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Appeals & criminal records39 answers
- Can a California court revisit an old prior prison term enhancement under SB 483?
- Can an old California plea be challenged if the transcript is missing?
- Can I appeal a denied search motion after pleading guilty?
- Can I be released while my California felony appeal is pending?
- Can I challenge a conviction after discovering official misconduct when my sentence is over?
- Can I get the prosecutor’s jury-selection notes after a felony conviction?
- Can I request DNA testing while imprisoned after a California felony conviction?
- Can my new lawyer obtain an old San Diego probation report?
- Can probation be extended after it expires in California?
- Can prosecutors appeal the dismissal of a California felony case?
- Can unpaid restitution block a California conviction dismissal?
- Can you appeal a California criminal case again after losing the first appeal?
- Can You Withdraw a Guilty Plea After Sentencing in California?
- Does a California global plea pool custody credits across separate cases?
- Does California record relief erase a conviction for immigration purposes?
- Does my California plea deal waive every appeal?
- How can I ask California to remove my DNA profile after charges end?
- How can I request a California parole suitability hearing transcript?
- How can I request confidential criminal court records in Kern County?
- How do I correct an inaccurate California DOJ criminal record?
- How do I file a Tulare County petition to dismiss a conviction under Penal Code section 1203.4?
- How do I file into an existing Sacramento criminal case online?
- How do I get a recording or transcript of my Santa Barbara County criminal hearing?
- How do I get criminal court records from multiple California counties?
- How do I request a lawyer for a California misdemeanor appeal?
- How do I request a San Luis Obispo criminal case summary or documents now?
- How do I request juvenile records for a Santa Clara criminal case?
- How do I use Placer County’s Proposition 64 petition form?
- How do I view a newer San Diego criminal case file?
- What Does a California Parole Eligibility Date Mean?
- What happens after an agency recommends resentencing under Penal Code 1172.1?
- What Happens at a California Parole Suitability Hearing?
- What if a background check lists my dismissed charge as a conviction?
- What if my abstract of judgment differs from the judge's sentence?
- What if my lawyer never told me about a plea offer before it expired?
- What if the court cannot find my old California criminal case file?
- What Is a Franklin Hearing in California?
- Where and how do I file a habeas petition in San Diego County?
- Will a Kings County misdemeanor hearing have a court reporter or recording?
Criminal procedure & trial evidence292 answers
- Accused of violating federal probation? What happens next?
- Before a California Sex-Case Plea, Will This Conviction Require Registration?
- Can a California court sentence me if I am not there?
- Can a California defendant be shackled in front of a jury?
- Can a California defendant seek discovery under the Racial Justice Act?
- Can a California felony trial continue if I am removed from court?
- Can a California felony witness be compelled to testify after claiming self-incrimination?
- Can a California judge acquit me before the jury decides?
- Can a California jury take admitted papers into the jury room?
- Can a child witness testify by closed-circuit video in a California sex-crime case?
- Can a child’s earlier statement be used in a California abuse trial?
- Can a coconspirator’s statement be used against me at trial?
- Can a CSAAS expert prove child molestation in a California trial?
- Can a dog owner be criminally charged if their dog kills or seriously injures someone?
- Can a Felon Become a CPA in California?
- Can a Felony Keep You from Becoming a California Lawyer?
- Can a felony preliminary hearing proceed during a competency inquiry?
- Can a Felony Stop You From Becoming a California Tax Preparer?
- Can a jury hear a non-testifying codefendant's confession in a joint California trial?
- Can a jury hear preliminary-hearing testimony if a witness misses trial?
- Can a minor be charged with a crime just for being inside a bar?
- Can a minor get in trouble for riding in a car with unopened alcohol?
- Can a misleading ad be a crime in California even if no one bought anything?
- Can a Nurse Lose a License for Domestic Violence in California?
- Can a past false sex-assault complaint be used at trial?
- Can a probation officer pull you over in California?
- Can a Prosecutor Withdraw a Plea Bargain in California?
- Can a public employer force me to answer questions that could lead to criminal charges?
- Can a publicized California criminal trial move to another county?
- Can a Registered Sex Offender Live Near a School in California?
- Can a seriously ill California prisoner request compassionate release?
- Can a speeding ticket be charged as reckless driving in California?
- Can a victim’s fear statement prove what I did in a California case?
- Can an earlier witness note be used when the witness cannot remember at trial?
- Can an indigent defendant get a defense expert paid for in a noncapital California case?
- Can an old sex-offense allegation be used against me in a new California case?
- Can California punish multiple counts based on one act?
- Can California restitution include losses outside my convicted charge?
- Can defense counsel obtain jurors' contact information after a verdict?
- Can family members attend a California juvenile delinquency hearing?
- Can filing a false deed be a felony even if no one lost money?
- Can furnishing alcohol to a minor lead to more serious charges in California?
- Can I add evidence when renewing a suppression motion after the preliminary hearing?
- Can I Ask for a New Trial After a Federal Guilty Verdict?
- Can I ask for a new trial after a guilty verdict in California?
- Can I ask to represent myself in a California criminal trial?
- Can I be arrested for buying alcohol for a minor who asked me outside a store?
