“Mr. Carrillo did a great job for me on my case. I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome. I hired Mr. Carrillo for my sentencing hearing after I had pled guilty to a fourth probation violation. The district attorney on the case originally wanted to send me to state prison for [...]

In People v. Mirenda, the court found that a defendant was denied his right to a speedy trial and his case was dismissed because criminal charges had been filed 26 years before prosecution actually had begun on the case. There, the defendant was arrested in Pennsylvania for suspected assault with a deadly weapon and [...]

After declaring a youth a “dependent child of the court” and ordering custody of the child go to the Social Services Agency, the court will offer reunification services and set a six-month review hearing. According to Section 366.21(e) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which governs the initial sixth month review hearing, “the court must [...]

For the last 28 years, police officers have been taught that they may disregard an occupant’s privacy interests and search a motor vehicle incident to any arrest. However, in the landmark decision of Arizona v. Grant, the United States Supreme Court struck down this broad practice as being unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition [...]