dan578

1907 pts ยท April 23, 2014


2 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

I'm not saying he didn't do it, but I take take all crime news reports with a grain of salt. They usually only talk to law enforcement before running these stories, and they can be very one-sided. I have a client who was arrested after his girlfriend assaulted him but said he assaulted her. He was acquitted and judge found in a civil proceeding that he was the one assaulted. The news only ran one report immediately after his arrest, never asked us for comment, and never updated the story.

3 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 1

He agreed to plea go l guilty to aggravated assault for a 10 year sentence with all but 18 months suspended. Meaning he did 18 months and got on probation. As long as he complies with his probation conditions, he won't have to do the other 8.5 years. We could have gone to trial on self-defense, and it was probably a toss-up if we won or not. But our guy didn't want to put the family through that. He was friends with the guy he fought and felt terrible about what he did.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah, it definitely is. I'm a lawyer, and I represented a guy who got into a fight and hit the other guy just right in the temple that he passed out, fell back, hit his head, and fractured his skull. Doctors kept him alive for a week but declared him brain dead with almost zero chance of recovery. Family made the decision to take him off life support, and he died a few days later.

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

It already is, they just don't prosecute it. Theft by false pretenses 532 PC of the California penal code.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

rule make sense

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

pushed to an extreme as to what qualifies and DA's will alway push evidence beyond what should be reasonably inferred. But the basics of the

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

That's just incorrect. The majority rule is that you conspire to commit an inherently dangerous felony. I agree in circumstances it's been

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

The trigger man would face regular murder charges which usually brings a higher class of charge and harsher sentence

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Versus my example of actively entering a conspiracy to commit a violent crime. Also, felony murder applies to anyone in the conspiracy. But,

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

That's a red herring. As a tax payer youbare compelled pay taxes under threat of charges and only a small voice in how that money is spent.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Eh, you conspire to commit a robbery, which by definition requires violence, and someone gets killed. You're culpable in that death.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

In that vein, I'm a criminal defense lawyer and defended dozens of employee thefts but have yet to even hear about a wage theft prosecution

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Many states have theft of service laws easily could apply, they just aren't when it's corporations doing the thieving

4 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Only after he started losing the war. The fascism and genocide was fine until then

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

cases where if my client would have just shut up the fuck up we had a very winnable trial.

4 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Brought and I can tell you from experience I've never had a case where I was glad my client spoke to the police but I have had numerous 3/?

4 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Arrest you which sucks. But if they have enough to charge you your going to get charged. An attorney will be appointed once charges are 2/?

4 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

State clearly "I am asserting my 5th amendment right to remain silent and would like to talk to an attorney." They very well may 1/?

4 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

He had McDonalds wrappers on the floor and wrote it was suspicious because drug dealers traveling often eat fast food.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No, but any answer you give will be interpreted as suspicious. I had a case where the cop pulled my (black) client out of the car because1/2

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

However, they may still be stored on the actual phone despite deletion and can potentially be recovered by a forensic analyst

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not usually, I've subpoenaed carriers before for that information none of them keep records of the actual message just the date/time

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0