Bad news always comes as a shock. Most recently, Lyft just admitted to receiving well over 4,000 cases of sexual assault. And that’s just from 2017 to 2019 – and the more we dig, the more gruesome their history gets. Riders have experienced many types of violence by Lyft drivers including:…
Gun Law Enhancements Can Result in Lengthy Sentences. LET’S TALK CRIMINAL GUN ENHANCEMENTS (AB1509) Under California gun laws, a sentence for a felony case can be “enhanced” if a gun was possessed or used during the commission of a crime. These laws can extend sentences well beyond the maximum punishment…
CDC Prisoners seeking early release via the granting of parole. LA DA GEORGE GASCON CONTINUES TO MAKE WAVES WITH PAROLE CHANGES Since being sworn in as Los Angeles County District Attorney in December 2020, George Gascon has hardly been out of the headlines. From eliminating sentence enhancements for hate crimes…
NEW LA COUNTY DA PROMOTING SWEEPING CHANGES (GEORGE GASCON) On December 7, 2020, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon was sworn in as the County’s 43rd District Attorney. Following his defeat of Jackie Lacey, a DA who had built a reputation for a “tough-on-crime” approach, Gascon went straight to…
COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) AND MY CASE (TRIAL OR APPEAL) The rapidly expanding pandemic crisis of COVID-19 has had sweeping effects on everyday life. Due to Center For Disease Control (CDC) recommendations California has taken immediate measures to protect the public by enforcing social distancing and restrictions of gatherings of more than…
On Tuesday, June 16, 53-year-old Anthony Glen Gorospe was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading no contest to one charge of attempted murder and two counts of assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm, according to a news article at the Press-Telegram. Gorospe, a resident of…
Recently, James Bascue, a retired judge who left the LA Superior Court bench eight years ago, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer following a standoff in the Sawtelle community, according to a news article at the Daily News. Los Angeles Police Dept.…
In 2014, Los Angeles saw a significant jump in violent crime; in fact, it was up 14.3%, according to LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and Mayor Eric Garcetti in a January 12 news report at NBC4. According to Beck and Garcetti, the biggest factor in the increase in violent crime was…
Many people mistakenly believe that assault and battery are the same thing when in fact they are not. However, there are several subcategories relevant to California’s assault laws, including: When an individual behaves deliberately in a way that could potentially result in injury to someone else, regardless of whether a…