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Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
The United States Supreme Court this week struck down law enforcement’s ability to forcibly draw blood from a drunk driving or DUI suspect without a warrant, absent some articulable exigent circumstance. Police have long relied on the argument that the dissipation of the alcohol from the blood stream created an “Police Must Get a Warrant to Forcibly Draw Blood from Drunk Driving or DUI Suspects”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
The California Supreme Court has settled a split between two appellate court districts regarding the tolling provision relating to court-imposed probation. California Penal Code § 1203.2(a) states in relevant part that, at any time during the period of probation, a defendant’s probation status may be revoked, and he may be “Court Cannot Violate Probationer for Conduct Occurring After Original Period of Probation Has Elapsed”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
When does the persuasive conduct of a law enforcement officer go too far in attempting to convince a suspect to confess? According to California’s First District Court of Appeals that occurs when the officer’s enticements go from mere advice or exhortation that it would be better to tell the truth, “Court Throws Out Murder Confession Because Police Made False Promises”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
The California Court of Appeals for the Sixth District ordered drug and other charges dismissed against a San Jose suspect who was detained by police because he resembled the physical description of a sexual assault suspect. In November of 2010, a sexual assault occurred at the light rail station in “Court Dismisses Drug Charges: Detained for Resembling the Suspect in Another Case”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
According to the California Evidence Code, confidential communications between a patient and psychotherapist are protected by privilege. The privilege essentially provides that, with limited exceptions, a qualified person providing psychiatric treatment to a patient may not disclose any statements made by the patient during such treatment without the permission of “Communication Between Parolee and his Parole Ordered Psychotherapist are Protected by Privilege”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
Just this week, the California Court of Appeals for the 2nd District reversed the conviction of a defendant who was arrested in a Los Angeles park for carrying a concealed dirk or dagger in his backpack. The reversal allowed the defendant to avoid a 365 day term of incarceration and “Defendant Not Guilty for Carrying Dirk or Dagger in His Backpack”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
In a recent decision, the California Court of Appeals for the 1st District reversed the conviction of a defendant on the charge of felony false personation (California Penal Code § 529) because the prosecution failed to prove the defendant committed an “additional act” while acting “in such assumed character.” The “False Personation Not Committed for Faking Identity of Driver”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
In a case recently decided by the California Supreme Court, a man accused of killing his son argued that he was entitled to a lesser-included offense jury instruction. The California Supreme Court disagreed, finding that, except in capital murder cases, there is no absolute right to a lesser-included offense instruction. “The Trial Court Decides if There Will Be a Lesser Offense Instructions”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
In order to maintain safety and order, prisons are permitted to categorize inmates and determine which housing units they live in. Housing units can range in severity from general population to a security housing unit (“SHU.”) In general population, there are more freedoms and fewer regulations. The inmates are permitted “Inmate Moved to Solitary Confinement for Possessing Drawings”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
When an inmate becomes eligible for parole, they go before a parole board for a suitability hearing. The parole board’s job at that hearing is to determine whether that inmate is suitable for parole, meaning he is no longer considered to be dangerous or a threat to public safety. The “Parole Board Admonished for Arbitrarily Denying Parole”