Archives
- 2012.02.01: Ballot Initiative to Modify Three-Strikes Advances
- 2012.01.25: U.S. Supreme Court: GPS Devices and Illegal Searches
- 2012.01.19: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Jails Can Strip Search All Arrestees
- 2012.01.11: Wet Reckless Law Changes
- 2012.01.02: New California Laws for 2012
- 2011.12.21: Supreme Court to Decide GPS Surveillance Case
- 2011.12.14: NTSB Advocates Ban On Cell Phone Use By Drivers
- 2011.12.07: Sacramento Drug Court Needs More Funding
- 2011.11.30: Appellate Court Says Saliva On Breathalyzer Can Be Used For DNA Testing
- 2011.11.15: OTS Grants Fund DUI Programs
- 2011.11.08: Prosecutor Reprimanded By Appellate Court For Sarcasm In Closing Argument
- 2011.11.01: Seizure Of Drugs And Search Warrants
- 2011.10.25: New California Criminal Laws
- 2011.10.18: Federal Government Crackdown On Medical Marijuana
- 2011.10.11: The Meaning Of "Abiding Conviction" In Jury Instructions On Reasonable Doubt Standard
- 2011.10.04: County Jails To Take In More People Convicted Of Felonies; State Prison Population To Decline
- 2011.09.27: Bills Awaiting Governor Brown's Signature Or Veto
- 2011.09.20: U.S. Appellate Court Sets Limits On Vehicle Searches By Police
- 2011.09.13: California Appellate Court Decision Denies Prop 36 To People Convicted Of Bringing Drugs Into Jail Or Prison
- 2011.09.06: California Legislature Passes Bill Banning Possession Or Sale Of Shark Fins
- 2011.08.30: New Restrictions On Inmate Access To Cellphones And Facebook
- 2011.08.23: U.S. Supreme Court Says Juvenile's Age Is Relevant Factor For Miranda Warnings
- 2011.08.16: California Appellate Court Rules Against DNA Samples From Arrestees
- 2011.08.09: New California Law Clarifies Jury Instructions Regarding Texting And Research
- 2011.08.01: California Supreme Court Rules Faxed Copies Admissible As Evidence Under Certain Conditions
- 2011.07.26: 4 Year Prison Term For Cyber-Stalking On Facebook
- 2011.07.18: Views On Three-Strikes Law Changing In Sacramento And Throughout State
- 2011.07.05: New Alternative Sentencing Program in Sacramento
- 2011.06.27: Supreme Court Strikes Down California Law Banning Violent Video Games
- 2011.06.20: Injunction Against Broderick Boys In West Sacramento Upheld
- 2011.06.13: Juveniles Using Firecrackers Can Be Charged With Arson
- 2011.06.03: California Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Pandering Law
- 2011.05.30: California Bill Limits Vehicle Impoundment at DUI Checkpoints
- 2011.05.23: Former Sacramento Police Officer Charged By District Attorney
- 2011.05.19: Entry Without A Warrant When Evidence Is Destroyed
- 2011.05.14: Right Of Association And Pimping
- 2011.05.06: Possession of Marijuana While Driving
- 2011.04.29: DUI Checkpoints in Roseville and Folsom
- 2011.04.25: Faulty Breathalyzers in DUI Cases
- 2011.04.15: California Appellate Court Limits Expectation of Privacy for Warrantless Entry by Police
- 2011.04.10: Traffic Checkpoints and Vehicle Impounds
- 2011.03.31: Injunction on Gangs in West Sacramento
- 2011.03.19: Ignition Interlock Device Installation in Sacramento County
- 2011.03.13: St. Patrick's Day Crack Down By Sacramento Police
- 2011.03.04: California Supreme Court to Decide Definition of "Pimp"
- 2011.02.26: DUI Conviction Results in Three Strikes Sentence
- 2011.02.12: Sacramento Police Department DUI Checkpoint
- 2011.02.04: Push For Tougher DUI Laws For Juveniles
- 2011.01.28: New Technology to Prevent DUI
- 2011.01.14: Exemption from Installation of Ignition Interlock Device
- 2011.01.07: New Laws for California in 2011
- 2010.12.24: CHP Increases Patrols Around Christmas and New Year's to Enforce DUI Laws
