When facing a criminal charge, you stand to lose your freedom, liberty, and personal assets. The stakes are far too high to leave your criminal defense representation to just any San Diego Criminal Lawyer. There is virtually no criminal case we cannot handle. We have worked all across the state of California and we bring a strong team to your defense!
DUI/DWI
So you’ve been arrested and charged with drunk driving... You don’t want to just plead guilty and take your punishment. Why? Because police officers regularly make mistakes in DUI cases. Here are the top 4 most common police mistakes in DUI investigations...
Traffic Violations
A police officer doesn’t have to suspect that you are drinking and driving, but the officer must have some reasonable basis for pulling you over. Any violation of the law will do—speeding, failing to obey traffic signals, even an equipment failure, such as a broken tail light. If you can show that there was no reasonable basis to pull you over, any evidence obtained in the traffic stop may be excluded at trial.
Sex Crimes
In California, to be eligible for expunction of a misdemeanor or felony, you must successfully complete any ordered probation, and you must not be charged with any subsequent offense. There are also certain crimes in California for which expunction is not available, including most sex crimes.
Burglary
Technically, any offense that comes with a potential punishment of up to one year imprisonment is a felony. There are, however, different classes of felonies that range in severity with Class A-I felonies representing the most serious offenses in the state and Class E felonies, the least serious crimes. Class A-I felony crimes include arson, aggravated murder, and kidnapping, while Class E felonies include aggravated harassment, conspiracy, and grand larceny. Offenses that fall in between these two categories, include burglary, fraud, manslaughter, and assault. The punishments that go along with a conviction for these crimes depends on the specific charge in question, whether an offense was violent in nature, and the defendant’s criminal history and age.
White Collar Crimes
Our criminal defense attorneys understand how the court system works and aid people facing criminal charges in San Diego. We know that those who have been charged with a crime have a lot at stake. That is why we are dedicated to representing clients in a wide variety of matters, from trespassing to sex crimes to white collar crimes and investigations.
Misdemeanors
This crime can be an intentional act or even an unintentional act while you were intoxicated. This can be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor and is in addition to any civil liability, such as a suit by the victim’s probate estate. These claims can be brought by estates outside of California, such as the recent win by a probate attorney in Houston, Texas obtained against a California defendant that has been in the national news.
Assault
Murder
Driving a vehicle in connection with a violation of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 550, where the vehicular collision or vehicular accident was knowingly caused for financial gain and proximately resulted in the death of any person. This paragraph does not prevent the prosecution of a defendant for the crime of murder.
Homicide
Arson
Kidnapping
Manslaughter
California is one of several states that has a separate crime for vehicular manslaughter. As the name implies, this crime occurs when you kill someone while you were driving a vehicle.
Prostitution
Class B offenses are less serious, as they come with three months of imprisonment and one year of probation. Prostitution, harassment, loitering, public lewdness, and possession of small amounts of marijuana all fall under this category.