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Criminal Charges Against Sandra Merritt Defended by Nic Cocis and Liberty Counsel

On May 3rd, Sandra Merritt and David Daleiden were charged with fourteen felony counts of unlawfully recording a conversation and one felony count of criminal conspiracy. (Attorneys Nic Cocis and Harry Mihet with Sandra Merritt) The criminal charges stem from video-recordings during meetings with Planned Parenthood doctors and business executives of a fetal tissue procurement…

Attorney Cocis Quoted Regarding Local Judge Sean Lafferty in Daily Journal

With extensive experience in the legal community, Judge Sean Lafferty is known as a good judge who makes himself available to attorneys. He began his career as a career prosecutor and has always had a passion for law, once thinking he would become a police officer. His attention to detail and manner of professionalism that…

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Does Using a Wooden Spoon to Spank Your Child Constitute Criminal “Child Abuse”?

Scenario Suppose that the parents of a twelve-year old girl spanked her on her backside with a wooden spoon, and that the spanking was done with enough force to produce visible bruises. Question Does the parent’s use of a wooden spoon to spank the girl rise to the level of criminal “child abuse” as defined…

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Arrested for Burglary? Temecula, Lake Elsinore, Menifee Defense Attorney

When police investigate a suspected burglary, they carefully comb the scene for evidence that a suspect might have left behind. In extreme cases, suspects might leave themselves behind (as with this recent alleged break-in involving a suspect who fell asleep on the victim’s couch). But more often, the evidence is subtle. It can also remain…

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The Implications of Legalizing Marijuana Possession in California

According to the LA Times, it is virtually certain that Californians will vote on a ballot initiative that will make marijuana possession for recreational purposes legal. If the ballot initiative passes, California will join a handful of other states such as Colorado, where pot is legal according to state law but still illegal according to…

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Criminal Threats and The Internet: Are Times Changing?

The Internet has changed the world in big, important ways. It’s allowed people from different countries and cultures to exchange ideas in ways that would never before have been possible, and it’s altered the way social movements, politics, and even big business works in the modern age. It has, in a real sense, revolutionized how…