by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 12025 of the California Penal Code criminalizes a concealed weapon on your person or in a vehicle. This crime must be differentiated from the following similar crimes: • Sec 12031 PC or carrying a loaded firearm; • Sec 417 PC or brandishing a weapon; The law...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 12031 of the California Penal Code criminalizes the act of carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle or public place. This is differentiated from Sec 12025 or carrying a concealed weapon. The law provides that “ A person is guilty of carrying a loaded firearm when...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
This law was institutionalized in 1995 and the central aspect of this law is the prohibition in possessing or discharging a firearm in a school zone. The definition of a school zone was expanded from the directly on school grounds definition to include one thousand...
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, Criminal Process, Expungement
Since expungement under California Penal Code 1203.4 is a judicial process, there are a number of steps you need to comply with as well as documentary requirements you need to comply with in order to be granted the petition. While expungement provides great benefits...
