Assault causing bodily injury (also known as aggravated battery) in violation of Penal Code 243(d) is a serious crime that can result in significant penalties, including jail time. If you have been charged with this offense in Riverside County, it is important to seek legal counsel from an experienced criminal defense attorney from the Law…
If you’ve been charged with burglary in violation of Penal Code 459, you may be feeling overwhelmed and confused. You may have questions like, what is burglary? What are the potential penalties? What are the defenses to burglary? At the criminal defense Law Office of Nic Cocis in Murrieta, California, we are here to answer…
Child endangerment, in a nutshell, involves putting the child in harm’s way. It is defined under Penal Code 273a as willfully exposing a child under the age of 18 to unjustifiable pain, suffering, and danger. For example, if you are to drive under the influence of alcohol and a child is in the car, you…
While the California juvenile justice system is different from the adult justice system, it is just as complex and as strict. Nonetheless, the juvenile legal system focuses primarily on rehabilitation and treatment as opposed to punishment. Under the California Juvenile Justice System, there are two types of juvenile proceedings that can be applied to a…
We recently filed an appeal to the California Supreme Court asking it to stand by its previous ruling that Penal Code section 632 (unlawful recording of confidential communications) is a specific intent rather than general intent crime. The Court’s ruling will be key to many defenses we intend to raise at an upcoming jury trial….
Sandra Merritt has filed a motion asking the San Francisco Superior Court to dismiss the 10 criminal charges brought against her by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for her undercover journalism work which exposed Planned Parenthood’s trafficking in baby body parts. Liberty Counsel and the Law Office of Nic Cocis, a Murrieta Calif. based criminal defense…
At the beginning of September 2019, Nic Cocis, a Murrieta, CA, criminal defense attorney and Liberty Counsel went to court in San Francisco to defend pro-life hero Sandra Merritt in a crucial two-week preliminary hearing. (Click here to view our Closing Argument that was filed with the court.) It began with a retired late-term abortionist…
You won’t be surprised to learn that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra welcomes the intervention of Planned Parenthood. He is a hired gun for Planned Parenthood, which has showered him with campaign cash. Becerra is prosecuting Sandra on 15 criminal felony counts. If convicted, Sandra faces huge fines and years behind bars. Sandra’s alleged “crime” is going undercover to…
(The following article was published on April 23, 2019 in the Daily Journal.) In rare move, state high court stays criminal case against anti-abortion activists. The state Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay blocking a hearing to decide whether California’s top prosecutor has enough evidence to take the case of two anti-abortion activists charged with secretly…
According to California’s vandalism and graffiti law, Penal Code 594, it is a crime for any adult or minor to intentionally deface, damage or destroy someone else’s property. That statement of the law is pretty straight forward. However, the tricky part about the law is how vandalism is applied in the real world. For example,…
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