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Grand Theft Auto Conviction in California May Cost You Your License

Posted on February 27, 2009

Hemet Divorce & Family Law Attorneys

Posted on February 26, 2009
Hemet, California is a city in Riverside County and the site of the world?s largest outdoor play, Ramona, which takes place once every year. The Hemet-Ryan airport is actually the site of the former flight school that was used to train over 6,000 pilots for the United States Air Force during World War II...

California Child Abuse Central Index: Are You on the List?

Posted on February 26, 2009
How Can I Find Out if My Name is Listed on the Child Abuse Registry Under the Child Abuse Neglect Reporting Act, California must maintain a registry of actual and suspected child abusers. This registry is known as The Child Abuse Central Index: aka CACI...

California Appeal Results in Vacated Forgery Convictions

Posted on February 25, 2009
New California Appeals Court Ruling Underscores The Need For An Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney in Forgery Cases A recent California Court of Appeals decision held that multiple forged signatures on a single document constitute only one count of forgery in California...

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Drivers License Suspension A Possible Punishment for Speeding in California

Posted on February 24, 2009
Under New California Law, A Person Who Is Convicted Of Driving In Excess Of 100 MPH May Have Their Driving Privileges Suspended. Under California law, the court may impose a drivers license suspension on drivers convicted of driving in excess of 100 mph...

Costa Mesa Divorce & Family Law Attorneys

Posted on February 24, 2009
Costa Mesa is a city located in Orange County, California. Its reported population was 113,143 in 2005. Costa Mesa was once a semi-rural family community that has become a suburban city. The city?s economy depends heavily on commerce, some manufacturing, but mostly on retail, with the single largest shopping center at South Coast Plaza...

California Alcohol and Chemical Testing

Posted on February 23, 2009
Do I Need A California DUI Attorney? I Took an Alcohol and/or Chemical Test and I Need a DUI Lawyer Under California law drivers pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence have the right to refuse a preliminary alcohol screening test. A person lawfully detained for suspicion of DUI in California can refuse the PAS test, and only have to submit to a breath or chemical test after being arrested for suspicion of DUI...

California Sex Crime Conviction Can Cost You Your License

Posted on February 22, 2009
If I Am Charged with Lewd Conduct, Soliciting ad Engaging in Prostitution, Do I Need a Criminal Defense Attorney to Protect Me? Can I Lose My Driver's License? Under California law, the court may impose a suspension of driving privileges on individuals convicted of lewd conduct, or soliciting or engaging in prostitution in California...

Traffic Ticket Lawyers on Text Messaging While Driving Citations

Posted on February 21, 2009
Can I Really Get A Ticket For Text Messaging While I Drive? Why You Need An Experienced Law Firm To Help You Handle Traffic Tickets. In California, under California Vehicle Code Section 23123.5(a), a person my not drive a car while using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication...

Illegal Aliens Arrested in Record Numbers Under National Fugitive Operation Program

Posted on February 20, 2009
The government reported that the number of non-criminal immigrants that were arrested by federal authorities under the National Fugitive Operation Program skyrocket from 4,363 in 2005 to 26,200 in 2008. This is a massive increase and should concern all those that care about how our federal government is spending our tax dollars...

California DUI Laws Surprise Defendants with Two Counts for One Crime

Posted on February 19, 2009
How Can I Be Found Guilty Of Two Counts For One DUI? When you are stopped and arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI), by the time you get to court you might be surprised that you have been charged with two counts for the same DUI, or the same incident...

El Cajon Divorce & Family Law Attorneys

Posted on February 19, 2009
El Cajon, California lies within San Diego County. The city?s name, El Cajon means, in Spanish, ?The Box.? Its origin comes from describing the plot of land originally granted to the enormous Mission San Diego de Alcala that was used by missionaries in the area for farming...

Property Rights During Divorce Proceedings

Posted on February 18, 2009
My Spouse Claims That I Have No Right to The House or Other Property if I Choose to Divorce Him/Her. California is a community property state and therefore any property acquired during marriage is a community asset. Thus, in regards to division of property in California, each spouse has a full right to all property acquired during that marriage...

Misdemeanor Charge Dismissal and ClearingYour Criminal Record

Posted on February 17, 2009
How Can I Get My Misdemeanor Charges Dismissed? Why an Experienced Law Firm Can Help Keep Your Record Clean. When you are charged with a misdemeanor offense in California, it is important to get the best legal advice so that every alternative is explored in getting your case resolved...

Calabasas Divorce & Family Law Attorneys

Posted on February 17, 2009
Calabasas is a city in Los Angeles County, California that had a reported population of 22,300 in 2007. Located at the southwestern part of the San Fernando Valley, the city of Calabasas is twenty-two miles away from Downtown Los Angeles. The red-tailed hawk is depicted in the city?s official logo, which symbolizes a pledge to preserve Calabasas? natural beauty and semi-rural quality of life...

Boating Under the Influence and DMV License Suspensions

Posted on February 16, 2009
Can I lose my driver's license for boating under the influence? Do I need a DUI defense attorney? California Vehicle Code section 305 defines ?driver? as ?a person who drives or who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.? The term ?Driving? has been defined in various ways by courts, and the issue was most recently addressed by the California Supreme Court in Mercer v...

Gang Members Charged in Canoga Park Murder

Posted on February 15, 2009
Why you need an experienced criminal defense attorney. Three Canoga Park men believed to be members of a Latin street gang have been hit with various California murder charges stemming from a December 22, 2008 shooting outside Canoga Park Bowl, a neighborhood bowling alley...

