February 19 2016 in Case Results, Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Marijuana Charges
Probation typically comes with a list of conditions that you must meet and if you fail to meet any of the conditions of your probation you may find yourself going back to court to face a judge for a probation violation hearing. This was the situation a young man found himself in by not paying attent...
February 10 2016 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Legal Blog
Talking to the police about your potential involvement in a drug crime can be a stressful experience, even if you’re completely innocent. But you can prepare yourself for such encounters by knowing your rights. In the following article, we’ll explain your rights when being questioned by the poli...
January 12 2016 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Legal Blog
Drug crimes can take many forms. From possessing, to selling, to trafficking controlled substances, there are many ways that a person can be pulled over and charged. Penalties get worse as quantities of a controlled substance increase and as more and more offenses are added to a criminal record. The...
December 14 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Federal Marijuana Issues, Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges, Misdemeanor
Law enforcement agencies will usually choose to open narcotics investigations into suspected dealers or distributors—they rarely investigate mere drug use. Since police departments and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) have limited resources, they in most cases investigate people who are suspected...
November 4 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Legal Blog
In place since 1994, California’s three strikes law imposes a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life on people who have committed three felonies. Despite its name, the three strikes law also imposes additional penalties on people facing their second felony charge. In 2012, California voters passe...
October 19 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Federal Marijuana Issues, Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges
This year, there has been an explosion of hospital visits related to the use of synthetic marijuana. Usually, a few hundred patients per month come to emergency rooms across the US after becoming ill from consuming synthetic marijuana. But since April of this year, there have been thousands of visit...
August 6 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Legal Blog
In California penitentiaries, the drug problem continues to grow. Over the past decade, drug use has grown dramatically, with one out of four inmates testing positive for illegal substances last year. Deaths due to drug overdoses in California prisons are triple the average in the U.S. When you add ...
July 7 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Federal Marijuana Issues, Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges, Medical Marijuana
California has long been one of the most forward-thinking states in regards to marijuana. California became the first state to legalize its use for patients who needed the drug to treat conditions like seizures and cancer in 1996. Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act, decriminal...
June 29 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Federal Marijuana Issues, Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges, Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana has been legal in California for almost 20 years now thanks to the California Compassionate Use Act and Proposition 215. Despite this, many people still have a number of misconceptions about how this act applies and when, including patients and law enforcement alike. This has been ...
June 3 2015 in Case Results, Criminal Convictions, Domestic Violence
Jessica McElfresh was recently contacted by a woman in her 30s arrested and charged with Misdemeanor Corporal Injury to a Spouse and Misdemeanor Criminal Threats. Our client was living in San Diego county illegally after coming to the United States with her family when she was a small child. After m...
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