*Name:   Charge: 
*Email:   Crime: 
*Phone:  () -  Notes on 
City:  Your Crime: 
State:   Zip:  
Court Date:   

Criminal Attorney News

Archive for July, 2005

Digital Piracy: Why You Might Be a Pirate and Not Even Know It

July 29th, 2005

By Colin McKibbin, Attorney at Law and Dan Rhoads

Music and movie bootleggers on street corners are as common in some cities as panhandlers, ticket scalpers, and jaywalkers. Unlike patrons of…


Solicitation of Prostitution Solicitation, Prostitution, Pimping and Pandering

July 29th, 2005

By Vince Imhoff, Esq. & Dan Rhoads

In 1993, an undercover Beverly Hills police officer posing as a wealthy Japanese businessman contacted Heidi Fleiss. He offered to pay $6,000 so that…


The Self-Defense Justification

July 25th, 2005

By Vince Imhoff, Esq., and Dan Rhoads

In December 1984, Bernhard Goetz, a slight 37-year-old white man, boarded a subway train in the Bronx, which four young black men were already…


Statutory Rape Sorting Out the California Unlawful Sexual Intercourse Law

July 25th, 2005

By Vince Imhoff, Esq., and Dan Rhoads

Age Aint Nothing but a Number: The title of Aaliyahs first album was a not-so-subtle justification of her relationship with R. Kelly. When she…


Marijuana Laws Possession, Distribution, Transportation, and Cultivation

July 22nd, 2005

By Vince Imhoff, Esq., & Dan Rhoads

Jay gets into his car carrying a small bag of marijuana in his pocket. After driving for a few miles, his car breaks down;…


Methamphetamine Laws

July 21st, 2005

By Vince Imhoff, Esq., & Dan Rhoads

I. PROPOSED NEW LAWS

In June, Riverside County, California, passed an ordinance that would require retail buyers of specific cold medicines to register their personal…


Assault and Battery: Legal Considerations

July 14th, 2005

By: Vince Imhoff, Esq. & Mike Riddell

In late 2004, Cameron Diaz and her pop-star boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, were walking out of a Sunset Strip nightclub when they encountered a paprazzi…