When deciding on the right San Diego criminal lawyer, it is critical you feel confident with their ability to handle your case -you don’t want to have to seek out a new attorney later on. But for many people who have been charged with a crime, it can be hard to move past the uncertainty […]
Can You Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter for Someone Else’s Suicide?
Suicide is generally a deeply personal choice resulting from a number of problems in the victim’s life, but what happens when one person pushes someone who might not have otherwise killed themselves into the act? That’s precisely the question up for debate in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michelle Carter. The case has some serious legal […]
FBI Uses Malware to Catch Pedophiles
Most people would celebrate the recent arrest of over 900 pedophiles by the FBI and Europol, but many digital rights groups, privacy advocates and Escondido defense attorneys are questioning the methods used by these law enforcement agencies to catch the criminals. That’s because the sting involved installing malware on the computers of suspected offenders. Here are […]
Prosecutor Goes to Jail for Withholding Evidence and Convicting an Innocent Person
Prosecutors often have to take cases without absolute certainty that the defendant was the person that committed the crime. Their job is just to use the available evidence to make a case for the state that the person being charged is the person responsible. Ultimately, the jury, with a little guidance from the judge is […]
Is Spanking Your Child a Crime in California?
These days, everyone knows it is against the law to beat a child, but many people worry that merely raising a hand to spank a child is a criminal offense in California. The bottom line is that spanking is legal, but it must fall under what the law defines as “reasonable discipline” and that is […]
Domestic Violence Charges Can Result in the Loss of Gun Rights
Just about everyone knows that the Second Amendment allows American citizens the right to possess firearms, but the federal and state governments also have the right to enforce reasonable limits on gun ownership. One rule that both federal and state legislators have agreed on is that those who are convicted of domestic violence should not […]
Accessing a Computer Without Permission is a Crime in California
Sure, people do it all the time in TV shows, but if you log in to someone’s computer,computer data or computer network without permission, you’re committing a crime in California. And it doesn’t matter if you were actually try to defraud someone or otherwise commit a crime. Fortunately, you can fight this crime. If you have […]
Some Courts Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Determine Sentencing
The criminal justice system has always relied on the wishes of the victims, the remorse of the defendant and the sympathy of the judges when it comes to determining appropriate sentencing for a crime. Or at least it always has in the past. Now technology is threatening to strip the human elements from the sentencing […]
What Are the Limits of Lawyer/Client Confidentiality?
Almost everyone knows that what is said between a lawyer and his or her client is considered privileged information, but what you might not know is that there are limits to this confidentiality and exactly what those limits are. Here’s what you should know about attorney/client confidentiality courtesy of top Vista defense lawyer Peter M. […]
Service Animal Fraud is an Increasingly Common Crime in California
Thanks to the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons with service animals can bring their companion animals wherever they go, including restaurants, grocery stores and other places where animals are otherwise prohibited due to health code laws. But some people falsely claim their pet is a service animal in order to take the animal wherever they […]
