Criminal Defense Legal Archives
Release on bond or bail is sometimes limited to certain less serious offenses. However, a lot of people have gotten out of jail even for more serious charges in waiting.…
While the First Amendment gives you freedom of speech, the law limits just how far you can exercise it. Threatening to kill another person is against the legislation that protects…
Whether the local state officials can arrest you as an out-of-state defendant is dependent on various factors, but the short answer is usually; yes, they can. This is true if…
Children occupy a special place in the legal system of Orange County. The California courts presume that children do not have the mental acuity to care for themselves or make…
Also known as community or non-custodial sentencing, alternative sentencing is a collective term used in criminal justice for all the different ways the courts can punish a defendant who has…
California law defines burglary, theft, and robbery as different and distinct crimes, but if you’re charged with one or more of these crimes in southern California, there is only one…
