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2012
February
Firearm Restrictions and Domestic Violence
Modification of Criminal Protective Order
Duration of Criminal Protective Order
Voting: Caretaker Deceiving Elder
Victims; Sexual Assault; Medical Exams; Prohibited Conditions and Costs
Victim's Rights: Pre-hearing Sequester of Victim's Impact Statement
Tattoos "The California Voluntary Tattoo Removal Program"
Shark Fins
Sex Offender Registration: Release from Custody: Jurisdiction
Restitution Fines: Minimums Increased
Restitution: Identity Theft
January
Jurors: Electronic Communications: Admonishments: Penalties
Expungement of Criminal Records
Firearms: Open Carry: When Prohibited
Elder Abuse: Fines and Penalties
Domestic Violence: Restraining Orders Upon Conviction
Driver's License Possible 10-Year Suspension for 4th Timers
New Laws for 2012: How Pleading to a "Wet Reckless" Will Affect Your Driving Privileges
What is Effective Assistance of Counsel
What is a Penal Code Section 995 motion
What is a Penal Code Section 995 motion
The Prosecution's Burden of Proof
2011
December
Why Some Suspects Go To Jail and Others Don't
Attorney-Client Privilege (Confidentiality)
Courtroom Appearance and Behavior
Court Interpreters for Non-English Speakers & Hearing-Impaired
November
Do I Need a Lawyer?
Amnesty Program for Unpaid Traffic Tickets
DOJ 851.8 Processing and Petition to Seal
Order to Seal a California Record
October
Juvenile Record Seals
Amnesty Program for Unpaid Traffic Tickets
Destruction of Juvenile Records
September
Assertion of Miranda Rights
Foreign Language Advisement of Miranda Rights
Advisement of Rights to Minors
Procuring Prostitution
Professional Licenses and Certificates
Peeping: increased Penalties
Elder Abuse: Misdemeanor Penalties
Domestic Violence: Strangulation
Battery: Against Security Officers and Custody Assistants
Aggravated White Collar Crime: Restitution
Bail: Returned Fugitives
DUI Crackdown
AB 109
Assault, Recodified
Senate Bill 28 Hands-Free Law
August
Defendants Privilege Not To Be Called as a Witness
Car Insurance and vehicle code violations
Duty to Preserve Favorable Evidence (Trombetta Youngblood Motion
Maintaining Financial Responsibility
Conditional Examinations
When the Two Dismissal Rule Applies
Speeding on Bridges, Tunnels and Overpasses
July
Speed Contests
Exhibition of Speed
Failure to Appear
New State Laws Take Effect
Cyberbullying Law
May
Jurors and Court's Instructions
Court Instructs Jurors - Do Not Investigate
Single Witness's Testimony
Juvenile Crimes Disposition Hearing
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing, DJJ
Juvenile Crimes, Recording the Dispositional Hearing
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing/ Reasons for the Dispostion
Juvenile Crimes - Options at the Dispositional Hearing
April
Juvenile Crimes - Advisement of Rights
Juvenile Crimes, Evidence at Disposition Hearing
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing, Limits on Custody
Juvenile Crimes - Disposition Hearing
Juvenile Crimes - Protective and Restraining Orders
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing, Orders for Parents
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing, Orders for Parents
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing, Removal of Child From Parent's Custody
March
DUI- DMV- 10 Day Rule
Obligations of Subpoenaed Witness
Consent to Search Person or Place
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing, Serious Emotional Disturbance or Mental Disorder
Options of Party Calling Witness When Privilege Against Self Incrimination Permitted
Juvenile crimes, Dispostion Hearing, Insanity/Mental Disorder
Proceedings on Arraignment - Domestic Violence
DMV Penalties DUI
DUI - Under the Age of 21
License Suspension/Revocation - DUI
Admin per Se Immediate Driver License Suspension
Second Degree Murder
Speed Contest
Driving Under the Influence, Immediate Driver License Suspension, Drivers Age 21 and Older, Noncommercial Restricted License
PAS Test
DMV and Temporary Licenses
Motor Vehicle Speed Contest
Questioning of Passenger
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing, Placement in a Nonsecure Facility
Probation/Parole Searches
Driving Under the Influence- Immediate Driver License Suspension - Driver Age 21 and Older
What Happens To Your License Following Drunk Driving Arrest
Administrative Per Se Hearing Appeal Rights
Refusal to Submit to or Failure to Complete a Chemical Test
Apps Links Cops
DMV Hearing Issues
February
Domestic Violence and The Lautenberg Amendment
Proposal for Separate Juvenile and Adult Probation Departments in Santa Clara County
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing, Division of Juvenile Justice Placement
Juvenile Crimes, Disposition Hearing/ Placement
Driving Under the Influence , Immediate Driver License Suspension Hearing Issues
Restitution and the Trade Association
Probation Condition that Person Not Associate with Someone he Suspects is a Gang Member
Courts Power to Inquire into Exercise of Privilege Against Self Incrimination
Vehicular Manslaughter
Driving Under the Influence, Immediate Driver License Suspension, Drivers Age 21 and Older- Restricted License Eligibility
Mobile Evidential Breath Measurement Devices in DUI Investigations
Senior Ombudsman Program
Reduction of Felony to Misdemeanor
Electronic Data From Vehicles
Texting While Driving
Advising Witness to Refuse to Testify
Death Penalty In California
Defendants Privilege Not To Be Called as Witness
PAS Device in DUI Case
Representing a Witness Offered Immunity