- Can I be arrested for entering a closed wildfire or disaster area in California?
- Can I be charged for coming onto a school campus after being told to leave?
- Can I be charged if I lend my car to someone with a suspended license?
- Can I be charged with a crime for leaving my dog or cat in a hot car?
- Can I be charged with hit and run if I did not know I hit something?
- Can I be criminally charged for not filing a California state tax return?
- Can I challenge a California search warrant when its affidavit is sealed?
- Can I challenge the translation of a recording offered at trial?
- Can I choose a judge instead of a jury for my California criminal trial?
- Can I demand trial on another California charge while serving a sentence?
- Can I get a California real estate license with a felony?
- Can I Get or Renew a U.S. Passport With an Outstanding Warrant?
- Can I keep alleged sentencing aggravators from the guilt jury in Kings County?
- Can I move to another California county while on probation?
- Can I preserve a witness’s testimony before a California criminal trial?
- Can I seek to disqualify the prosecutor in my California criminal case?
- Can I serve an Orange County jail sentence through the Community Work Program?
- Can I testify at my California criminal trial if my lawyer advises against it?
- Can I travel abroad while released on my own recognizance in California?
- Can I withdraw my California guilty plea before sentencing?
- Can keeping a child from another parent violate California Penal Code 278.5?
- Can mental illness evidence challenge intent in a California criminal trial?
- Can my California criminal case require an out-of-state witness to testify?
- Can my lawyer appear in California criminal court without me?
- Can my lawyer arraign me by counter or fax in San Diego County?
- Can my probation-hearing testimony be used at my later criminal trial?
- Can my silence after an accusation be used as an admission in a California criminal case?
- Can my spouse refuse to testify in my California criminal case?
- Can Parents Post Bail After a Juvenile Arrest in California?
- Can police act on an anonymous tip about me in California?
- Can Police Collect DNA Without Consent in California?
- Can police enter my home without a warrant to help someone?
- Can police impound my car for 30 days for driving on a suspended license?
- Can police question me again after I asked for a lawyer?
- Can police question me again after I said I wanted to stop?
- Can Police Use a No-Knock Search Warrant in California?
- Can Police Use an Arrest Warrant to Search a Home in California?
- Can prior sexual conduct be used to challenge a sex-offense accusation?
- Can prosecutors add a felony charge after the preliminary hearing?
- Can prosecutors refile after my California criminal case was dismissed twice?
- Can prosecutors retry me after a California criminal mistrial?
- Can prosecutors use an old conviction against me if I testify at trial?
- Can prosecutors use an uncharged act against me at trial?
- Can prosecutors use my competency-exam statements at my California trial?
- Can prosecutors use my rap lyrics as evidence in a California criminal case?
- Can prosecutors use my silence after arrest but before Miranda warnings?
- Can reckless driving be charged for driving in a parking lot?
- Can Rule 35(b) Reduce My Federal Sentence for Help Given After Sentencing?
- Can sex-offense probation restrict my contact with minors?
- Can taking an employer’s customer list become a criminal trade-secret theft case?
- Can the California Highway Patrol arrest you?
- Can the court order medication after finding me incompetent to stand trial?
- Can the defense request a pretrial lineup in California?
- Can the defense show what the prosecution left out of my statement?
- Can the jury use a witness’s earlier accusation as evidence after a recantation?
- Can the prosecution use a witness’s earlier matching statement after the defense challenges that witness?
- Can the prosecution use business records in a California criminal trial?
- Can the prosecutor require a mental examination if I use a defense expert at trial?
- Can Two Registered Sex Offenders Live Together in California?
- Can You Be a Dental Assistant in California With a Felony?
- Can You Be a Pharmacy Technician in California With a Misdemeanor?
- Can You Be a Teacher in California With a Felony?
- Can you be arrested for a misdemeanor in California?
- Can You Be Charged Twice for the Same Crime in California?
- Can You Be Homeless While on Probation in California?
- Can You Become a Clinical Social Worker in California With a Felony?
- Can You Become a Dental Hygienist in California With a Felony?
- Can You Get a California Contractor License With a Felony?
- Can you get an ankle monitor for a misdemeanor in California?
- Can You Get Arrested for Cyberbullying in California?
- Can you go to jail for recanting a statement in California?
- Can You Own Brass Knuckles in California?
- Can You Transfer Probation to Another State?
- Charged Under 18 U.S.C. § 2242? Read the Count Before the Label
- Charged With an Interstate Threat Under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c)? Review the Message and Its Context
- Charged With Federal RICO Conspiracy Under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d)?
- Charged With Federal Stalking Under 18 U.S.C. § 2261A? Check the Charging Papers
- Charged With Illegal Lodging Under California Penal Code 647(e)?
- Corpus Delicti: Can a Confession Alone Prove a Crime in California?
- Do You Have to Show ID to Police in California?
- Does a child need a lawyer for California juvenile court?
- Does a juvenile sex-offense case require registration in California?
- Does electronic monitoring count as time served in California?
- Facing Criminal Forfeiture in a Federal Case? Check the Notice and Order
- How can a lawyer preserve business surveillance video before it is overwritten?