- 2010.12.17: DUI Checkpoints Throughout Sacramento Region This Weekend
- 2010.12.10: DUI Arrest of Kings Assistant Coach Has Lessons
- 2010.12.03: Arrest Location Means Different Courts and Law Enforcement Agencies
- 2010.11.19: Misdemeanor Charges: Having Your Attorney Appear for You in Court
- 2010.11.12: Driving Under the Influence
- 2010.11.03: Proposition 19 Defeated
- 2010.10.28: Discovery Documents
- 2010.10.21: More on Arraignments
- 2010.10.15: Sacramento DUI Lawyer: Ignition Interlock Update
- 2010.10.13: Arraignment
- 2010.10.05: Possession of Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana Reduced from Misdemeanor to Infraction in California
- 2010.10.01: Criminal Defense for Police Inventory Searches of Vehicles
- 2010.09.27: DUI Penalties: Governor Signs Law Allowing 10 Year License Suspension for 3rd DUI
- 2010.09.23: Violation of Misdemeanor, or Summary, Probation: Sacramento, Yolo, Placer
- 2010.09.17: Sacramento DUI: DA's Office Throws Out 79 Cases For Officer Misconduct
- 2010.09.16: Criminal Defense for Sacramento Region College Students
- 2010.09.10: DUI Law Update: Ignition Interlock Devices for 2nd and 3rd DUIs
- 2010.09.03: State-Wide and Sacramento DUI Checkpoints
- 2010.09.02: 200 Sacramento DUI Cases Being Reviewed For Irregularities - Police Officer Resigns
- 2010.08.26: Miranda Rights
- 2010.08.20: Criminal Defense for Hit and Run
- 2010.08.13: Excessive Speed and Reckless Driving
- 2010.08.06: The Importance of Miranda Rights in Criminal Defense
- 2010.07.30: Sacramento Drug Possession and Use: OxyContin Abuse Rises Among Young People
- 2010.07.23: Sacramento DUI: Mandatory Ignition Interlock Device Installation
- 2010.07.22: Sacramento DUI Checkpoints Throughout Region on Friday, July 23
- 2010.07.21: Statewide Ignition Interlock Device Program
- 2010.07.15: Drug Possession Defense: Proposition 36 - Penal Code 1210.1
- 2010.07.09: California Penal Code 1000 - Deferred Entry of Judgment
- 2010.06.28: DMV Issues Guidelines on Ignition Interlock Device Test Program
- 2010.06.24: SB 895 Signed By Governor
- 2010.06.17: California Marijuana Laws
- 2010.06.11: SB 598 Revisited: Clean Up Legislation Pending For New DUI Law
- 2010.06.08: U.S. Supreme Court Revises Miranda Rules
- 2010.05.31: DUI Bill Watered Down in Committee
- 2010.05.27: Ignition Interlock Device Update
- 2010.05.20: Assault v. Battery
- 2010.05.13: Robbery v. Theft
- 2010.05.07: Domestic Violence: California Penal Code 273.5
- 2010.05.03: DUI Patrols for Cinco de Mayo in Yolo County
- 2010.04.29: Theft v. Burglary
- 2010.04.22: Letters of Reference Requesting Dismissal of Charges
- 2010.04.14: Letters of Reference for Expungements
- 2010.04.12: Grand Theft
- 2010.04.09: Folsom PD to Conduct DUI Checkpoint Friday, April 9
- 2010.04.08: Petty Theft
- 2010.04.02: U.S. Supreme Court Requires Defense Attorneys to Advise Immigrant Clients of Deportation Risks
- 2010.03.25: Bill Allowing Permanent Revocation of Driver's License for 4th DUI Advances in State Assembly
- 2010.03.23: Vandalism
- 2010.03.18: Minors in Possession of Alcohol and the Vehicle Code
- 2010.03.17: Under-Aged Drinking
- 2010.03.14: St. Patrick's Day DUI Checkpoints
- 2010.03.10: Boating Under the Influence (BUI)
- 2010.03.03: DUID and Drug Recognition Experts
- 2010.03.02: Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (DUID)
- 2010.02.25: Police Seizure of Cars of Unlicensed Drivers at Checkpoints Boosts Revenue
- 2010.02.20: Judge Approves New Law Increasing Credit for Time Served at Sacramento County Jail
- 2010.02.17: Update on Inmate Releases from Sacramento County Jail: Judge Changes His Mind, Says Early Releases May Resume
- 2010.02.12: Sacramento Judge Blocks New Law Expanding Credit For Time Served Program For County Jail
