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Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Club of San Diego, President’s Column: New California Criminal Defense Laws

Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

Last year brought a barrage of news you may find dispiriting, instigated by a President alleged to be racist, intolerant, and ignorant. This year has already provided more of the same news, and today his recent comments cause considerable alarm, but perhaps not for those who believe that Haitians and “Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Club of San Diego, President’s Column: New California Criminal Defense Laws”

Proposition 64: Bountiful Harvest of Relief to Many Convicted of Marijuana Offenses

Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

Proposition 64, otherwise known as the “Adult Use of Marijuana Act,” changed the legal landscape for marijuana-related activity in California. “The Act,” which became law on November 8, 2016, is required reading for those practicing in adult and juvenile courts. Most criminal provisions for possession, transportation, and cultivation of marijuana “Proposition 64: Bountiful Harvest of Relief to Many Convicted of Marijuana Offenses”

Government Planes Harvesting Cell Phone Communications over San Diego?

Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

A recent article published by the news website BuzzFeed prompted my curiosity as to whether the government is using cell tower spoofing devices attached to aircraft in the skies over San Diego. A derivative article in the Union Tribune failed to sate my curiosity.  On Linkedin, I posted an in “Government Planes Harvesting Cell Phone Communications over San Diego?”

Collateral Consequence Relief from Drug Diversion for Licensed Professionals

Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

This article is published on my Linkedin profile relating to “misinformation” promulgated under Penal Code section 1000.4 that indicates that “successful completion of deferred entry of judgment shall not be used in any way that could result in a denial of employment, benefit, license, or certificate.” We know that non-citizen defendants “Collateral Consequence Relief from Drug Diversion for Licensed Professionals”

Recent Successful Case Result: DUI Dismissed for Illegal Stop

Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

The case was dismissed for the unlawful detention of my client, the driver. At the hearing on the motion to dismiss, the prosecutor failed to establish a constitutionally sufficient basis to uphold the stop based upon the radio report and simple math disproved the officer’s claim of speeding.

New Law Allows Drug Convictions to be Invalidated for Some Defendants

Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

As of January 1, 2016, California law provides that the deferred entry of judgment statute (Penal Code section 1000, et.seq.) misinformed defendants, including all non-citizens, about the consequences of the guilty plea. Consequently, these convictions are deemed legally “invalid.” This change will benefit non-citizens because federal immigration law does not recognize “New Law Allows Drug Convictions to be Invalidated for Some Defendants”

Recent Successful Case Result: High Profile Arrest to High Profile Exoneration

Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

This matter involves an arrest for alleged sexual violence alleging sexual assault, forced oral copulation, and false imprisonment. An intensive investigation by the defense lead to no criminal charges, and then we successfully litigated against the University that threatened to discipline the defendant. This case is among the first successful “Recent Successful Case Result: High Profile Arrest to High Profile Exoneration”

Discretionary Sex Offender Registration Upheld by California Supreme Court

Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

The California Supreme Court decided to uphold sex offender registration for a simple misdemeanor assault conviction where the jury acquitted the defendant of the greater felony charge alleging a lewd act on a child under the age of 14, pursuant to Penal Code section 288.

Supreme Court Continues to Protect the Fourth Amendment

Domenic Lombardo, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

The United States Supreme Court pronounced yet another opinion safeguarding a person’s expectation of privacy, this time with respect to detentions occurring after a motor vehicle stop. The Court ruled that the police may not prolong traffic stops to allow a drug sniffing dog access to the vehicle. In California, “Supreme Court Continues to Protect the Fourth Amendment”

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