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If you or a loved one is charged with human trafficking under California Penal Code 236.1 PC , it usually has something to do with women being used for sex or some sort of sexual act for money. The trafficking part, obviously, is the women are coming in from either different states or differe...

The Best Strategy if You're Charged with a Violation Of Penal Code Section 288.5 – Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child. This is one of the more serious crimes and if you've allegedly done a number of different acts with a child. If the child is under the age of 14 and there's more than 10 years...

What are Defenses to Assault with Intent to Commit Rape Under Penal Code 220? This is a very common crime that I see a lot prosecuted in Los Angeles county — whether it be in downtown Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley or any of the 38 courts in LA county. People get charged with this assault w...

Accused of Violating California Penal Code 647(j)(4)? This crime is a relatively new one because of the advent of the internet and people videotaping each other and then putting it on the internet to punish the other person as revenge for some reason or another. It's going to take you taking vide...

What are the Consequences of Arranging a Meeting With a Minor to Commit a Lewd Act – Penal Code Section 288.4? This is a common crime that I see a lot.  A lot of times what ends up happening is the person that's arranging the meeting with the minor doesn't realize that they're actually not arrang...

The California sex crime of “oral copulation by force or fear” is defined in California Penal Code 288a. This crime is charged more than people might think in Los Angeles County. People forcing other people to orally copulate them and then the prosecutors come in and charge this particular crime ...

Trying to Get Diversion for a Defendant in a Solicitation of Prostitution Case in California? A lot of people are being arrested in the San Fernando Valley and in Los Angeles for the crime of solicitation of prostitution.  Basically, what this means is they're agreeing to have some sort of sexua...

This is a common crime nowadays that people are being either raped because they get too intoxicated and someone takes advantage of them or, what I've see a lot of times is, alleged victims are claiming that a person rape them when they don't even know whether they were raped because they were so ...

Lewd Acts with a Minor – California Penal Code 288. What is Considered a Lewd Acts Upon a Child For Purposes of Penal Code Section 288? I've handled many of these cases over my 26-year career.  Typically, the issues are twofold:  (1) the defendant is touching the child in a private part; and (2) t...

Should You Talk to the Police if You're Being Investigated for a Sex Crime in California? I think the answer to this question is fairly obvious, and it's no.  You definitely should not talk to the police.  There are certain circumstances which I would call exceptions to this rule. However, they'...

This is a big question on a lot of people's minds who find out they're being investigated by the police; the FBI or whatever law enforcement agency is involved with their case. Or a lot of times the reason they get tipped off pre-filing is because the alleged victim in the case calls them, texts ...

What it takes to be the best?  It takes somebody who has dedicated their life and their career toward defending those individuals charged with the most serious sex offenses.  I've been doing this for 26 years and all I've been doing in those 26 years is defending people who have been charged with...

Defenses to California Penal Code Section 290 – Failure to Register as Sex Offender. This obviously has to do with sex crime cases where people are ordered by a court to register as a sex offender and they end up failing to do so in some way and then the police arrest them. The pros...

There are a number of defenses when it comes to sexual battery in Los Angeles county.  I would say the main one is that whatever happened between you and the other person was consensual. California Penal Code 243.4 defines the crime of sexual battery. So, if both parties agreed to some sort of a ...

This is an interesting question because I see a lot of people getting charged with indecent exposure and it's for various reasons why they get charged.  In other words, various factual scenarios can trigger an arrest for indecent exposure and the prosecutors charge you. California Penal Code ...

A lot of people get on the phone and start looking for attorneys, or go on the internet and do their research and they're trying to figure out, is this person even going to be able to help my loved one, or would my loved one just be better off with the public defender? What is the real reason tha...

Police can basically question anyone, if they think they have committed a crime. Many parents are under the mistaken assumption that police can't talk to their underage teenager unless they are present. That is not correct. Police will separate the child from the parents all the time and they wil...

Sometimes these cases can get complicated and murky, but obviously, common sense approach usually prevails and what the prosecutors have to prove is, number one, that there is a child involved with some sort of a sex crime. Also, that sex crime is being perpetrated against the child by the defend...

Obviously, a murder and rape situation is probably one of the most serious crimes anybody could face in Los Angeles, California or anywhere in the nation.  In California, in particular, technically that person would be looking at the death penalty. The felony-murder rule would up that situation, ...

Since the advent of the internet, sex crimes have been rampant on it and it has taken police, law enforcement — both at the federal and state level — some time to be able to deal with internet crimes. For a long period of time — I've been doing this for 26 years — so I've been involved since the ...

How Quick Should You Hire Your Sex Crime Defense Attorney If You Believe You're Being Investigated for a Sexual-Related Crime? Of course, when attorneys talk about this, they're always talking from the perspective that you should hire your attorney right away, because they want to be hired right ...

I've been handling these date rape offenses now for 26 years and obviously, it's very scary, especially now with the advent of the internet and people are hooking up on the first date a lot.  They meet somebody. Sometimes they have to go through a process on these dating apps, so they feel like t...

Obviously, the worst thing that could happen is you can end up serving a prison sentence.  Nobody wants to go to prison, especially being labeled as a person who has committed a sex crime. That makes it dangerous for the person.  That's probably the worst thing that could happen related to a stat...

When Both Parties Are Conscious And Of Age, Does Alcohol Affect Consent In A Sex Crime Case In California? Alcohol does affect consent in sex crime cases. If one party is too intoxicated to consent, and the other party involved takes advantage of that, and has sex o...

Learn What Rights You Can Lose If You Get Convicted of a Sex Crime in California. Sex crimes are probably one of the toughest convictions to sustain because of the ramifications it has on you as a person, your rights, your freedoms.  Most sex crimes have the potential for sex registration. That's...