Blog Posts in March, 2018

A client recently hired our office to assist her in obtaining post-conviction relief. Our client had two separate cases from 1997 and 1999 in which she was convicted of violating Penal Code § 484(a) ...

On October 11, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown approved SB-393.[1] SB-393 took effect on January 1, 2018 and added Section 851.91 to the Penal Code. Penal Code section 851.91 now provides a mechanism for a ...

There a variety of procedures for seeking post-conviction relief for a prior criminal conviction. Depending on your unique immigration status, a criminal conviction may be causing you immigration ...

Recently, in the Antelope Valley Courthouse, I obtained a great result for my client charged with attempted murder in violation of Penal Code section 664/187(a). My client is 18 years old and was ...

Pursuant to Penal Code section 1001.80, a defendant who is charged with a misdemeanor offense and (1) was, or currently is, a member of the United States military and (2) may be suffering from sexual ...

REDUCTION TO A MISDEMEANOR Penal Code section 17(b) provides a post-judgment method for defendants to petition for a reduction of qualifying felony offense convictions to misdemeanors. An offense is ...