On March 20, 2013, a new bipartisan bill was proposed that would potentially mitigate some of the harsh prison sentences which are currently required under federal mandatory minimum laws for people convicted of federal crime such as drug traffi...
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This story aptly demonstrates the palpable effect of re-alignment and the overcrowding of the county jails all over Los Angeles County. As a criminal defense attorney who has handled hundreds of DUI cases in Los Angeles County, I am not rea...
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A question that has been raised more and more in my criminal defense law firm is the possibility of parole for inmates who have already been convicted of indeterminate sentences for either violent crimes of sex crimes.  The answer appears ...
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Even a decade ago, federal and state criminal cases involving sex trafficking seemed few and far between.  However, in the last few years, as a federal criminal defense attorney, in Southern California, and as a female sex crimes attorney,...
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As a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, who handles a majority of sex crimes cases, I have seen lots of different scenarios involving allegations of child pornography but this is a relatively uncommon one: Letha Mae Montemayor ,a 52-year...
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As a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles who has handled a lot of child abuse, murder, and violent crimes cases, this story leaped out at me because it just seems terribly sad.  First of all, we know that the accused is only 21-years-...
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As a sex crimes defense attorney in Los Angeles, I tend to pay attention to all news stories that involve perceived public outrage over changes in the laws involving these sensitive type of sexually-related cases.   Interestingly enou...
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On Thursday November 7 San Diego county police released the photo and description of a man. The individual in question is a wanted fugitive. Reports referred to the man as Jaime Margarito Reyes. Reyes, age 21, has two outstanding felony war...
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Investigators are looking into a theft at a San Diego school that erased two years of fundraising to purchase computer technology for students. Parents at River Glen School have spent the last two years writing grant applications and sponsoring...
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According to news reports, a man has been convicted of pimping a girl in Fresno. These reports show that Maurice Hunt was sentenced on Monday October 28 for pimping a 13-year-old girl in the city. The case has apparently been going on for quite...
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