- How can I change a Fresno criminal fine payment date or plan?
- How can I confirm that my California probation has ended?
- How can I preserve evidence without contacting the complaining witness?
- How can I tell if a felony plea offer covers every charge?
- How can you get a jail call recording for your California case?
- How do I ask for a disability accommodation in California criminal court?
- How do I ask for seized property back if no charges were filed?
- How do I ask LA Superior Court to reduce an infraction fine online?
- How do I ask Riverside court for more time to finish a required program?
- How do I ask Stanislaus County to put my criminal case on calendar?
- How do I ask to change a California criminal court date?
- How do I challenge a discriminatory peremptory strike in a California criminal trial?
- How do I correct a factual error in a California probation report?
- How do I file and serve a Fresno County petition to end sex-offender registration?
- How do I file and set a San Francisco criminal motion?
- How do I object to an error in a federal presentence report?
- How do I petition a San Luis Obispo court for a restricted license after an under-21 conviction?
- How do I post bail for someone booked into Los Angeles County jail?
- How do I qualify for San Diego County's Work Furlough program during a jail sentence?
- How do I request a felony bail review in Kern County?
- How do I request an interpreter for a California criminal hearing?
- How do I set and file a felony pretrial motion in Fresno County?
- How do I submit an ex parte request in a San Diego criminal case?
- How do Orange County collaborative courts work?
- How do Riverside County collaborative courts work?
- How do San Diego County's collaborative courts work?
- How Do You Subpoena Police Records in a California Criminal Case?
- How does LACourtConnect work for a Los Angeles County criminal case?
- How does Los Angeles County's Own Recognizance Program investigate a felony defendant?
- How does Riverside County decide whether I can be cited and released instead of posting bail?
- How does Ventura County handle criminal arraignments and collaborative courts?
- How Long Can a California Jail Hold Someone Awaiting Extradition?
- How long can police hold you without charges in California?
- How long can police keep my phone during an investigation?
- How long can you be held on a California probation violation?
- How much jail or prison time can felony reckless evading carry in California?
- I May Have Said Something False to a Federal Agent. What Should I Do Now?
- If a minor calls 911 for alcohol poisoning, can they be prosecuted for drinking?
- If I'm released once I'm sober without being charged, is that still an arrest on my record?
- Is "sideshow" a real legal term in California, and can it add a license suspension?
- Is a Brady list public record in California?
- Is a false bomb threat at a school a felony in California?
- Is a polygraph admissible in a California criminal case?
- Is Bigamy a Felony in California?
- Is calling in a fake emergency to send police to someone's house ("swatting") a crime?
- Is checking a customer's ID a defense to selling alcohol to a minor in California?
- Is depositing cash under $10,000 to avoid a bank report a crime?
- Is doxxing someone's home address illegal in California?
- Is drinking alcohol at a California state beach or park against the law?
- Is dumping trash, furniture, or construction debris a crime in California?
- Is filing a false California tax return a separate crime from owing more tax?
- Is giving a false name to police during a traffic stop a crime?
- Is it a crime to impersonate a police officer in California?
- Is it a crime to point a laser at an aircraft or a police officer in California?
- Is it a crime to serve alcohol to someone who is already obviously drunk in California?
- Is it a lesser charge if a minor tries to buy alcohol but does not succeed?
- Is it illegal for a parent to give their own child a drink at home in California?
- Is it illegal to hold my phone at a red light in California?
- Is lying to the police illegal in California?
- Is money laundering a federal crime?
- Is Telling Someone to Kill Themselves a Crime in California?
- Must a California jury be told it can choose a lesser included offense?
- Must a California youth speak with a lawyer before a custodial police interview?
- Must my defense expert's report be given to the prosecutor?
- Should I call a character witness in my California criminal case?
- Should I let police search my phone without a warrant?
- Should I Sign a Federal Proffer Agreement Before Speaking With Prosecutors?
- Should I Sign a Federal Speedy-Trial Waiver or Agree to a Continuance?
- Should I talk to a detective who asks for a voluntary interview?
- What Are the Penalties for Federal Bank Fraud?
- What can I do if I think the judge in my California criminal case is biased?
- What Changes When a Federal Grand Jury Returns a Superseding Indictment?
- What corroboration does California require for accomplice testimony?
- What Counts as Falsifying Evidence in California?
- What deadlines and papers govern a San Diego felony pretrial motion?
- What do concurrent and consecutive sentences mean in a California plea offer?
- What do I need for a Santa Clara County property-bond hearing?
- What Do Lawyers Look For in Jury Selection in California?
- What Does a California Penal Code 23900 Charge Involve?
- What does a California Penal Code 270 child-necessities charge require?
- What Does a California Penal Code 653m Charge Require?
- What does a federal career-offender designation mean?
- What does a Harvey waiver mean before a California plea?
- What does a no-contest plea mean in a California criminal case?
- What Does a Parole Hold Mean When There Is a New California Charge?
- What does a Santa Barbara County pretrial release agreement require?
- What does admitting a sentence enhancement in a felony plea mean?
- What does Alameda’s SVP plea addendum mean before I plead?
