by Denis Honeychurch | Nov 21, 2017 | Drunk Driving, Misdemeanors
As of September 28, 2016, Governor Brown approved a new regime governing restricted licenses in DUI cases. Currently, for a first time DUI, there is a mandatory “hard” suspension period of 30 days, after which the driver can apply for a restricted license...
by Denis Honeychurch | Nov 16, 2017 | Felonies, Juvenile
Changes Created by Prop. 57 in Charging Minors as Adults Proposition 57 was the second major change to juvenile transfer hearings within a year that evidences a new rehabilitative focus in which the transfer criteria are viewed in light of the...
by Denis Honeychurch | Sep 29, 2017 | Domestic Violence, Felonies, Misdemeanors
The Fourth Amendment: Warrant Required Unless Lawfully Recognized Exception The Fourth Amendment dictates that warrantless searches inside a home without warrant “are presumptively unreasonable.” Payton v. New York (1980) 445 U.S. 573, 586. In order to justify a...
by Denis Honeychurch | Aug 22, 2017 | Felonies, Firearms, Misdemeanors
The crimes of carrying a loaded firearm or possession of a concealed firearm both require that the firearm be carried by the person in a “public place”. But this is limited to what the Courts construe as the meaning of a “public place”. What...