Authority to Enter or Search
People v Jackson and the PAS Test
Sealing Criminal Records
January
The Crime Of Kidnapping
Driving Under the Influence - Driver License Suspension-Review
Driving Under the Influence - Driver License Suspension-Review
Juvenile Misdemeanor Arrest and Citation Records/Expungements
Search of Text Message Folders of Cell Phones
Challenging Voluntariness of Codefendant's Statement
Involuntary Statements Obtained by Police are Inadmissible
Out of State Fines
Sex Offenders Tracking
Sex Offender Registration Updating
Sex Offender Tracking Program and Exclusion From Website
Secure Communities
Orange County RCFL Opened
Cleansing and Sealing of Criminal Records/Expungements
Civil v Criminal Law - Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
New Laws for 2011- Protection of Minors
New Laws for 2011 and Minors
Expedited Jury Trials Act 2011
Sealing Records after Successful Completion of Penal Code Section 1000 or 1000.5 Program
Bookings and DNA Collections at the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office
Marijuana Arrests and Convictions/ Expungements
Work Release at the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office
New Laws Effective 2011
More New Laws 2011
New Laws for 2011 Affecting California Residents
New Laws 2011
California Courts Protective Order Registry and Domestic Violence Misdemeanor and Felony Cases
Enforcement of DV Protective Orders when Victim Contacts Defendant
Out of State Domestic Violence Protective Orders
Peaceful Contact Orders for Safe Exchange of Children and Domestic Violence Cases
2010
December
Mutual Protective Orders
OR or Own Recognizance Release and Nonviolent Felonies
Own Recognizance Release and Misdemeanors
OR or Own Recognizance Release and Domestic Violence, Serious or Violent Felonies
New Laws for 2011
New Motorcycle Permit Law for 2011
New Law for 2011 regarding Traffic Violator School Programs
New Law Regarding High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes
Firearms and Domestic Violence Cases
Modification of Domestic Violence Protective Orders
Notice to Law Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protective Orders
New California Firearms Legislation Effective 2011
Conflcits between Civil and Criminal Protectice Orders
Domestic Violence and Firearm Restrictions
Protective Orders in Domestic Violence Cases - Duration
Own Recognizance Hearings and Domestic Violence
New Ammunition Legislation Effective 2011
Domestic Violence Cases and Civil Orders Regarding Children
Senate Bill 1411 Malicious E-Personation Effective January 1
DVROS and Domestic Violence Cases
What are Infractions
Theft and Taking From the Person
Restitution Hearings
Theft of Fish, Shellfish and Aquacultural Products
Exoneration of Bail and Penal Code Section 995 Ruling
Criminal Infractions
Exceptions to Trespass
Corpus Delicti and DUI Cases
Single Conviction of Theft where Overall Plan or Scheme
Theft Crimes and Fraudulent Refunds
Theft Charges and Claim of Right
November
Theft and the element of "Asportation"
Counterfeiting Laws
California Seat Belt Law
Judge's Pledge
How To Obtain Inmate Information From The Santa Clara County Main Jail
Chaplain Services and the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections
Evans Motion for Lineup
CHP Announces Heightened Enforcement Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Police Focusing on Drivers Violating Hands Free Cell Phone Law and Texting Today and Tomorrow
DUI Checkpoints and Turkey Giveaway
Friends Outside and the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections
Telephone Service for Inmates at the Department of Corrections in Santa Clara County
How To Post Bail at the Santa Clara County Main Jail
Santa Clara County Jail's Weekend Work Program
Santa Clara County Jail
Inmate Services at the Santa Cruz County Jails
Booking, Fingerprints, Searches and DNA
Arrests and the Santa Cruz County Jail
What To Expect At Booking at the Santa Cruz County Main Jail
The Booking Process at the Main Jail in Santa Cruz County
Peremptory Challenges and Jury Selection
Preliminary Alcohol Screening Device/DUI
Correctional Facilities/Jails in Santa Cruz County
Sentencing and Arbuckle Waivers
Work Release, Santa Cruz County
Electronic Monitoring Program, Juvenile Crimes
Home Supervision
Misdemeanor and Felony Jury Trials and Jury Verdicts
Jury Trials and Crime Scenes
Rights of Persons Charged With Infractions
October
Crimes That May Be Charged as Misdemeanors or Infractions
Failure to Appear in Misdemeanor Case
Grand Jury Proceedings
Suspended Driver License
Drug Offense Cases and Deferred Entry of Judgment
Alternative Sentencing
No Contest and Guilty Pleas
Probation and Conditional Sentence
What are the Premium Rates for Bail Bonds in California
What is a Rewrite Bond and How Does It Work
Reinstatement/Reassumption of Liability and Bail Bonds
What is Bail and How Does It Work
Factual Innocence
Reduction of Felony to Misdemeanor
Felony Case and Preliminary Hearings
Expungements and Filing Fees
Misdemeanor, Arraignment and Appearance by Counsel
DUI and Pilots
Arrest for Driving Under the Influence and Your Drivers License
Citations and Misdemeanors
Felony Preliminary Hearings and Time Requirements
Criminal Conviction and Professional Licenses
DUI and Mandatory Ignition Interlock Devices
Driving Under the Influence and Court- Ordered Ignition Interlock Devices
Driving Under the Influence, Chemical Tests and Refusals
SCRAM and Driving Under the Influence
Driving Under the Influence and Restitution
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