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Misdemeanor Bail: Innocent Until Proven Guilty (Convicted) December 6, 2019

Presumed Innocent Courts have held that being charged with a crime cannot, as a constitutional matter, give rise to any inference (for the purposes of setting bail) that the individual is more likely than any other citizen to commit a crime if released from custody. The ...

Misdemeanor Bail: Innocent Until Proven Guilty (Convicted) December 6, 2019
Presumed Innocent Courts have held that being charged with a crime cannot, as a constitutional matter, give rise to any inference (for the purposes of setting bail) that the individual is more likely ...
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The Safe Neighborhoods & Schools Act (Prop 47) Reduces Certain Felonies to Misdemeanors October 31, 2019
The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act (Proposition 47) was passed by California voters on November 4 th , 2014 with an expiration date of November 4 th , 2017. Due to the success and popularity of ...
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Community Caretaking Function and the Fourth Amendment September 16, 2019
In 1999, California devised a new rule that stated, under the Community Caretaking Function, certain police searches and seizures were okay without a warrant. This new interpretation of the law was ...
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DUI Arrest and the California Department of Motor Vehicles August 21, 2019
When a person is arrested for DUI, 2 things are going on: The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) wants to suspend the driver’s license; and The court wants to punish the driver. It is very ...
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Current US Supreme Court Justices - 2019 July 31, 2019
Front row, left to right: Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Samuel A. ...
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California Has a Debtor’s Prison July 23, 2019
No excuse for being unable to pay fines. i.e. Being too poor = GO TO JAIL. Until recently, courts have held there is nothing wrong with incarcerating a person who doesn’t pay court fines and fees. In ...
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