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Sexting is a very common charge in today's day and age because a lot of minors are on the internet.  A lot of adults are going into chat rooms and various other social media vehicles and they end up coming across a minor.  Sometimes they know it's a minor, but sometimes they don't. Other times they are not sure. The…Read More

 Over the years that I've handled criminal cases, we do see some massage parlor cases come up. It's often where the women in the massage parlor are arrested because they get involved in a discussion related to having some sort of sexual activity for money with a customer who happens to end up being an undercover police officer. Also,…Read More

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 different countries and are being moved around…Read More

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 between you and the…Read More

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 with the intent to…Read More

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 video, and even if the person consented to the…Read More

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 arranging a meeting with a minor…Read More

[embed]https://vimeo.com/283438420[/embed] 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 against the perpetrator and they end up trying to…Read More

Trying to Get Diversion for a Defendant in a Solicitation of Prostitution Case in Los Angeles? 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 sexual encounter with either an uncover police officer or…Read More

 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 intoxicated because they blacked out.…Read More

Should You Talk to the Police if You're Being Investigated for a Sex Crime in Los Angeles? 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're definitely something that your sex crime defense attorney…Read More

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 them, accuses them of some…Read More

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 sex crimes.  I'm talking about at the…Read More

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 sexual touching, then obviously, that would…Read More

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 314 defines the crime of indecent exposure. One area I see is when…Read More