by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 417 of the California Penal Code penalizes the “drawing, exhibiting or using a firearm or deadly weapon.” The following are the elements that the prosecution needs to prove the following elements: • A person drew or exhibited a deadly weapon or firearm in the...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | California Laws, Criminal laws, Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 12280 of the California Penal Code has instituted a ban on the manufacture, sale, lending and/or possession of assault weapons, Browning machine gun rifles and their like except in very specific circumstances. The crime is committed when the following elements are...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | California Laws, Criminal laws
Sec 12022.53 of the California Penal Code is the state’s action to impose mandatory minimum prison terms for the use of firearms in the commission of certain dangerous and/or violent felonies. This is also called as California’s “use a gun and you’re done law” and is...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Articles
Sec 20 of the California Vehicle Code specifically states that “it is unlawful to use a false or fictitious name or to knowingly make any false statement or knowingly conceal any material fact in any document filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles or the...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Articles
Sec 31 of the California Vehicle Code stipulates that “No person shall give, either orally or in writing, information to a peace officer while in the performance of his duties under the provisions of this Code when such person knows that the information is false.”...
