Blog Posts in 2010
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Posted on Dec 20, 2010 By Attorney Robert Bernstein
Possession of Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana is Now an Infraction: Under current California law, the possession of any amount of marijuana is charged as a criminal misdemeanor. As of January 1, 2011, ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
The crime of Sexual Assault or Abuse is usually a state crime, however, if it occurs within federal jurisdiction, such as aboard an in-flight aircraft, it is a federal offense. 61-year-old ...
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Posted on Nov 25, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
24-year-old man was recently arrested by Federal Agents on suspicion of using the Internet to induce a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. The defendant had allegedly posed as a 19-year-old ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
For the first time in 35 years, the penalties for the use of non-medical marijuana have been reduced. On September 30 th, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that downgrades the possession of ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
Andrew Thomas Gallo was found guilty of murder in connection with the April 9, 2009, DUI crash that killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two of his friends. Gallo was driving a mini-van at 65 ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
24-year-old Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras was recently convicted of Possessing Child Pornography and Annoying and Molesting a 12-year-old girl at a local public library. Contreras pursued three girls ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
A 38-year-old Santa Ana woman, Debra Ayala Tapia, was sentenced to one year in jail after accepting a plea deal and admitting guilt to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy and giving ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
Last month, Paris Hilton was riding in her boyfriend's Cadillac Escalade when he was pulled over by Las Vegas police. While waiting, Hilton opened her purse to retrieve lip balm, inadvertently ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
An 81-year-old man has been charged with the murder of his 94-year-old roommate at a Southern California rehabilitation center where the two were recovering from hip surgeries. Prosecutors said Monday ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
Jonathan Dickstein, a former partner of the large international law firm, Morrison and Foerster, is facing over 30 felony criminal charges including Grand Theft, Forgery, Insurance Fraud and ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
In California, the laws concerning marijuana possession and cultivation can be confusing. Even with a prescription for medical marijuana, one can be arrested and charged with a crime. Recently, the ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
Credit Card Fraud has become an increasingly common crime in California and throughout the United States. It is a form of theft and can occur in the following ways; deceiving someone into giving you ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
To most people, the crimes of robbery, burglary and theft sound like they could be interchangeable. While these three offenses do have some similar aspects, under California law the elements of each ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
Battery is defined under California law as the unlawful use of force or violence upon another individual. The punishment for a crime of battery depends largely on the type of injuries that the victim ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
Although "kidnapping" and "false imprisonment" may sound similar, they are considered separate crimes under California law. Kidnapping is a felony offense and refers to the taking away, or movement of ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Cheryl Ann Stuart, 25, and 31-year-old Mario Alberto Colin, have been arrested and charged with two felony counts each of child abuse and corporal injury to a child. Police were called to the Santa ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A Los Angeles jury has acquitted 17-year-old Angel Sosa of fatally shooting a man and his 12-year-old son at a high school graduation party on June 21, 2008. Angel was just 15 years of age at the time ...
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Posted on Aug 2, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Federal agents have arrested a man who allegedly hacked into more than 100 computers to obtain personal data to extort sexually explicit videos from women and teenage girls in exchange for keeping ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The United States Supreme Court recently expanded the limits on the famous Miranda rights for criminal suspects. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court decided that for a suspect to invoke their Miranda ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
In a Los Angeles Superior Court, Robert Michael O'Ryan was charged with one felony count each of stalking and commercial burglary, along with two misdemeanor counts of carrying a loaded firearm in a ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Daniel Wozniak, a part-time actor in need of extra cash has been charged in the Orange County Superior Court with two felony counts of murder, with special circumstances of multiple murders and murder ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A woman whose identity has not been disclosed was involved in a 7 hour long standoff with Los Angeles police on the morning of July 2. The suspect allegedly fired shots at a nearby liquor store, and ...
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Posted on Jul 16, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A 15 year old girl died last weekend at the Electric Daisy Festival, a two-day music festival and rave at the LA Memorial Coliseum. Sasha Rodriguez, the victim, was apparently on ecstasy, an illegal ...
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Posted on Jul 9, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Jeffrey Jones, the now 63 year old actor who infamously portrayed Ed Rooney, the principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, was arrested again after failing to update his sex offender registration status. ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
On March 29, 2009, two USC students, Adrianna Bachan and Marcus Garfinkle, were walking home from a fraternity party when they were struck by a vehicle that failed to stop at a red light at a ...
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