- What does an Arbuckle waiver mean in a California plea?
- What does California Penal Code 135 require for an evidence-destruction charge?
- What does California Penal Code 369i require for railroad or transit property?
- What Does California Penal Code 591 Cover?
- What does California Penal Code 602.5 require for entering a dwelling?
- What does it mean to waive a preliminary hearing in California?
- What Does Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Mean in California?
- What happens after a California felony preliminary hearing?
- What Happens After an Alleged PRCS Violation in California?
- What happens at a felony readiness conference?
- What happens if a California jury asks to hear testimony again?
- What happens if a juror has a conflict during a California criminal trial?
- What happens if I collected California sales tax but didn't pay it to the state?
- What happens if I plead not guilty by reason of insanity in California?
- What happens if I'm caught with illegal dangerous fireworks in California?
- What happens if police declare an unlawful assembly and I don't leave?
- What happens if you get a new felony charge while on probation?
- What Happens to Bail Money If You’re Found Guilty in California?
- What happens when a California prosecutor seeks to transfer a juvenile case to adult court?
- What happens when a CDCR parolee disputes an instant urine drug test?
- What if a California grand jury was not told about evidence that could clear me?
- What if a disability prevents me from completing a probation condition?
- What if a felony pretrial motion is late in Tulare County?
- What if a juror brought outside information into my California criminal trial?
- What if a prosecution witness misses my California preliminary hearing?
- What if an arrest warrant uses my name for someone else’s case?
- What if my call with my defense lawyer was recorded in jail?
- What if my citation does not appear in the court’s online case search?
- What if my court-ordered class provider shuts down?
- What if my criminal appeal transcript omits testimony?
- What if my defense lawyer previously represented a prosecution witness?
- What if my probation instructions are unclear or conflict with the court order?
- What if police seized something outside the search warrant’s scope?
- What if the court interpreter makes mistakes during my criminal hearing?
- What if the judge changes my approved felony plea deal at sentencing?
- What if the prosecutor tells jurors my silence shows I am guilty?
- What If Your Public Defender Does Not Show Up for Court in California?
- What Is a California Penal Code 4600 Property-Damage Charge?
- What is a Cruz waiver in a California plea?
- What Is a Daubert Motion?
- What is a geofence warrant in a California criminal case?
- What Is a Surety Bond for Jail in California?
- What Is Acquitted Conduct in Federal Sentencing?
- What Is California Penal Code 32, Accessory After the Fact?
- What Is Considered Federal Tax Evasion?
- What is misprision of a felony?
- What is prosecutorial misconduct?
- What Is the Current Standard for Fingerprint Identification, and How Accurate Is It?
- What Is the Jencks Act, and When Can the Defense Get a Witness Statement?
- What must a trial evidence objection say to preserve an appeal issue?
- What must be shown for a California Penal Code 372 public nuisance charge?
- What must I do after hitting a parked car if the owner is not there?
- What Must Prosecutors Prove for an Imitation-Firearm Display Charge?
- What records can resolve a California presentence custody credit error?
- What records matter after a CDCR Male Community Reentry Program monitor alert?
- What should I check before responding to a criminal subpoena for business records?
- What should I check before signing Santa Barbara misdemeanor plea form SC-3085?
- What should I do after receiving a federal alibi request?
- What should I do with a search-warrant receipt left at my home?
- What timing and papers apply to a Monterey County suppression motion?
- When Can Police Enter and Search a California Home Without a Warrant?
- When can trauma or youth trigger a lower term at California felony sentencing?
- When Does Attorney-Client Privilege Not Apply in California?
- Which California Felony Convictions Can Receive Probation?
- Which California peeping or covert-viewing charge is alleged?
- Which Los Angeles County courthouse will hear my criminal case?
- Which Orange County courthouse will hear my criminal case?
- Which Riverside County courthouse will hear my criminal case?
- Which San Bernardino County courthouse will hear my criminal case?
- Which San Diego County courthouse will hear my criminal case?
- Why did I get a notice that California police searched my online account?
- Why is my bail on hold after someone offered to pay it?
DUI & driving56 answers
- Can a car's owner be charged with DUI if someone else was driving?
- Can a DUI charge affect a rideshare driver's work?
- Can a hit-and-run property damage case be settled by paying the other driver?
- Can DMV suspend my license if my DUI charges are dropped or never filed?
- Can I be arrested for DUI in a parked car that never moved?
- Can I be charged with a DUI for huffing or inhaling a toxic vapor while driving?
- Can I be charged with DUI if nobody saw me driving?
- Can I challenge a lost California DMV DUI hearing decision in court?
- Can I change lawyers during a pending California DUI case?
- Can I choose a breath or blood test after a DUI arrest?
- Can I drive an employer's vehicle with an ignition interlock requirement?
- Can I get a DUI in a private parking lot or on a private driveway in California?
- Can I get a DUI with a blood alcohol level under 0.08 in California?
- Can I own a gun after a DUI conviction in California?
- Can I take a DUI program in a different California county?
- Can I travel to Canada with a California DUI?
- Can police draw my blood without a warrant after a DUI arrest?
