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            Prospective San Diego criminal defense attorneys have a wide variety of law schools to choose from in the State of California.  For prospective criminal defense attorneys that would like to study criminal law in San Diego, there are three choices, California Western School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law and Thomas [...]

U.S. Supreme Court Finds California Prisons Cruel and Unusual Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. ___ (2011)             In Brown v. Plata, United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy begins the High Court’s opinion with the following three sentences, “This case arises from serious constitutional violations in California’s prison system.  The violations have persisted for years.  [...]

Former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had a legal and constitutional right to remain silent. The Fifth Amendment to the Unites States Constitution guaranteed him that right. It states that “No person shall be compelled in a criminal case to be a witness against himself.” This right against self-incrimination is one of [...]

On July 22, 2010, the California Supreme Court handed down an opinion in the case of People v. Anderson which the San Diego criminal defense lawyer should become familiar with.  It involves whether the court has discretion to order that restitution be paid directly to a hospital when the victim has died. In People v. [...]

Every San Diego criminal defense lawyer should be able to recognize “Entrapment” as a defense to a criminal charge.  Entrapment is commonly misunderstood by the lay person as a “trap” simply because that word is part of the word entrapment.  However, that is not true.  San Diego criminal defense attorneys should know that the defense [...]