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  • Client Charged with a Violation of Penal Code Section 647(j)(3)(A) – Unlawful Concealed Video Recording of People in a Bathroom and Facing Sex Offender Registration and Jail Time, Judicial Diversion Granted!
    Client Charged with a Violation of Penal Code Section 647(j)(3)(A) – Unlawful Concealed Video Recording of People in a Bathroom and Facing Sex Offender Registration and Jail Time, Judicial Diversion Granted!

    Recently, at the Harbor Justice Center Courthouse in Orange County, attorney Karin Khachatorian represented a client, who was charged with eleven (11) counts of misdemeanor violations of Penal Code ...

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  • Post-Conviction Relief: Penal Code section 261.5(c)- “Any Person who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor” - Vacated Per Penal Code section 1473.7 and Dismissed Per Penal Code section 1382
    Post-Conviction Relief: Penal Code section 261.5(c)- “Any Person who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor” - Vacated Per Penal Code section 1473.7 and Dismissed Per Penal Code section 1382

    In the Clara Shortridge Foltz Courthouse, Attorney Steve Escovar recently won a Penal Code section 1473.7 motion to vacate a conviction. The matter was a 1999 conviction for violating Penal Code ...

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  • Newly Elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascon’s Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) Resentencing Directives - How Escovar Law, APC Evaluates These Cases
    Newly Elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascon’s Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) Resentencing Directives - How Escovar Law, APC Evaluates These Cases

    AB-2942 was enacted in 2018 and made significant amendments to Penal Code section 1170(d)(1), now permitting district attorney offices across the state of California to recommend the recall of an ...

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  • Certificate of Rehabilitation - “Period of Rehabilitation”
    Certificate of Rehabilitation - “Period of Rehabilitation”

    A person convicted of a felony who is committed to state prison or county jail pursuant to Penal Code section 1170(h), may generally file a petition for a Certificate of Rehabilitation and Pardon. ...

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  • Newly Elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascon’s Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) Resentencing Directives May Allow More Streamlined Approach to Retroactive Sentence Modifications (AB-2942)
    Newly Elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascon’s Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) Resentencing Directives May Allow More Streamlined Approach to Retroactive Sentence Modifications (AB-2942)

    On September 30, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown approved Assembly Bill - 2942 which created landmark authority permitting the District Attorney’s Office to retroactively recommend shorter sentences for ...

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  • Informal Diversion Granted for Client Charged with Misdemeanor “Prostitution” in Violation of Penal Code section 647(b)(2) - Case Completely Dismissed After Successful Completion of the Diversion Program
    Informal Diversion Granted for Client Charged with Misdemeanor “Prostitution” in Violation of Penal Code section 647(b)(2) - Case Completely Dismissed After Successful Completion of the Diversion Program

    Our client was charged with violating Penal Code section 647(b)(2), “Engaging in an Act of Prostitution” after being arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from an undercover police officer during an ...

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