- Can police get my hospital blood test results after a DUI crash?
- Can police impound or tow my car after a DUI arrest in California?
- Can police pull me over just for turning around before a DUI checkpoint?
- Can the court permanently take my car after a repeat DUI conviction?
- Can the DMV refuse or take my license for alcoholism or a medical condition?
- Can the DMV suspend my license for unpaid traffic fines?
- Can You Get a DUI in a Self-Driving Car in California?
- Can you get a DUI on a bicycle, e-bike, or electric scooter in California?
- Can you lose your California insurance license for a DUI?
- Do I have to report a car accident to the DMV even if no ticket was issued?
- Does requesting a DMV hearing stop my license suspension?
- How do DUI cases in two California counties affect each other?
- How do I correct a prior DUI on my California driving record?
- How do I get the evidence for my California DMV DUI hearing?
- How do prosecutors prove who was driving when two people were in the car?
- How does a remote California DMV DUI hearing work?
- How does an out-of-state driver get a California DMV DUI record?
- How long do prosecutors have to file DUI charges in California?
- How many DMV points does a DUI add, and when is a driver a negligent operator in California?
- Is an ignition interlock device required after a first DUI in California?
- Is it a separate crime to willfully break a written promise to appear on a ticket?
- Is it illegal to have an open container of alcohol or cannabis in a car in California?
- Is it illegal to use a family member's disabled parking placard?
- Should I give an insurance statement while my DUI case is pending?
- What happens if a DUI blood sample is unavailable for independent testing?
- What happens if I have an outstanding warrant when arrested for DUI?
- What if body camera video contradicts my DUI police report?
- What if dashcam or body camera footage from my DUI stop is missing?
- What if DMV says I refused a chemical test but I did not?
- What if I missed the 10-day deadline to request a DMV hearing?
- What if I misunderstood an officer's DUI test instructions?
- What if my California DUI suspension notice went to an old address?
- What if prosecutors cannot prove my prior DUI conviction?
- What is a DMV reexamination after a traffic stop or crash?
- What is a dry reckless or exhibition of speed plea in a DUI case?
- What is the Watson advisement in a California DUI case?
- Why did my roadside breath test and station breath test show different numbers?
- Why Might a Hospital BAC Differ From a Police DUI Blood-Test Result?
- Will a DUI cost me the California good driver discount on car insurance?
Domestic violence & protective orders57 answers
- Are Orders of Protection Public Record in California?
- Can a custody case affect a domestic violence prosecution?
- Can a domestic violence case go forward if the accuser will not testify?
- Can a family member get an elder abuse restraining order against me?
- Can a green-card holder or naturalized citizen be deported for domestic violence?
- Can a restraining order make me pay child support or spousal support?
- Can a restraining order protect my pet?
- Can a third party discuss children for me under a protective order?
- Can an abuse expert support my California self-defense claim?
- Can both people in a relationship get restraining orders against each other?
- Can I appeal a restraining order in California?
- Can I be blamed for contact someone else made in a domestic violence case?
- Can I be charged for breaking my partner's phone during an argument?
- Can I be ordered to pay the other side's attorney's fees in a restraining order case?
- Can I carry a gun for work while a restraining order is in effect?
- Can I challenge a protective order I never received?
- Can I get a continuance of a restraining order hearing?
- Can I get a domestic violence restraining order without filing a police report?
- Can I get diversion for a domestic violence charge in California?
- Can I own a gun after a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction in California?
- Can my lawyer interview the alleged victim in my domestic violence case?
- Can my phone's location data help fight a protective order violation charge?
- Can prior domestic violence incidents be used against me in a new case?
- Can text messages change the evidence in a domestic violence case?
- Does a restraining order against me automatically affect custody of my kids?
- Does a restraining order suspend my concealed carry permit in California?
- Does California enforce a restraining order issued in another state?
- Does domestic violence in front of a child increase the sentence in California?
- Does every California restraining order show up on a federal gun background check?
- Does the relationship between the parties change a domestic violence charge?
- Does the restraining order against me end if my criminal case is dismissed?
- How can I clarify the places a protective order bars me from visiting?
- How can I get my belongings when a protective order bars contact?
- How can I get the 911 call from my domestic violence arrest?
- How do I ask a San Diego criminal court to change a protective order?
- How do I document compliance with a protective order's firearm terms?
- How do I find every protective order currently against me?
- How do I get my guns back after a protective order ends?
- How does a restraining order work if you and the other person share a workplace?
- How long can California wait to charge an older domestic-violence allegation?
- Is it legal to secretly record my partner to prove what happened?
- Is strangulation charged more seriously in a California domestic violence case?
- Should I testify at a restraining order hearing while my criminal case is pending?
- What does a judge check about me before ruling on a restraining order?
- What does peaceful contact allow under a criminal protective order?
- What evidence should I preserve when a domestic violence report omits my injuries?
- What happens if a gun violence restraining order petition against me was false?
- What happens if I cannot find the other party to serve a restraining order petition?
- What happens if someone makes a false domestic violence report?
- What happens to a shared lease after a protective order?
- What happens when both partners are arrested for domestic violence?
- What if a shared online account contacts someone protected by an order?
