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Can I Be Charged with PC 484 –Theft or PC 459 – Burglary If I Never Even Left The Store? A lot of people do not truly understand what can amount to a petty theft, sometimes also referred to as shoplifting, or commercial burglary. It is common for people think they have not committed a crime when they enter…
How Does San Diego Cop Get Hit By Own Vehicle? It has been all over the news since yesterday. San Diego Police Department Officer Jeffrey Swett, a long time veteran of the police force, was hit by his own patrol vehicle. According to reports, Officer Swett had responded to a call about a residential burglary…
News on Reoffenders – Can Brain Scans Predict Criminal Behavior? Over the years, brain scans have become more and more common and more and more precise, not only in determining the structures of a person’s brain, but, also the activity going on in a person’s brain. Now, researchers claim that by studying a person’s brain…
New Laws in 2015 Another New Year brings a host of new laws going into effect. Several of them affect criminal law or are closely related to it. Now, registered sex offenders who fail to show up to get hooked up to GPS monitoring or who tamper with the device face a mandatory 180 days…
Holiday DUI Checkpoints Every year during the Holiday Season, police departments have DUI checkpoints popping up all over the place. They are most common in Downtown San Diego, near Ocean Beach or Pacific Beach and other areas with a high concentration of bars and restaurants. This year there may be even more than normal. The reason? More…
Celebrities Getting DUI’s In the news today were the stories of Michael Phelps and State Senator Ben Hueso both pleading guilty to a DUI’s. Phelps pled guilty in his home State of Maryland and Hueso up in Sacramento. It seems like we hear about celebrities getting arrested for DUI all the time. Whether sports figures,…
A couple of months ago, there was an article in the Union-Tribune about the City of San Diego’s efforts to close down illegal pot dispensaries. Among other things, it explained how even after officials know about the pot dispensary, they then have to go through a lengthy process of determining who is running it, who…
The short answer is it should be a flat fee that includes trial if necessary. The average cost in San Diego, Chula Vista, El Cajon, or Vista Court should be anywhere from about $9,500 on the high end, to about $2,000 on the low end. Let me further preface that short answer by saying that…
Senator Hueso is Wrong to Declare He Will Pursue His Innocence in DUI Arrest! Okay, we all know politicians generally get elected – even to the California State Senate, because the politician can get the union bosses to order their sheep err I mean “members” to vote them in. I put in my brief commentary…
Earlier this week, an article appeared in the Union-Tribune about our District Attorney’s office and a list they keep of police officers they do not trust. It was referred to as the Brady List. Brady was the name of a Supreme Court case years ago that said prosecutors have to provide exculpatory information to defendants…
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