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Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
Last night California voters approved a limited modification of the state’s notorious “Three Strikes” law. Most criminal defendants who have two prior convictions for a serious or violent felony will no longer face a 25 years to life sentence. The amended provision of the law mandates a life sentence for “Three Strikes Law Modified by Proposition 36”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
California enacted the “three strikes” law in 1994. The goal of this law was to deter people from committing future crimes, and to impose longer prison sentences on repeat offenders. A strike is a conviction for certain crimes, typically serious or violent felonies. The crimes that qualify as a strike “Convictions from Other States Count as Strikes”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
The Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution grants a criminal defendant the right to confront adverse witnesses. Prosecutors cannot introduce testimonial out-of-court statements at trial without calling the witness to testify and without permitting the defendant to cross-examine that witness. If a statement is not testimonial, however, a defendant “CA Supreme Court Says Lab Report Does Not Violate Confrontation Rights”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
It is a federal and state crime to knowingly possess child pornography. Substantial federal sentencing enhancements result from distributing a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct through interstate commerce. The visual depiction can be distributed by any means, including through the mail or by using a computer. The key element that “Child Pornography Distribution by File Sharing”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
Marijuana has been classified by the federal government as a Schedule I controlled substance. A Schedule I classification is the most strict classification and indicates a lack of medicinal use and a high potential for abuse. Doctors are not permitted to write prescriptions for marijuana and there are severe restrictions “Marijuana – Still a Schedule I Controlled Substance?”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
San Diego Jails are near total capacity. Just last week the San Diego County Sheriff’s jail snapshot reportedly showed the women’s jail at over 99% capacity and then men’s jails well over 90%. Last year’s top-to-bottom revision of felony sentencing laws (“realignment”) is responsible for the ever-increasing inmate population. Thousands “Alternatives to Custody in San Diego Jails”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
The unprecedented budget cuts facing the San Diego County Superior Court have motivated changes that clearly benefit criminal defendants. Efforts are being made to clear out relatively minor matters that take up an undue consumption of court time and money. The great majority of misdemeanor criminal warrants, for example, have become easier “San Diego Warrants Are Now Easier to Clear”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
As a criminal defense lawyer, Domenic J. Lombardo is an expert on the details of arrest warrants and has previously written about the differences between an arrest warrant and a bench warrant. Below is some essential information relating to sheriff warrants, but if you have any questions, do not hesitate “10 Things to Know About San Diego Arrest Warrants”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
Members of the United States Congress are generally protected from being criminally prosecuted for their “legislative acts” under the Speech or Debate Clause of the United States Constitution. Pursuant to the clause, members of both Houses of Congress are privileged from being arrested, except for treason, felony, or breach of “Former Arizona Congressman Must Face Public Corruption Charges”
Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
The United States Supreme Court has held that a San Diego federal district court judge Barry Ted Moskowitz was not authorized to impose a prison sentence in order to promote the defendant’s rehabilitation. In reversing defendant’s criminal sentence, the court has ruled that Judge Moskowitz erroneously lengthened a prison term “Supreme Court Reverses Decision of a San Diego Federal Judge”