- What if two 911 callers describe a domestic violence incident differently?
- What is a gun violence restraining order and how is it different from a domestic violence restraining order?
- What is the 52-week batterer intervention program?
- What should I do before my first Kern County DVDP hearing?
- Which order controls if I have both a criminal and a civil restraining order?
Drug charges & diversion71 answers
- Can a hidden compartment in my car be a drug crime if police find no drugs?
- Can a past drug felony stop me from getting a California cannabis business license?
- Can a roommate consent to a police search of my space?
- Can a substitute lab analyst testify about someone else's drug test?
- Can carrying prescription medicine without its bottle lead to a drug charge?
- Can I be charged for a drug parcel addressed to my home?
- Can I be charged for drug residue in a pipe?
- Can I be charged if drugs are found in a shared car in California?
- Can I be charged with a crime just for asking someone to get me drugs?
- Can I be charged with a drug crime for selling something that wasn't a real drug?
- Can I face extra prison time for using a minor to sell, carry, or deliver drugs for me?
- Can I find out who the confidential informant is?
- Can I get drug diversion with another criminal case pending?
- Can I get in legal trouble for giving someone naloxone (Narcan) during an overdose if it goes wrong?
- Can I get PC 1000 drug diversion again if I already completed it once before?
- Can I withdraw an old drug-diversion plea after completing the program?
- Can mental health diversion include a firearm ban in California?
- Can my defense have a seized drug sample independently tested?
- Can my roommate's search warrant lead to drug charges against me?
- Can police search my car after arresting me?
- Can police search my home because my roommate is on probation or parole?
- Can police use a drug dog during a traffic stop?
- Can text messages alone support drug-sales charges?
- Can you be charged with a felony for possessing PCP precursor chemicals in California?
- Can you legally possess a syringe or use a needle exchange in California?
- Do I still have to register as a narcotics offender in California?
- Does a drug conviction affect my federal student aid?
- Does a new charge end California mental health diversion?
- Does Federal Pretrial Diversion Leave a Conviction?
- Does having cash prove intent to sell drugs?
- Does time in residential drug treatment count toward a California sentence?
- How can a third-party owner contest a vehicle seized in a California drug case?
- How do I apply for mental health diversion in Sonoma County?
- How do I start a section 11395 treatment referral in San Luis Obispo?
- How do Los Angeles County's collaborative courts accept a case?
- How does a San Francisco mental health diversion referral work?
- How does Los Angeles City Attorney pre-filing diversion work?
- How does Los Angeles County's mental health diversion program work?
- How does military diversion work in San Bernardino County criminal court?
- How does San Diego's Homeless Court Program work?
- How does San Diego's Juvenile Diversion Initiative work?
- How is a military-diversion request prepared in San Diego criminal court?
- How is restitution set in Santa Barbara County misdemeanor diversion?
- Is a Delta-8 THC vape or edible from a smoke shop legal in California?
- Is being present while others use drugs a crime in California?
- Is crack cocaine punished differently than powder cocaine in California?
- Is huffing glue, paint thinner, or other inhalants illegal in California?
- Is it illegal to possess psilocybin mushroom spores in California?
- Is it legal to carry fentanyl test strips in California?
- Is khat illegal to possess in California?
- Is kratom illegal to possess in California?
- Is possessing nitrous oxide for intoxication a crime in California?
- Is Salvia divinorum legal in California?
- Is selling cannabis without a license a crime or just a civil fine?
- Is synthetic marijuana (K2 or Spice) illegal in California?
- What counts as prescription fraud or doctor shopping in California?
- What does a California Health and Safety Code § 11370.1 charge require?
- What does San Bernardino's section 11395 treatment agreement require?
- What does San Diego's treatment-mandated felony plea addendum require?
- What does the San Diego Adult Drug Court contract require before I agree?
- What exactly does California's 911 Good Samaritan overdose law protect me from, and what doesn't it cover?
- What happens after San Luis Obispo County grants misdemeanor diversion?
- What if a drug diversion provider reports noncompliance incorrectly?
- What if state and federal authorities investigate the same drug case?
- What is judicial diversion for a California misdemeanor?
- What is San Diego's Community Justice Initiative diversion class?
- What is the difference between a field drug test and a lab test in California?
- What must an outside provider's mental health diversion plan include in San Luis Obispo?
- What should I check on a Riverside County PC 1000 drug-diversion referral?
- Will a drug conviction suspend my driver's license in California?
- Will San Diego Drug Court accept me after I move?
Immigration consequences19 answers
- Can a California crime victim request U visa certification while the case is pending?
- Can a crime involving moral turpitude make someone inadmissible?
- Can a criminal inadmissibility issue be waived for a temporary U.S. visit?
- Can a pending criminal case affect my naturalization application?
- Can a plea interpreter’s mistake support immigration-related relief in California?
- Can an immigration waiver help if the case involves an aggravated felony?
- Can an old conviction qualify for a former 212(c) waiver?
- Can California diversion still count as an immigration conviction?
- Do I have to report a California arrest with no charges on Form N-400?
- Does a pardon erase the immigration consequences of a drug conviction?
