5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police Search (Even if You Have Nothing to Hide) Posted: 02/21/2012 10:52 pm Do you know what your rights are when a police officer asks to search you? If you’re like most people I’ve met in my eight years working to educate the public on this…
In my fourteen years of practice, I have religiously adhered to the principal that the way you get excellent results for your clients is by dismantling the prosecution’s case on a factual level. In other words, I prepare every case for trial from day number one, knowing that either the prosecutor will wind up offering…
So I know a guy, let’s call him Innocent, who is facing 6 years in prison for, literally, standing around doing nothing. Innocent lives in an apartment building in Los Angeles, is (was) gainfully employed, and has had no trouble with the law in 10 years (10 years ago, he had a conviction for 1st…
It seems obvious that prosecutors, who are held to the highest standards of behavior by the State Bar, should be held to their word, and required to fulfill their promises to a Defendant and his or her lawyer. As we’ve learned, this doesn’t always happen, and therefore an aggressive, proactive approach to discovery and notice requirements should…
