The first federal child pornography regulation was established with the passage of the United States Child Pornography Prevention Act (CPPA) of 1996, out of concern with child abuse manifest on the internet. The federal law was based on a 1982 Supreme Court case which ruled that the First Amendment right to free speech was not…
A driving under the influence charge is not something to take lightly. Most first DUI convictions in Riverside County are considered a misdemeanor. According to the Center For Disease Control and Prevention, “every day, 29 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This is one death every…
Exposing your genitals to others in public is considered indecent exposure. However, that is not always enough reason to be convicted of indecent exposure. There has to be a sexual component to it. Whether you are showing yourself off in order to make someone squirm or to get yourself off, you should get a lawyer…
There are many protests going on in Riverside County and our State at any given time. It would seem everyone has a cause and will march for it no matter how big or small. We see it on the news almost daily. People are marching against gun violence, picketing at abortion clinics, advocating for presidential…
When people think about lewd acts, they often think about sexual acts in public. However, there are many different types of lewd acts. Some are considered misdemeanors while others are felonies. Most can get you on the sex offenders registry for the rest of your life. So, what could be considered lewd acts? Since there…
Assault is one of those crimes we all like to think is common sense. After all, one of the first things we learned as children is not to hit other people, and to work out our problems with our words. However, assault is usually a lot more nuanced than the average person thinks it is,…
Who Sexual Battery Charges Affect Regardless of the final outcome, a charge of sexual battery has direct and indirect effects on many. Obviously the accuser or accusers, and the accused. The accusation itself becomes a historical reference point for both. But collateral impact reaches the friends and families of both the accused and accuser. And…
Sandra Merritt, through her attorneys Nic Cocis and Harry Mihet, seeks to recuse California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra and his Office from prosecuting the criminal complaint brought against her and David Daleiden. She has filed a motion to dismiss all the politically motivated charges by the Attorney General who has publicly pledged to “stand with…
You may have heard the term embezzlement before, but what exactly does this word mean? The term embezzlement is defined in Penal Code 503 as “…the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been entrusted.” For example, let’s say David was the person in charge of the cash register at the…
A news article from San Francisco presents the story of a woman who was mistakenly given someone else’s credit card by a waitress at a restaurant. Instead of alerting the restaurant about the mistake, the woman allegedly kept the card and went to a local mall to use it, perpetrating credit card fraud. Eventually, the legal…
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