- Does a prior removal mean you need permission to reapply?
- Should immigration counsel review a California criminal plea before I accept it?
- What are the federal penalties for transporting or harboring an undocumented person?
- What criminal case records should I bring to an immigration consultation?
- What if a Notice to Appear lists a California conviction I do not have?
- What if an old plea record omits the exact criminal subsection?
- What if my immigration and California criminal hearings are set for the same day?
- What is a particularly serious crime in an immigration case?
- What is federal visa fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1546?
Sex offense defense23 answers
- Are therapy conversations private during a sex crime investigation?
- Can a delayed sex crime report be tested against a timeline?
- Can a shared online account cause a sex offense accusation?
- Can a young child testify in a California criminal case?
- Can automatically saved files prove knowing possession in a California child pornography case?
- Can California prosecute a sex offense reported many years later?
- Can I move while a sex offender registration issue is pending?
- Can I see the lab records behind a sex crime forensic report?
- Can I travel while a California sex crime case is pending?
- Can police have someone secretly record a pretext call in a sex-crime investigation?
- Can the defense subpoena the accuser’s therapy records in a sex-crime case?
- Can wrong timestamps change digital evidence in a sex crime case?
- Does an out-of-state sex conviction require California registration?
- How do I prove compliance with California sex offender registration rules?
- How does a workplace investigation affect a sex crime case?
- How Should I Preserve Disappearing Messages After a Sex-Crime Accusation?
- Must jurors agree on the same act in a California child-molestation case?
- Should I give a voluntary DNA sample in a sex crime investigation?
- What dating app records matter in a sex offense case?
- What if a recorded sex crime interview is incomplete?
- What if a sex crime interview was translated incorrectly?
- What should a UC student check before a sexual-misconduct investigator interview?
- When Can I Ask to End California Sex Offender Registration?
Theft & fraud59 answers
- Can a business owner be charged for not sending withheld payroll taxes to EDD?
- Can a contractor be charged with theft for taking a deposit and not finishing the job?
- Can a robbery firearm enhancement stand if police never recover the gun?
- Can a store detain me before police arrive?
- Can a theft become robbery if force is used after the taking?
- Can a wage dispute become an employee theft charge?
- Can asking someone to pay what they owe be extortion?
- Can I be charged if I moved money for someone and didn't know it was a scam?
- Can I be charged with burglary if I had permission to enter?
- Can I be charged with elder financial abuse for using my parent's joint bank account?
- Can I be charged with theft for not returning a rental car or rented equipment?
- Can I be charged with theft from a shared business account?
- Can I be charged with trespassing for refusing to leave a business?
- Can I be charged with vandalism for damaging property I own or rent?
- Can I still be charged with theft or fraud years later?
- Can multiple purchases or takings be combined into one theft charge?
- Can offering repayment be used against me in a fraud or theft case?
- Can one taking from a business lead to several robbery counts?
- Can possessing a forged document be a crime under California Penal Code 475?
- Can prosecutors freeze my assets before a California fraud trial?
- Can returning an item for a refund become a fraud charge?
- Charged With Federal Aggravated Identity Theft Under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A?
- Charged With Federal Bank Robbery Under 18 U.S.C. § 2113? Read the Count First
- Does a Civil Demand Letter Go on Your Record in California?
- Does a license plate reader prove who was driving in California?
- Does an injury during a robbery prove a great bodily injury enhancement?
- Does believing property was yours matter in a robbery case?
- Does stealing mail to wash and alter a check add a separate charge?
- How does Kings County handle a Proposition 47 resentencing or misdemeanor-designation request?
- How is the value of stolen property calculated in California?
- Is bouncing a check a crime in California?
- Is forging a car registration or smog certificate a crime in California?
- Is forging a doctor's signature on a work or school excuse note a crime?
- Is it a crime to do contracting work in California without a license?
- Is it a crime to do medical or cosmetic procedures without a medical license in California?
- Is it identity theft to use a deceased relative's Social Security number or benefits?
- Is it illegal to call yourself a notario publico and charge for immigration paperwork in California?
- Is it illegal to own a phone, bike, or laptop with the serial number removed?
- Is it theft to keep money sent to you by mistake or property you found?
- Is logging into my former employer's accounts after being fired a crime?
- Is logging into my partner's email or social media account a crime?
- Is possessing a credit card skimming device a crime in California?
- Is price gouging during an emergency a crime in California?
- Is rolling back a car's odometer before selling it a crime in California?
- Is running a pyramid or endless chain scheme its own crime in California?
- Is selling counterfeit designer goods a separate crime from theft?
- Is signing someone else's name forgery if they said I could?
- Is skipping a restaurant or hotel bill a crime in California?
- Is stealing a package a state or federal crime in California?
- Is using a fake ID a crime in California?
- What happens if EDD says I committed unemployment fraud?
- What if someone used my identity in a theft case?
- What if store surveillance identifies the wrong person?
- What is Hobbs Act robbery?
- What Is Shopkeeper's Privilege in California?
- What Is the Difference Between Burglary and Robbery in California?
- What is the penalty for catalytic converter theft or possession in California?