- 2010.02.08: California Appellate Court Says Police Do Not Have Authority To Dismiss Charges In Exchange For Defendant Cooperation
- 2010.02.05: California Supreme Court Approves 'John Doe' Arrest Warrants Based On DNA
- 2010.01.28: Wet Reckless: A Negotiated Alternative To A DUI Conviction
- 2010.01.22: Cars, Bikes, and Criminal Penalties
- 2010.01.15: State Appellate Court Confirms That Expungements May Be Granted Even If Probation Has Been Violated
- 2010.01.13: More New Laws for 2010
- 2010.01.06: U.S. Ninth Circuit Court Sets Limits On Taser Use by Police
- 2010.01.04: SB 598: New California Law Gives Drivers Convicted Of 2nd Or 3rd DUI The Option To Get A Restricted License Sooner
- 2009.12.20: The Importance of Negotiation in the Legal Process: Plea Bargains
- 2009.12.17: DUI Checkpoints In Sacramento and Rancho Cordova Friday, Throughout California Over The Holidays And Into 2010
- 2009.12.11: Highway Safety
- 2009.12.10: Sealing Juvenile Records
- 2009.12.04: Traffic Stops and Car Searches
- 2009.11.27: DMV Administrative Per Se Hearings
- 2009.11.23: Fireworks and the Law in California
- 2009.11.20: Crackdown on CUI (Cycling Under the Influence) in Sacramento
- 2009.11.17: Obama Administration Changes Policies on Medical Marijuana
- 2009.11.12: Increase in Requests for Expungements
- 2009.11.06: Steps in the Criminal Justice Process: Felonies
- 2009.11.03: Steps in the Criminal Justice Process: Misdemeanors
- 2009.10.30: Sacramento County District Attorney's Office Announces New DUI Prosecution Program
- 2009.10.28: Probable Cause
- 2009.10.22: Reasonable Suspicion
- 2009.10.14: AB 91 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution
- 2009.10.13: AB 91: California's New DUI Law Requiring Ignition Interlock Devices
- 2009.10.12: Mel Gibson's Expungement
- 2009.10.09: Reasonable Doubt
- 2009.10.05: Roman Polanski and Equal Treatment Under the Law
- 2009.10.02: DUI Penalties and Prior Convictions
- 2009.10.01: The Fourth Amendment, Search Warrants, and Electronic Evidence
- 2009.09.29: Presumption of Innocence and Electronic Media
- 2009.09.25: Expungement of a Criminal Record
- 2009.09.21: California Felonies v. Misdemeanors v. Infractions
- 2009.09.18: Confusion in Courts Over Testimony Regarding Lab Results
- 2009.09.17: Social Media, Search Engines, and the Courts
- 2009.09.14: Contact Information for People Accused of a Crime
- 2009.09.11: College Students and the Criminal Justice System
- 2009.09.09: The Role of the Defense Attorney
- 2009.09.06: Criminal Law v. Civil Law
- 2009.09.04: Which Court Goes With Which Crime? - State v. Federal, Superior v. Appellate v. Supreme
- 2009.09.03: Drug Courts Prove Beneficial for Defendants, Society, and Budgets
- 2009.09.02: Elk Grove Police Step Up DUI Patrols and Checkpoints for Labor Day
- 2009.09.01: Study Shows Need for Strong Social Support System When Parolees Released
- 2009.08.28: Increased DUI Enforcement Late August Through Labor Day
- 2009.08.25: The Differences Between Police, Sheriff, and CHP, and What Happens if You're Arrested by One of These Agencies
- 2009.08.23: Limits to Vehicle Searches by Police Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court
- 2009.08.20: Supreme Court Expands Police Interrogation Power
- 2009.08.19: Sacramento Police Get Federal Funding While Sheriff's Department Cuts Officers
- 2009.08.18: Tips to Keep Yourself and Others Safe and Avoid Breaking the Law
- 2009.08.17: U.S. Supreme Court Eases Restrictions on Police Searches
- 2009.08.15: DUI Arrests of Women Rise in Sacramento County and Throughout California
- 2009.08.14: California Supreme Court Rules Defendants May Challenge Breathalyzer Tests
