California Criminal Defense Blog


A California criminal defense blawg focusing on drug crimes, criminal defense, white-collar crimes, drunken driving and sex crimes.

Author: Neil Shouse is the managing attorney of Criminal Defense Partners, which has 16 offices in Southern California. He also authors DUI Blogger.

Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • White Collar Crime • States • California • Solo / Small Firm • Private Defense

Recent Posts from California Criminal Defense Blog


  • Highway 15 a Fertile Ground for DUI Arrests

    The stretch of Interstate Highway 15 from Las Vegas to Ontario is a fertile ground for police to issue speeding tickets, DUI arrests and other driving-related citations. Barstow CA DUI attorney Robert Little says that…

  • Judges Order CA to Reduce Prison Population

    The California prison population will experience a 27% decrease over the next two years, or at least that’s the plan. A panel of federal judges recently ordered the state of California to reduce its prison…

  • Jackson Doctor Administered Lethal Dose

    According to The Washington Post, Michael Jackson was administered a deadly dosage of propofol, an anesthetic drug that a personal physician was administering to the entertainer as a sedative to help him sleep. Though the…

  • Veteran Officer Sentenced for Making Threats

    According to a recent report on nbclosangeles.com, a former Los Angeles police officer was sentenced to over four years in state prison for Penal Code 422 criminal threats charges. The officer, a 39-year-old, 10-year veteran…

  • LAPD Perjury Case Should Make Us All More Critical of Police Testimony

    Three LAPD officers were charged with perjury Tuesday based on a videotape that surfaced contradicting their testimony about seeing a suspect toss a baggie of cocaine. The video also appears to depict the officers agreeing…

  • Suspects Wrongfully Accused of Lewd Conduct at Elysian Park

    The LAPD is making an increasing number of arrests at Elysian Park for Penal Code 647(a) Lewd Conduct in Public. Most of the arrests involve undercover decoy officers posing as gay men cruising at the…

  • Ending Penal Code 290 Registration

    People convicted of certain sex offenses in California have the onerous requirement of lifetime registration as a sex offender. This means they must register with the local police every time they move and every year…

  • Life in Prison for Forgetfulness?

    People convicted of certain sex offenses in California become registered sex offenders for life. They must register with their local police department(s) every time they change their residence and every year within 5 days of…

  • Can a Bully Claim Self-Defense?

    California self-defense laws allow people to use reasonable force (and even violence) to protect themselves against an attacker. The threat must be immediate and a person must use no more force than is reasonably necessary…

  • Are You a Cop?

    An old urban legend has it that undercover cops must disclose their police status if a suspect inquires. So if a drug dealer about to sell to an undercover asks "Are you a cop?", the…