What Is the Difference Between Burglary and Robbery?
Burglary and robbery are often confused. While both involve theft, under the law they are quite different and carry different penalties.
Burglary is the act of entering a building with the intent to steal property or commit another felony. The actual theft or felony does not have to actually be committed; entry with intent to commit a theft or […]
Murder Cases: A Difficult Situation
Murder is, obviously, a serious issue; and the search for a suspect and/or suspects, is a major issue during a murder investigation. If a crime scene is left for too long, the case becomes increasingly difficult to investigate and it becomes quit difficult to prove guilt of the accused. Although DNA evidence can lend some […]
Vehicular Manslaughter: A Serious Crime in Los Angeles
Vehicular manslaughter is a difficult case to prove, in Los Angeles and the rest of the country. The major factor in proving such a case, is proving gross misconduct or negligence. For example, there was a terrible tragedy near Beverly Hills where a man was killed during a crash. There are not many pieces of […]
New Parking Ticket Law Protects Drivers
In the grand scheme of things, parking tickets would seem to be a fairly minor annoyance. But in parking-challenged Los Angeles and other California cities, tickets can mount up and quickly move from the realm of little problem to big trouble. The parking ticket issue has gotten more than a bit murky in California. Until recent passage […]
Gay Marriage Ruling: How Will It Impact Criminal Law
Recently, the California Supreme Court ruled that denying marriage to same-sex couples was against the constitution of the State of California, thus legalizing gay marriage throughout the state (at least for now). While this will have great repercussions on the law in general, especially civil law, there are a great many areas in criminal law […]
Memorial Day Brings Increase in DUI Arrests
The police were out in force this Memorial Day watching for drunk drivers. In what has become a modern-day tradition, state police and local law enforcement beef up their forces for the annual Memorial Day onslaught. As millions of Americans hit the highways for the Memorial Day weekend and the traditional beginning of the summer […]
Is Paparazzi Case a Fraud?
In our May 2 blog post we talked about paparazzi Glen Gurniak who filed a hit and run suit against rocker Benji Madden and passenger Paris Hilton for allegedly driving over his foot before speeding away. The incident was widely reported in national and LA entertainment news and blog sites. Although no legal resolution has been […]
How Prison Overcrowding Could Help You
The state of California has a massive prison overcrowding problem, due in part to the nation’s “war on drugs” and the state’s Three Strike laws. Laws and policies such as these can often put non-violent offenders in jail for long periods of time, even as their crimes would barely warrant parole in other states. As […]
Timeliness Counts When Filing Legal Appeal
Time is definitely not on your side when filing a legal appeal. The filing deadlines for appeals are jurisdictional and set in stone. They cannot be extended by consent of the parties involved, nor can they be extended by the court. In California, if your appeals attorney misses an appeal deadline, you pay the consequences.
Despite […]
Warrants: What They Are and What They Mean
In California, both arrest warrants and bench warrants are orders from a court or judge. Arrest warrants and bench warrants can be Federal or State issued and are executed by a law enforcement officer.
A warrant refers to a specific type of authorization. Often on police shows such as “Law and Order” the detectives will search […]