Blog Posts in March, 2020

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  • What is the “Implied Consent Law” and What Must an Officer Advise a Driver Presumed to be Under the Influence of Both Drugs and Alcohol?
    What is the “Implied Consent Law” and What Must an Officer Advise a Driver Presumed to be Under the Influence of Both Drugs and Alcohol?

    Vehicle Code section 23612 governs the “implied consent” law in California. According to this statute, a person driving a motor vehicle on a California roadway is deemed to have given his or her ...

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  • Slipped-and-Fell on Raised and Uneven Sidewalk? What are the Deadlines for Filing a Claim Against the Public Entity for Compensation?
    Slipped-and-Fell on Raised and Uneven Sidewalk? What are the Deadlines for Filing a Claim Against the Public Entity for Compensation?

    There are very strict deadlines for submitting a claim against a public entity when you have suffered a bodily injury that you believe the public entity may be liable for. For example, if you trip and ...

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  • Post-Conviction Motion to Reduce Felony Penal Code section 245(a), “Assault with a Deadly Weapon” Reduced to a Misdemeanor and Dismissed Per Penal Code section 1203.4!
    Post-Conviction Motion to Reduce Felony Penal Code section 245(a), “Assault with a Deadly Weapon” Reduced to a Misdemeanor and Dismissed Per Penal Code section 1203.4!

    Our client was convicted of violating Penal Code section 245(a), “Assault with a Deadly Weapon” in 1994 at the South County Courthouse in San Diego County. At that time, our client was placed on ...

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  • Two Post-Conviction Motions to Vacated Granted at Torrance Courthouse in One Morning for Two Different Clients!
    Two Post-Conviction Motions to Vacated Granted at Torrance Courthouse in One Morning for Two Different Clients!

    Attorney Steve Escovar had a successfully day in court and was able to achieve victories on two different post-conviction motions to vacate pleas for two different clients! VICTORY #1: In the first ...

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  • Three Amazing Results Achieved for Three Different Clients in One Day!
    Three Amazing Results Achieved for Three Different Clients in One Day!

    In Kern County, attorney Alexandra Mateus was able to negotiate and successfully litigate a Penal Code section 1473.7 motion seeking to vacate our client’s 1988 Health and Safety Code section 11360 ...

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  • Post-Conviction Relief! Health and Safety Code § 11351.5 “Possession for Sale of Cocaine” Felony Offense Vacated Per Penal Code § 1473.7 Motion and Charge Renegotiated to an Immigration Neutral Plea!
    Post-Conviction Relief! Health and Safety Code § 11351.5 “Possession for Sale of Cocaine” Felony Offense Vacated Per Penal Code § 1473.7 Motion and Charge Renegotiated to an Immigration Neutral Plea!

    Recently, in Los Angeles County at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Courthouse our office was successful at litigating a Penal Code section 1473.7 motion arguing that our client did not meaningfully ...

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