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Protect Your Rights: Get the Legal Representation You Need for Domestic Violence, Criminal Threats, and False Imprisonment Charges

Domestic Violence, Criminal Threats, and False Imprisonment Charges: What You Need to Know Domestic violence, criminal threats, and false imprisonment are serious charges that can have serious consequences. If you have been charged with any of these offenses in the Riverside County cities of Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Winchester, Wildomar, or Lake Elsinore, the Law Office…

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What is the Difference Between Assault and Battery? Riverside County Criminal Defense Law Office

If you have been accused of an assault or battery (or even both), you may be confused about your charge (or charges). Most of the time, assault and battery go together, though they are two completely different charges. For this reason, it is important to know exactly what your charges are and what they really…

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Were You Arrested for Assault in Riverside County? Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Lake Elsinore Criminal Defense Law Office

If you have been arrested for assault in Riverside County, it essentially means that you’re suspected of attempting to cause bodily harm to another person. If you did in fact cause harm, you are then looking at a battery charge in addition. Unfortunately, it gets more complicated than that. In California, there are two main…

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What Constitutes Assault or Aggravated Assault? Menifee, Murrieta, Temecula, Lake Elsinore Criminal Defense Law Office of Nicolai Cocis

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,…

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What Should You Do if You are Arrested for Domestic Violence in Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee or Lake Elsinore

While all couples fight, there are times when it gets out of control. Sometimes, the police get involved and you might find yourself accused of domestic violence. So, what should you do if you are accused of this crime? If the police come to your home, go with them easily. If you try to argue…

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A Look at Recent Child Abuse and Neglect Cases | Lake Elsinore, Hemet, Menifee Criminal Defense Attorney

In recent months, there have been at least two child abuse cases in California (one locally in Riverside County), which have received extensive national attention. In both cases, there were multiple children who were reportedly abused for years. The first case took place in Perris and came to light in January after one of the…

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Child Endangerment or Child Abuse Arrest | Murrieta, Temecula and Menifee Criminal Law Office

In this age of helicopter-parenting, the term “child endangerment” is bandied about all the time. The media is full of stories of parents who have to battle child protective services and law enforcement because they allow their children to walk home from the park alone or tell their five-year-old there is no school on Saturday…

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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…

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Representation in Cases Involving Criminal Threats

Uttering criminal threats in California can have serious legal repercussions. The state of California handles criminal threats as either a misdemeanor or felony. But what constitutes a criminal threat? California Penal Code Section 422, reveals that simply telling someone you will kill them (or cause bodily harm) is not enough to constitute a criminal threat….

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What Constitutes Criminal Threats :: Temecula, Murrieta and Menifee Criminal Law Office

You hear it all the time: “I didn’t mean it”, “I was just angry”, “I didn’t plan to do anything” or “It was just a joke!” Not all threats are criminal matters, but the question becomes: when does a verbal threat cross the line to actually committing a crime? Consider the Facebook case brought before…