- When does a getaway driver become an aider of robbery?
- When does an online sale dispute become a criminal fraud case?
Violent & serious felonies48 answers
- Are Silencers Illegal in California?
- Can a California judge dismiss a firearm-use enhancement at sentencing?
- Can a California preliminary hearing close for a threatened witness?
- Can a Felon Have a Taser or Stun Gun in California?
- Can a gang expert repeat police reports to prove my California gang case?
- Can a jailhouse informant's testimony support a conviction in California?
- Can a juvenile adjudication count as a strike in an adult California case?
- Can a Partial Video Prove an Assault Charge in California?
- Can a person with a felony conviction own a BB gun in California?
- Can an attempted-murder jury consider attempted voluntary manslaughter?
- Can an out-of-state conviction count as a strike in California?
- Can California take away my gun rights just for drug addiction, with no conviction?
- Can cellphone location data place someone at a homicide scene?
- Can co-defendants use the same criminal defense lawyer in California?
- Can I ask for a separate gang-enhancement phase at my California trial?
- Can I be charged with a gun found in a shared space?
- Can I be charged with murder for helping someone else?
- Can I Buy a Gun in California After My Charges Were Dismissed?
- Can I keep my prior felony details from the jury in a firearm case?
- Can I present evidence that someone else committed the California crime?
- Can medical treatment affect causation in a California homicide case?
- Can someone convicted of murder seek resentencing under California Penal Code 1172.6?
- Can someone required to register as a sex offender have a gun in California?
- Can the court pay for defense experts in a California capital case?
- Can two convictions from one act count as two strikes?
- Charged After Shooting a Home Intruder in California? The Facts That Matter
- Charged Under 18 U.S.C. § 111 After a Federal Officer Encounter?
- Charged With Federal Kidnapping? Check the Count and Federal Connection
- Charged With Federal Murder Under 18 U.S.C. § 1111? Check the Jurisdiction and Degree Allegations
- Charged With Federal Murder-for-Hire Under 18 U.S.C. § 1958? Check the Alleged Agreement and Channel
- Facing a Felony-Murder Charge in California? Check What the Count Actually Alleges
- How do I challenge a California firearm purchase denial caused by a wrong criminal record?
- How is self-defense different from mutual combat in an assault case?
- Is bail possible when a California charge carries a life sentence?
- Is it illegal to carry a switchblade or a concealed knife in California?
- What does “GBI” mean on my California charging paper?
- What does a California Penal Code 33215 short-barreled firearm charge require?
- What Does California Penal Code 29610 Mean for a Minor Found With a Firearm?
- What does California Penal Code 626.10 prohibit on school or college grounds?
- What happens when I dispute a prior strike allegation?
- What if a prosecution witness gives testimony the prosecutor knows is false?
- What if a recorded murder confession is incomplete in California?
- What if autopsy findings conflict with eyewitness accounts?
- What if forensic testing used up the only homicide sample?
- What Must Prosecutors Prove for a California Penal Code 244 Charge?
- What should a family do after a California homicide arrest?
- What should I do if I face an injury lawsuit and assault charge from the same incident?
- When Does California Penal Code 31360 Bar Body Armor?
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- What does Penal Code 186.22(a) require for active gang participation?
- What does Penal Code 496 receiving stolen property require?
- What does Penal Code 532 require, and is it a felony or a misdemeanor?
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- What does Penal Code 859b require, and does it cover video arraignment?
- What does the CSLB do to a contractor's license after a criminal charge or conviction?
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- What happens at a California criminal arraignment, step by step?
- What happens at a California parole revocation hearing under Penal Code 3000.08?
- What is a Penal Code 995 motion to dismiss in California?
- What is California's felony murder rule?
- What is Penal Code 597 animal cruelty, and what is the penalty?
- What is Penal Code 602 trespassing, and what is the penalty?
- What is sexual exploitation of a child under Penal Code 311.4 in California?
- What is the difference between a no-contact order and a restraining order?
- What is the difference between Penal Code 4573, 4573.5, 4573.6, and 4573.8?
- What is the difference between probation and parole in California?
- What Is Vehicle Code 10851 (Unlawful Taking of a Vehicle)?
- What makes a child sex charge become Penal Code 269 in California?
- What makes a kidnapping charge Penal Code 209 instead of Penal Code 207 in California?
- What makes retail theft organized theft in California?
- What Should I Do About a California Bench Warrant?
- What should I expect from a criminal case in Kern County?
- What should I expect from a criminal case in Los Angeles County?
- What should I expect from a criminal case in Orange County?
- What should I expect from a criminal case in Riverside County?
- What should I expect from a criminal case in San Bernardino County?
- What should I expect from the Santa Clara County criminal court process?
- What should I expect in an Alameda County criminal case?
- Why does a 10-year age gap change a California lewd act charge involving a 14- or 15-year-old?
- Why does a California sex charge carry 15 or 25 years to life?
- Will a criminal charge affect my California medical license?
- Will a criminal charge affect my California real estate license?
- Will a criminal charge affect my California teaching credential?
- Will a Criminal Charge Cost Me My California Nursing License?
- Will a criminal charge show up on a background check in California?