Absconding means leaving or hiding from legal supervision or a pending court case without permission stopping contact with a probation or parole officer, moving without reporting, or failing to appear in court and not coming bac...
In California, spitting on someone is battery, not assault. Penal Code 242 defines battery as any willful and unlawful use of force on another person, and courts have long held that the force can be slight and does not need to c...
Yes, if you paid cash bail directly to the court, you get it back when the case ends, whether it ends in a dismissal, an acquittal, or a conviction, as long as the defendant made every court appearance. The court refunds it afte...
Men's Central Jail (MCJ) is the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's oldest and largest general-population jail, at 441 Bauchet Street in downtown Los Angeles, across from Twin Towers. To find someone, use the LASD Inmate ...
Truancy in California means a student aged 6 to 18 has been absent from school without a valid excuse three full days in one school year, tardy or absent more than 30 minutes three times, or any combination of the t...
A case dismissed with prejudice is over for good the prosecutor cannot bring the same charge against you again. A case dismissed without prejudice is closed for now, but the charge can be refiled within the limits set by Califor...
The Fresno County Jail is a three-building complex in downtown Fresno run by the Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner's Office: the Main Jail at 1225 M Street, the North Annex at 1265 M Street, and the West Annex at 2208 Merced Street. To ...
The San Joaquin County Jail is the John Zunino Jail Complex at 7000 Michael N. Canlis Boulevard in French Camp, just south of Stockton, run by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Custody Division. To find out i...
West Valley Detention Center (WVDC) is San Bernardino County's largest jail, located at 9500 Etiwanda Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga and run by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. To find out if someone is the...
Digital Asset Estate Disputes can arise when heirs, beneficiaries, trustees, executors, or family members know that a person owned cryptocurrency, NFTs, exchange accounts, staking positions, or token rights, but cannot access the wallets after death. In California, these disputes often involve pr...
Crypto Influencer Sponsorship Agreements can create legal risk for token projects, founders, agencies, exchanges, promoters, and influencers when paid promotions are not disclosed, compensation is unclear, token grants are restricted, affiliate links are misleading, or public claims overstate wha...
Vehicle Code § 12500(a) makes driving without a VALID license a chargeable offense filed at the prosecutor's discretion as an INFRACTION (a fine) or a MISDEMEANOR (up to six months ...
California replaced lifetime-for-everyone registration in 2021: under SB 384, Penal Code § 290 now runs on THREE TIERS Tier 1: a 10-YEAR minimum for the lowest-level qualifying offenses...
Penal Code § 261.5 criminalizes sexual intercourse with a person under 18 who is not the defendant's spouse and CONSENT IS LEGALLY IRRELEVANT: the statute rests on the minor's legal incap...
Penal Code § 4573 makes it a STRAIGHT FELONY 2, 3, or 4 years to knowingly bring any controlled substance into a jail, prison, camp, or custodial facility, and its family covers the res...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Penal Code § 273d makes it a WOBBLER up to a year in county jail, or 2, 4, or 6 YEARS as a felony to willfully inflict on a child CRUEL OR INHUMAN corporal punishment, or an injury resu...
DeFi Liquidation Bots and MEV Disputes can arise when a borrower, trader, liquidity provider, or protocol user loses digital assets because automated systems liquidated collateral, reordered transactions, exploited price movement, or captured value before the user could react. In California, a us...
Vehicle Code § 14601 and its family make driving with a SUSPENDED or revoked license a priorable MISDEMEANOR and unlike its gentler cousin § 12500, this family carries teeth: § 14601.1 ...
Penal Code § 148.5 makes it a MISDEMEANOR up to six months in county jail to KNOWINGLY report a felony or misdemeanor to a peace officer, prosecutor, or grand jury when you know the rep...
Vehicle Code § 10851(a) makes it a crime to TAKE or DRIVE someone else's vehicle WITHOUT the owner's consent, with intent to deprive the owner of possession EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPOR...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Legalization did not legalize SELLING: Health and Safety Code § 11359 still criminalizes possessing marijuana FOR SALE without a state license - but Prop 64 flipped the stakes: for most...
Crypto Chargeback and Reversal Disputes can arise when a buyer pays with a credit card, debit card, ACH transfer, wire, payment app, or other fiat method, but the crypto delivery has already occurred on-chain. The problem is that many fiat payment systems have dispute or reversal processes, while...
Token Migration Disputes can arise when a crypto project replaces an old token with a new one and holders miss the swap, burn, claim, or upgrade deadline. A holder may still own the original token on-chain, but the project, exchange, or market may treat the old token as unsupported, worthless, fr...
Penal Code § 30605 makes possessing an ASSAULT WEAPON a WOBBLER up to a year in county jail as a misdemeanor, or 16 months, 2, or 3 years as a felony, charged PER WEAPON with a narrow fir...
Penal Code § 118 makes PERJURY a straight felony 2, 3, or 4 years committed by WILLFULLY stating as true a MATERIAL fact you KNOW to be false, either under oath (testimony, depositions) o...