and conspiracy to commit fraud. According to an article in The Orange County Register , Richard and Philip Cunningham ? father and son ? turned down a plea bargain on the felony counts for which they could?ve faced up to six years in state prison...

Not Guilty Plea Entered In Fatal San Fernando Valley Road Rage Crash

Posted on November 09, 2007
Two men have pleaded not guilty to charges that they caused a fatal San Fernando Valley road rage crash that killed a 5-year-old boy and seriously injured the boy?s mother and infant sister, according to an article posted on KCBS TV?s Web site . Brian Barnes, 44 and 19-year-old Armando Ayon both face one count of murder and vehicular manslaughter and three counts of reckless driving, the article states...

Teen Arrested On Suspicion Of Hacking Orange County?s 911 System

Posted on November 06, 2007
A 19-year-old man from the state of Washington was arrested recently and faces numerous felony charges including those involving illegal computer access of Orange County?s 911 System, according to a news report posted on the NBC Web site . Snohomish County resident, Randall Ellis, is believed to have gotten into the Orange County?s 911 System and placed a false report of a fatal shooting and threats at a couple?s Lake Forest residence...

Arson Tip Reward Increased in Santiago Fire

Posted on November 03, 2007
In a recent display of their resolve and commitment, authorities have bumped up the reward for assistance and promised to track down the people responsible for causing the Santiago Fire in Orange County. According to an article in The Los Angeles Times , the reward for any leads that would bring about a conviction has now grown to $285,000...

Los Angeles Sheriff?s Deputies Had An ?Arrest Contest?

Posted on October 30, 2007
A recent Los Angeles Times article uncovered a strange kind of contest in the Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department. It was not a friendly type of sports contest between police departments or even within the department. Rather it was a competition among deputies ? a game ? to see who could make the most number of arrests in one day...

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