By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Penal Code § 470 makes it FORGERY to sign another person's name (or a fictitious one) without authority, to fake or alter documents checks, money orders, contracts, deeds, wills, receipt...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Attempted murder charged as Penal Code §§ 664/187 requires two elements: a SPECIFIC INTENT TO KILL, and a DIRECT STEP toward the killing that goes beyond planning; and its sentences are...
Penal Code § 415 the “415” you hear on police scanners makes three things a crime: (1) unlawfully FIGHTING, or challenging someone to fight, in a public place; (2) willfully and malicio...
A “wet reckless” is not a crime police arrest you for - it's a NEGOTIATED OUTCOME: your DUI charge is reduced to reckless driving (VC § 23103) with a notation that alcohol was involved ...
Penal Code § 417 makes it a crime to DRAW OR EXHIBIT any deadly weapon firearm or otherwise in a RUDE, ANGRY, OR THREATENING manner in someone's presence, or to unlawfully use one in a f...
Penal Code § 29800 makes it a STRAIGHT FELONY - 16 months, 2, or 3 years - for anyone previously convicted of a felony (any felony, from any state or federal court, however old) to OWN,...
Token Sale Refund Demands often arise when investors paid for digital assets but the project delayed launch, changed tokenomics, missed a token generation event, failed to list the token, or delivered something materially different from what investors expected. In California, refund rights usu...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney Penal Code § 496(a) makes it a crime to BUY, RECEIVE, CONCEAL, SELL, or WITHHOLD property from its owner knowing the property was stolen or obtained by extortion and the punishment spli...
Kidnapping under Penal Code § 207(a) is taking a person by force or fear and moving them a SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE without consent a straight felony carrying 3, 5, or 8 years, ALWAYS a str...
By the The Bulldog Law Criminal Defense Team • Reviewed by a licensed California criminal defense attorney False imprisonment under Penal Code § 236 is the unlawful violation of another person's liberty intentionally restraining, detaining, or confining someone so they must stay or go somewh...
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...