Getting Domestic Violence Charges Dropped
Often in the heat of an argument, a husband, wife, boyfriend, or girlfriend will call the cops because they do not know where else to in a domestic situation gone south.
What is started cannot be stopped
Calling the cops sets off a series of events that are no longer under your control [...]
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Case Name: People v. Reed , District: 1 DCA , Division: 5 , Case #: A123967
Opinion Date: 4/13/2010 , DAR #: 5487
Case Holding:
When a defendant moves for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC), the trial court has a duty to inquire into the basis for the allegations. After a jury [...]
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If you were convicted of a misdemeanor and are still on probation, file a PC 1203.3 petition to have probation terminated early, and a PC 1203.4 petition for expungement.
If you were convicted of a misdemeanor and have completed probation, file to have conviction dismissed and file a PC 1203.4 petition for expungement.
If you were convicted [...]
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Arrested for DUI? Here is a summary of the services I provide.
DMV HEARING
I will represent you at your DMV hearing.
I will contact the DMV and set a date for your hearing. I will ask for all the evidence to see if there are any mistakes. I will [...]
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The FBI is currently targeting online “traders” of child pornography. Photographs or images are traded among individuals who frequent chat rooms or newsgroups where child pornography can be found.
The penalties for getting involved in trading child pornography online vary depending on whether the individual has a prior criminal record, the amount traded, and whether [...]
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The Law Office of Douglas Slain represents investors who have suffered substantial economic loss as a result of various types of broker misconduct.
We represent investors who have been victimized by promoters of questionable private placements. Douglas Slain, the editor of Securities Enforcement Reporter and Blue Sky Chronicle and former chair of the American Bar Association’s [...]
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CA Penal Code section 17 (b) allows a motion to be filed to reduce felony convictions to misdemeanor convictions for purposes of the record.
If your conviction was based on a “wobbler” charge (wobblers are crimes that can be treated as misdemeanors or felonies), the Law Offices of Douglas Slain can help you.
Your conviction will become [...]
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In spite of recent courtroom losses, parents who blame their children’s autism at least in part on childhood vaccines say their legal battle is far from over.
“We’ve always been in it to the very end,” said Theresa Cedillo of Yuma, Ariz., whose autistic daughter Michelle became the focus of a key [...]
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Case Name: People v. Gamache , CalSup , Case #: S052808
Opinion Date: 3/18/2010 , DAR #: 4099
Case Holding:
Under Penal Code section 1424, a motion for recusal of the prosecutor will not be granted unless it is shown that a conflict exists that makes a fair trial unlikely, with review of the trial court’s decision being [...]
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The California Department of Justice (DOJ) maintains the state’s registered sex offender database.
By law, persons convicted of specified sex crimes are required to register as sex offenders with a local law enforcement agency.
Registered sex offenders are required to update their information annually, within five working days of their birthday.
Some sex offenders must update more often: [...]
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