When Can the Cops Search My Car?
The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects your right to be free from unlawful searches and seizures. That means the cops can’t search your body, your house, your purse, your man-bag, or your vehicle unless they have “probable cause,” or in some cases, “reasonable suspicion” (reasonable suspicion is something less than probable cause). Every […]
Cleaning up a California Criminal Record
As a California Criminal Defense Lawyer I get calls every day from people looking to clean up their criminal record.  Cleaning up a California criminal record can done for many reasons.  Most of the time the motivation to do something about an old criminal conviction in California comes from one of following factors: 1-Employment-Cleaning up […]
1985 Conviction For Murder in South Pasadena Overturned in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Pasadena Courthouse
A man who spent the last 27 years in prison after being convicted of murder in 1985 out of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Pasadena Courthouse, had his conviction overturned by a Pasadena Judge yesterday. The conviction stemmed from a murder that had taken place in 1984 in South Pasadena. The man, who elected […]
DUI Speed Enhancement
If you are facing DUI charges in California, I hope you weren’t driving too fast. What’s too fast?  Vehicle Code (VC) 23582 says that if you are guilty of a DUI and were driving 30 mph over the speed limit on a freeway, or 20 mph over the speed limit on any street or highway when […]
WTF is the “Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus”?
It’s not a distant planet. It’s not a Kama Sutra move. It’s a DUI field sobriety test. And it’s coming to hipster parties near you. The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus is one of many field sobriety tests given by law enforcement to determine whether you are under the influence of alcohol. “Nystagmus” means a jerking of […]
