This is a question that gets asked fairly often.  The answer is simple.  A police officer can pull you over when the officer can point to specific facts that, considered in light of the totality of the circumstances, provide some objective reason that the person detained may be involved in criminal activity.  Ok maybe it [...]

Conspiracy is the crime of two or more people agreeing to commit another crime.  Once the agreement to  commit the other crime has been made, the crime of conspiracy has been completed.  Unlike other crimes where a defendant is responsible only for the actions that he commits, if a person is charged with conspiracy, they [...]

In 1996, California voters approved Prop. 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act. Under this Act, a qualified patient may possess up to eight ounces of marijuana. While the act removed many of the criminal penalties of possession for qualified patients, there are still some legal issues that medical marijuana patients need to be [...]