Blog Posts in February, 2019

Californians may see an initiative on the 2020 California Ballot entitled “Eliminates Certain 2011 Criminal Justice Measures. Initiative Statute.” This ballot initiative would seek to make changes to ...

Recently, in Los Angeles County at the Central Courthouse our office successfully litigated a joint Penal Code § 1016.5/1473.7 motion arguing that our client failed to meaningfully understand the ...

Recently, at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Courthouse in Los Angeles County, I obtained a dismissal on behalf of my client for his 1992 Health & Safety Code section 11352(a) “Possession of a Controlled ...

On July 9, 2018, Secretary of State Alex Padilla reported that enough signatures had been submitted to put the measure entitled, “Restricts Parole for Non-Violent Offenders. Authorizes Felony ...

On August 28, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown approved Senate Bill No. 10 (SB-10), making California the first state to eliminate monetary bail. [1] SB-10 will repeal all existing laws regarding bail and ...

The writ of error coram nobis is a non-statutory common law remedy to challenging a court’s final judgment (i.e. vacate a judgment). The origins of the writ of error coram nobis date back to English ...