By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Penal Code § 148(a)(1) makes it a misdemeanor up to 1 year in county jail and $1,000 to willfully RESIST, DELAY, or OBSTRUCT a peace officer (or EMT) in the discharge or attempted disch...
California law lets you use reasonable force to defend yourself or another person when you reasonably believe you're in imminent danger of suffering bodily injury and, despite decades of ...
Carjacking under Penal Code § 215 is taking a motor vehicle from the possession or immediate presence of a person driver OR passenger against their will, by force or fear, with intent t...
Assault with a deadly weapon under Penal Code § 245(a)(1) is an assault committed with a deadly weapon or instrument OR with force likely to produce great bodily injury and it's a WOBBLE...
Santa Rita Jail 5325 Broder Boulevard in Dublin, run by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office is the county's main detention facility and one of the largest jails in the United States: ar...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Since January 1, 2023, California police CANNOT stop or ticket you for jaywalking unless your crossing creates an immediate danger of a collision that's the Freedom to Walk Act (AB 2147...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney California effectively bans open carry: carrying a LOADED firearm on your person or in a vehicle in any public place or street violates Penal Code § 25850 a misdemeanor (up to 1 year) th...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Southwest Detention Center 30755-B Auld Road in Murrieta, operated by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office is the booking and custody hub for southwest Riverside County: arrests from T...
Twin Towers Correctional Facility the twin octagonal towers at 450 Bauchet Street, downtown Los Angeles anchors the LA County jail system run by the Sheriff's Department (LASD): it's wher...
Smart Contract Audit Disputes often begin with a difficult question: if a project paid for a security review and an exploit still happened, who is legally responsible for the loss? In California, the answer usually depends on the audit contract, the scope of work, the audit report, the bug that w...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney A probation violation under Penal Code § 1203.2 is not a new crime it's an accusation that you broke your terms, decided by a JUDGE alone, on a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard (n...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Health & Safety Code § 11352 criminalizes the movement side of the drug trade: transporting FOR SALE, selling, furnishing, administering, giving away, or importing specified controlled ...
Penal Code § 288(a) makes it a felony to willfully commit a lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 with the intent of arousing sexual desire punishable by 3, 6, or 8 years, rising t...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Penal Code § 368 criminalizes three things done to a person 65 or older: physical abuse or endangerment, neglect by a caretaker, and financial exploitation with felony exposure of 2, 3,...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Health & Safety Code § 11351 makes possessing specified controlled substances WITH INTENT TO SELL a straight felony 2, 3, or 4 years, with no misdemeanor version and, critically, NO dru...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Since Proposition 64, adults 21 and over may legally grow up to SIX cannabis plants per private residence (secure, out of public view) and cultivating more than six is, for most adults,...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney If you're looking at a jail booking record or inmate locator that says “182,” “PC 182(a)(1),” or “BK 182” your person is charged with CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY: an agreement between two or mor...
House arrest formally home detention with electronic monitoring lets eligible defendants serve custody time AT HOME on an ankle monitor instead of in county jail, and the detail that ma...
Probation is California's alternative to custody: instead of (or after a short stay in) jail, you serve your sentence in the community under court-ordered conditions INFORMAL (“summary”...
Penal Code § 653f makes the REQUEST itself a crime: soliciting asking, urging, encouraging another person to commit a specified offense, with intent that it actually be committed, is com...
California splits the crimes around prostitution's edges into two straight felonies: PIMPING (Penal Code § 266h) knowingly deriving support or maintenance from the earnings of another p...
Penal Code § 186.22 does two things: subsection (a) makes ACTIVE PARTICIPATION in a criminal street gang its own wobbler (16 months to 3 years), and subsection (b) the famous one ENHANCE...
Manslaughter under Penal Code § 192 is unlawful killing WITHOUT malice and California splits it three ways: voluntary manslaughter (a killing in a sudden quarrel or heat of passion 3, 6...
California's hit-and-run law is two statutes: Vehicle Code § 20002 makes leaving the scene of an accident with PROPERTY damage a misdemeanor (up to 6 months and $1,000), and § 20001 mak...
Stalking under Penal Code § 646.9 requires two things together: (1) willfully, maliciously, and REPEATEDLY following or harassing another person, and (2) making a CREDIBLE THREAT s...