CRIMINAL LAW BLOG

Los Angeles medical marijuana is an issue that keeps Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys hard at work.  Defending medical marijuana charges involves complex areas of the law, and only a skilled Los Angeles criminal defense attorney will have an adequate understanding of the law. The city of Sa...

Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys who represent people trapped up in Los Angeles immigration issues must have a keen sense of the law, as well as a skilled knowledge of how to navigate Los Angeles courts.  Immigration is currently a hot button topic, as it always is, and criminal defense att...

White collar crimes usually consist of crimes of deception or theft perpetrated by professional people, as opposed to, say, crimes of force.  White collar crime can include such offenses as money laundering, extortion, embezzlement or bribery.  September 2009 has already seen two notable incident...

Former professional wrestling champ Jeff Hardy was arrested in Cameron, NC on September 11th 2009 on charges of drug possession.  Police conducted a search of the wrestler's home, where officers discovered 262 Vicodin pills, 180 Soma pills, 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids and a residual amou...

One of the most confusing areas of criminal law is Los Angeles medical marijuana law.  It's extremely rare when the state law allows something that federal law strictly forbids.  On issue after issue, no matter how controversial, California state law and federal law lines up.  However, when it co...

Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys work hard to keep their clients out of prison and free from fines. While people may think they understand how important it is to have a quality Los Angeles criminal defense attorney, it isn't until a high profile individual gets major jail time that the mess...

Los Angeles burglary crimes can lead to serious fines, probation and years in prison. A Los Angeles criminal defense attorney is absolutely necessary for anyone facing a burglary charge. In Los Angeles, where celebrities walk down the street, attorneys defend people charged in crimes involving ce...

Two ares of the law which keep Los Angeles criminal lawyers very busy are theft crimes and medical marijuana dispensaries. A recent crime wave has combined the two however, giving police a baffling situation to try and handle. Recently, reports have come out regarding a team of gunmen robbing me...

Steven Anthony Jones was given the death penalty in a Los Angeles court on Friday after having been convicted of two horrific murders. Jones, who had been described in court as a killing machine had had a startlingly violent criminal record. Jones was convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of ...

When a Los Angeleles criminal defense attorney sitsdown with someone for their first meeting, very often that person is behind bars or about to be booked. One question, or set of questions, that arises time after time has to do with Los Angeles bail. People might understand, from television, that...

In Los Angeles, a warrant usually refers to a specific type of authorization issued by a judge or magistrate which gives law enforcement the ability to perform an otherwise illegal act, such as coming into a home without authorization. On television shows and movies, warrants are always a key ite...

Any Los Angeles rape is obviously a serious issue, but for the victim and the alleged perpetrator. Sex crimes can lead to serious prison time, long periods of probation, fines and even being placed on the California Sex Offense Registry. A recent sex crime case involved a government official and...

When a skilled Los Angeles criminal defense attorney represents someone charged with child pornography crimes, he must devise a unique, sophisticated defense. Any child pornography charge in Los Angeles, or any other part of California, carries serious penalties and requires the skill of a Los An...

Los Angeles sex crime defense attorneys work hard to represent those charged. Sex crimes are difficult to battle against, in part because of the social stigma associated with the crime. The general public will often find anyone accused of a sex crime guilty, even before they are prosecuted. In a ...

As citizens, we all would like to believe that the Los Angeles police force fights for the safety and orderliness of our community. Nobody ever wants to believe that our local law enforcement officers would abuse their power, but the unfortunate reality is that sometimes they do. The excessive us...

Any Los Angeles criminal defense attorney will tell you that drug crimes are a serious offense and can be heavily prosecuted by Los Angeles police. Drug crimes include drug possession, drug sales, drug trafficking and drug manufacturing, all of which can be charged as felonies or misdemeanors. Yo...

Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys hear stats all the time that are manipulated to call for the hiring of more police officers, more severe punishments and so forth. One of the major challenges for any defense attorney is defending their client against not only criminal charges, but public op...

Rory Holland, a former Biddeford, Maine mayoral candidate, has been charged with two counts of murder after a tense six-hour standoff with police that left two young men dead.Details remain unclear, but local police were summoned to Hollands home around 1:30 in the morning last Tuesday.Holland re...

Bernie Madoff, possibly the most famous criminal in America right now, was sentenced to 150 years for his role in a ponzi scheme. Madoff pleaded guilty to stealing billions of dollars from investors, may of whom were completely wiped out after his ponzi scheme was discovered. A Ponzi scheme is a...

The Los Angeles Police Department is closing in on members of both the 18th Street gang and Mexican Mafia gang after a 2007 attack left a seven-week-old infant dead. According to police, members of the 18th Street gang were attempting to attack a street vendor who had refused to pay them rent to ...

A Los Angeles assault case has left the voice behind Conan O'Brien's Triumph the Insult Comic Dog in an embarassing situation. In assault is serious and is considered a violent crime. It is defined as committing (or threatening to commit) harm, force, or unwanted or offensive contact against an...

Los Angeles violent crimes can often be a bit of a spectacle, in part because the city has a flair for the dramatic. Los Angeles violent crime defense attorneys can often find their name in newspapers as a result of their clients' alleged actions. Take for example a recent "cold case" involving t...

Bradley L. Ruderman, 46, of Los Angeles recently surrendered himself to federal agents after it was discovered he had defrauded roughly $44 million from investors in yet another white collar crime case. Ruderman allegedly persuaded several family members and friends to invest in two separate hedg...

In Los Angeles, violent crimes sometimes garner quite a bit of local and national attention. In one such story that was literally made into a movie, Jesse James Hollywood is currently awaiting trial for the kidnapping and murder of 15 year-old Nicholas Markowitz in 2000. Prosecutors say Hollywood...

People facing charges in Los Angeles have a difficult enough time dealing with juries, judges and prosecutors without having to struggle with crooked Los Angeles Police Officers. Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys representing people in court understand that Los Angeles police may have to be ...