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California Gang Laws

Written by Robbi Cook, October 7, 2019, Arrest, Attorney-client Relationship, Bail, California Three Strikes Law, Constitutional Rights, Criminal Attorney Oakland, Criminal defense, Criminal Lawyer Oakland, Gang laws, Gang laws, Gun Crimes, Illegal Search and Seizure, Juvenile law, Law enforcement, Oakland criminal attorney, Oakland criminal lawyer, Plea Bargain, Search and Seizure, Sentencing, Serious Felonies, Violent Felonies

A recent article in “The Appeal” describes California Gang Laws as “normalized racism.” Sadly, this is not hyperbole. The methodology that allows law enforcement to label someone a gang member – often documenting someone as a gang member based on neighborhoods, friendships and families – is notoriously flawed. As described in the article, police use

New sentencing law

Written by Robbi Cook, May 12, 2016, California Three Strikes Law, Constitutional Rights, Criminal Attorney Oakland, Criminal defense, Criminal Lawyer Oakland, Law enforcement, Oakland criminal attorney, Oakland criminal lawyer, Plea Bargain, Sentencing, Serious Felonies, Uncategorized

Jerry Brown is proposing a voter initiative to reintroduce parole hearings and early release. If this new sentencing law is passed, non violent felons will come up for parole once they complete the basic term for their crime. This is a major shift from the “determinate sentencing” law which was put in place (and signed

New California Three Strikes Case

Written by Robbi Cook, July 17, 2014, California Three Strikes Law, Constitutional Rights, Criminal defense, Plea Bargain, Serious Felonies, Violent Felonies

Last week, the California Supreme Court decided unanimously, in the case of People v. Vargas, that two felony strike convictions stemming from a single act against a single victim may not be considered two separate strikes under the California Three Strikes Law. This is an important judicial clarification of the California Three Strikes Law. The

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