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Finding the Right Attorney for an Attempted Rape Case

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Sep 22, 2023 | 0 Comments

An attempted rape charge is severe, and you’d be facing registering as a sex offender with your local law enforcement agency for the rest of your life. Under California Penal Code 664 PC, an unsuccessful attempt at a criminal act can be punished. An attempt is deemed a crime if you intend to commit the crime...

Human Trafficking Charges in Los Angeles

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | May 25, 2023 | 0 Comments

Let’s review why authorities treat human or sex trafficking defendants so severely. I’m seeing people charged with sex trafficking and human trafficking at a record number.  They are trying to put those people away for many years in prison.  All sorts of different enhancements are being used to jack up the sentence... 

How Can a SART Exam Be Used to Defend a Sex Crime Case?

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Apr 14, 2023 | 0 Comments

Usually, when we talk about these SART exams, also called a “rape kit,” which stands for suspected abuse response team and is a term used to describe an evidentiary medical forensic exam. This means they’re examining you and trying to build a case that somehow you raped another individual, for example...

How to Get the Best Result in a Child Molestation Case?

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Apr 13, 2023 | 0 Comments

For those people who are charged with California Penal Code 647.6 PC child molestation, they’re facing prison time and a lifetime of sex registration. The critical thing is to start your course in defending yourself in the right direction, and that requires sitting down with a seasoned criminal defense...

How to Get the Best Result in a Statutory Rape Case?

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Apr 13, 2023 | 0 Comments

For those people who are charged with California Penal Code 261.5 PC statutory rape, they are facing the stigma of a conviction for this offense and also potential sex registration as part of their probation. By definition, rape involves having sexual intercourse with someone without their consent. In...

How to Get the Best Result in a Sex Trafficking Case?

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Apr 04, 2023 | 0 Comments

More and more today, as I continue in my career of over 30 years, I’ve seen the most prosecutions ever as it relates to sex trafficking-related offenses.  If you or a loved one is charged with one of these crimes, you’ve got to figure out your best course of action because you’re facing state prison, you’re facing...

Best Defenses for PC 261 Rape Cases in the CCB Court

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Dec 09, 2022 | 0 Comments

CCB, or the criminal courts building, also known as the Clara Shortridge Foltz Building, is the main downtown courthouse.  They prosecute many rape cases there because they handle a massive jurisdiction of cases. They have the most sex crime prosecutors in that particular courthouse at 210 West Temple...

Best Defenses for Child Pornography Cases at CCB Court

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Dec 08, 2022 | 0 Comments

I’ve been handling these cases since they’ve existed, where they’re on the internet, and people are capturing and downloading images through applications and other means. CCB was the leader in prosecuting child pornography cases in Los Angeles County.  That’s the central hub court at 210 West Temple...

What Must Be Proven in PC 647(a) Lewd Conduct Cases?

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Oct 27, 2022 | 0 Comments

California Penal Code 647(a) PC describes the sex crime of lewd conduct in public as the touching of genitals, buttocks, female breast, or someone else’s, to gratify sexual desires when you knew, or should have known; other people were present that might be offended by your behavior. This same law...

Defense Strategies for Internet Sexual-Related Charges

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Oct 19, 2022 | 0 Comments

What is the best defense strategy if you or a loved one is charged with an internet sex-related crime? Since the advent of the internet, many sex-related offenses have existed in chat rooms and across the internet.  Police are all over the internet, picking things up and chatting with people.  They’re...

How Can You Avoid Having to Register as a Sex Offender?

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Oct 07, 2022 | 0 Comments

If you’re charged with a sex crime, what are the best strategies to avoid having to register as a sex offender? This is probably one of the biggest concerns next to prison that people charged with sex crimes have.  That is, having to register as a sex offender for either 10, 20, or life.  When you look at the...

Search Warrants Related to Child Pornography Offenses

Posted by Ronald D. Hedding | Sep 27, 2022 | 0 Comments

What happens after law enforcement serves a search warrant on your home looking for child pornography? Usually, what I see happen is that the police and much time, it’s a multi-task force – sometimes Homeland Security, Secret Service – that’s the feds – and the other element is whoever the local...

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