When a man with two prior DUI convictions was caught after reportedly trying to escape from the police, he allegedly told the officer that he wanted to be shot. At approximately 10:00 PM on March 24, a 47-year-old man from Fort Hall was driving a Toyota Camry in Chubbuck.…
A Florida woman who was reportedly unhappy with the quality of her drug purchase was arrested and charged after allegedly giving the substance to a deputy. Beth Ann Franchak is a 52-year-old woman who lives in a condominium in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. On October 1, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s…
In passing Assembly Bill 813, California has now joined 44 other states nationwide in allowing a person who has suffered a criminal conviction to challenge that conviction, even though he or she is no longer in custody. The new statutes allows relief based on 1) a claim of actual innocence;…
Until recently, the Federal Government and the State of California defined criminal “misdemeanors” differently. While the federal government defined a misdemeanor as a crime punishable by up to 364 days, California defined it as one punishable by up to 365 days. This one-day difference often proved disastrous for immigrants with convictions, however,…