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San Diego County is home of the busiest international border crossing in the world according to Politico Magazine and it is no surprise that while 50,000 vehicles and 25,000 pedestrians cross each day there will be a high number of federal criminal cases, approximately 3,500 per year, involving importation of controlled substances, alien smuggling,…
DetailsIf you’re arrested for a DUI, it’s kind of a natural reaction to want your police report to see what they say. In most cases, you may want to know what your BAC was, what the report actually says and if there are any witness statements. Ultimately, you want to determine if you want to…
DetailsLiving here in often sunny Southern California, aka, San Diego, CA you may find yourself visiting from the heat of Arizona or the muggy weather in the Midwest. When vacationing we all want to have fun and go to Mission Beach, Pacific Beach and Ocean Beach and have some fun. Many visitor vacations for a…
DetailsLast week our asset forfeiture law firm received a call from a young businessman traveling into the United States from Brazil who simply forgot that he was carrying his working capital in his carry on luggage which was seized after the Agents noticed a “suspicious” e-cigarette device. He was interrogated for close to 4 hours…
DetailsSan Diego Defenders gets many call from individuals who have had US Currency seized in the US Mail and then receive a “Notice of Seizure of Property And Initiation Of Administrative Forfeiture Proceedings” which includes a Notice Date and Asset ID Number that might read 19-USP-001178 and a Notice Letter ID. Asset seizure forfeiture lawyers…
DetailsThe recent nationwide scam where wealthy parents were paying college coaches to say their kids were athletes, having ringers, (disguised as test proctors no less,) take SAT and ACT tests, or paying for test administrators to change their answers is classic example of white collar crime as reported in the NY Times March 12, 2019. And…
DetailsTo gain the attention of the news media, the Justice Department will sometimes charge innocent people with wire fraud, a common if somewhat vague type of white collar crime otherwise known as 18 U.S.C. § 1343. White collar indictments often seem like they are created for the sake of showing that the government is being…
DetailsToday I was fortunate to successfully argue for a remarkable sentence of “credit for time served” and 3 years probation for my client convicted of 21 U.S.C. 952, 960 (importation of cocaine.) In the sentencing memorandum I wrote on behalf of my client, I cited the First Step Act and its reference to the phrase…
DetailsSan Diego Lawyer on Domestic Violence Cases & What to Know California has some of the most broadly applied Domestic Violence laws in the Nation. Not only do they apply between spouses and a person’s children, but, even further. Prosecutors will file Domestic Violence charges if the people involved are engaged, dating, living together or…
DetailsChula Vista Lawyer Talks About Defending Federal Importation at Tijuana Border Hi, I am Daniel Smith the supervising attorney at San Diego Defenders. Many people arrested at the Tijuana or San Ysidro POE (border crossing) don’t realize that DUI cases go to the Chula Vista court, across the street from out office! The Tijuana border…
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