Blog Posts in July, 2012

Bad Advice about taking a deal? Maybe you can get that deal again.

Here is a new and interesting issue that has recently brought about many changes in the criminal defense world. In a situation where a defendant is offered a deal by the prosecution (at one point earlier in their case) and for one reason or another, defendant's counsel misadvises him about his legal rights, defenses etc. regarding taking that deal, and then the defendant is convicted and sentenced ...

Fresno Woman Charged with Murder in a DUI Hit & Run

On Wednesday morning July 11, 2012, a 26 year old woman from Fresno California was seen driving under the influence in a construction zone on Highway 99. Authorities state she was driving a 2007 Nissan Altima when she hit a 24 year old male construction worker and college grad of Fresno state. He was an employee of Windsor Fuel Co. working on resurfacing the highway when she hit him and was seen ...