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  • Diversion Programs as an Alternative to DUI Prosecution Are Being Reduced.
    Diversion Programs as an Alternative to DUI Prosecution Are Being Reduced.

    Diversion is a program created to offer an alternative to prosecution. If accepted into a division program, all criminal proceedings are terminated and an applicant begins a program of education. Once ...

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  • Criminal Assault Lawyers Analyze the Defense of "transferred Self-defense" in Santa Rosa, Napa, Lakeport, and Ukiah to Beat an Assault Charge.
    Criminal Assault Lawyers Analyze the Defense of "transferred Self-defense" in Santa Rosa, Napa, Lakeport, and Ukiah to Beat an Assault Charge.

    The law of transferred self-defense applies where a person, who is accused of an assault, accidentally injures an innocent bystander while they are justifiably defending themself. As criminal assault ...

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  • Criminal lawyers explain why some confessions are illegal in Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino Counties
    Criminal lawyers explain why some confessions are illegal in Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino Counties

    Sometimes, the tactics used by the police to force a person to confess, make the confession illegal in Santa Rosa, Napa, Lakeport, and Ukiah. There are a number of illegal police behaviors and/or ...

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  • Criminal defense lawyers explain issues with required restitution
    Criminal defense lawyers explain issues with required restitution

    DUI lawyers in Santa Rosa, Napa, Lakeport and Ukiah explain when a Court orders restitution after a conviction, the injured party can force the defendant to pay for more expensive parts . Often, when ...

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  • Police in Santa Rosa Generally Must Have Legal Justification to Have Contact With a Citizen
    Police in Santa Rosa Generally Must Have Legal Justification to Have Contact With a Citizen

    Police are required to have different levels of justification, per the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, to briefly contact a citizen legally. If they do not meet the standard of ...

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  • Santa Rosa, Napa, Lakeport, and Ukiah Criminal Lawyers Explain Victory Preventing a Maximum Term of Jail.
    Santa Rosa, Napa, Lakeport, and Ukiah Criminal Lawyers Explain Victory Preventing a Maximum Term of Jail.

    DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE-VC14601- does not require a six month jail sentence in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino and Lake county if a defendant refuses being placed on probation. In a recent case ...

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