Attempted Lewd Act in California Does Not Require Physical Proximity

Posted on February 14, 2009
To Be Convicted of Attempted Lewd Act Does Not Require You to Have Actually Entered the Room with a Minor Jeffrey MacKanin, a California Department of Justice special agent supervisor who oversaw a Federal and State task force investigating child exploitation crimes, posed online as a 13-year-old runaway girl named ?Hope?...

Domestic Violence and Physical Abuse: Do I Need A Criminal Defense Attorney Now?

Posted on February 13, 2009
Physical abuse is the type of abuse most people think of when they think of domestic violence. Under California law, ?abuse? can be intentionally or recklessly injuring someone, trying to injure someone, or putting someone in reasonable fear of immediate injury...

Restraining Order Penalties in California Steep

Posted on February 12, 2009
The Devastating Ramifications of Having a Restraining Order Granted against You: Why You Need a Qualified Restraining Order Lawyer The consequences of having a California restraining order granted against you can be severe. If a restraining order is filed against you, it is of the utmost importance to retain the services of a qualified restraining order law firm to come to your defense...

Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence Charges in California

Posted on February 12, 2009
I am falsely accused of sexual abuse and/or domestic violence. Do I need a sexual abuse attorney and/or a domestic violence attorney? Sexual abuse in California is not a specific charge, but a blanket term for many criminal charges that have to do with unwanted or inappropriate sexual contact...

California Restraining Orders - How They Can Affect You

Posted on February 11, 2009
The consequences of having a California restraining order granted against you are severe. If a restraining order is filed against you, it is of the utmost importance to retain the services of a qualified restraining order attorney in California to make sure that the restraining order against you is not granted...

Forgery and Counterfeiting Charges in California

Posted on February 10, 2009
I am accused of forgery and/or counterfeiting and need a defense attorney Forgery has several definitions under the law. At its most basic, forgery is knowingly and intentionally creating false documents that are held out as genuine. That includes: Signing someone else?s name, or the name of a person who doesn?t existForging someone else?s handwritingAltering or forging documents used as evidence in courtFalsifying, altering or forging a wide variety of legal documents, or trying to pass falsified documents as genuine, or knowingly receiving forged or counterfeited materialsWriting a bad check The list of legal documents that may not be altered or forged is long, but it includes wills, court judgments, checks and other financial documents, deeds or certificates of ownership, medical records, tickets for public or private transit, driver?s licenses and lottery tickets...

California DUI Probation Prevents Driver From Having Any Alcohol in System

Posted on February 09, 2009
Without An Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney, Driver?s On Probation For A DUI In California May Lose Their License Under New California Law, If Found To Be Driving With Any Measurable Level Of Alcohol In Their System Under previous California law, the Department of Motor Vehicles or the California Courts will typically suspend the driver?s driving privilege for up to a year on a first time DUI, and place the driver on probation...

California Domestic Violence Defense Attorney - Where to Find One

Posted on February 08, 2009
I AM ACCUSED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHERE DO I FIND A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFENSE ATTORNEY? One of the most notorious penalties for a domestic violence conviction is mandatory counseling. If you are granted probation after a domestic violence conviction, the court must order you to at least a year of a ?batterer?s program,? which means weekly classes of at least two hours each...

California Elder Abuse Charges

Posted on February 07, 2009
WHAT IS ELDER ABUSE, AND DO I NEED AN ELDER ABUSE ATTORNEY IF CHARGED WITH ELDER ABUSE AS A CRIME? Elder abuse (and abuse of younger dependent adults, such as adults with mental disabilities) includes all of the same physical abuse that most people think of when they think of domestic violence...

Accused of Emotional Abuse In California

Posted on February 06, 2009
IM ACCUSED OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND NEED AN EMOTIONAL ABUSE ATTORNEY TO DEFEND ME Emotional abuse is any behavior that helps the abuser emotionally dominate and control the victim. It includes, but is not limited to: Frequent put-downs Constant criticism Threats Harassment Stalking Unreasonable restrictions on the victim?s freedom Emotional abuse is not itself a crime in California, but our state criminal law does recognize it as an effect of physical and verbal abuse and neglect (e...

Charged With Shoplifting In California?

Posted on February 05, 2009
I AM BEING CHARGED WITH SHOPLIFING, DO I NEED A SHOPLIFING ATTORNEY? Shoplifting is not a crime in California, but a name for a certain kind of theft. Because most people who commit shoplifting steal items worth less than $400, it is usually charged as petty theft and is most likely to be a misdemeanor...

DVC-011909 - Police Officer Charged with Murder

Posted on February 04, 2009
Yes, even police officer?s can be charged with a crime! Last week, a former police officer for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) was arrested and extradited back to California where he will face charges of murder in Alameda County. On New Year?s morning, the officer was on duty and was responding to a fight that had broken out on one of the BART trains when he allegedly shot an un-armed passenger in the back ...

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR CRIMINAL CASE DISMISSED BASED UPON THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

Posted on February 03, 2009
Many people do not realize that the date when the alleged criminal offense occurred may be critical to the defense of your case. There is a ?time limit? in which crimes in California may be prosecuted. If the District Attorneys office fails to file criminal charges against you within that time period then a skilled California criminal defense attorney can file the appropriate legal motion to have your case dismissed...

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