Archive for Sentencing

Brain Scan Evidence Impacts Sentences Received by Juveniles

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

A groundbreaking study published by the journal Science shows that judges are likely to be influenced by the results of brain scans that are introduced into evidence. The brain scan evidence was introduced as part of a hypothetical case that…

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Modern Day Debtors Prisons in Los Angeles

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

As a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, I sometimes feel that I live in an alternate reality.  On a weekly basis, I experience things that most well-educated and well-read people are confident don’t exist anymore.  One of those is…

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Getting Your Gun Rights Back After A Felony

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

As a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, I know that federal law makes it very difficult for a convicted felon to possess or use a fireman. That’s what former Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham found out the hard way. Mr. Cunningham…

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Medicare Fraud Arrests in Los Angeles

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

The feds are getting serious about Medicare fraud. More than 100 people have been charged in connection a Medicare fraud conspiracy that is alleged to span eight cities. Eight of the suspects are in Los Angeles, including two doctors. According…

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PCP Arrests In Los Angeles and Culver City

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that two individuals have been arrested in Los Angeles County in what law enforcement officials are describing as a huge PCP operation. PCP is the acronym for the drug  1-(1-phencyclohexyl) piperdine.  It’s chemical name…

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Arrest in 50 Hollywood Arson Fires

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

Harry Burkhardt has been charged with setting more than 50 fires that, over the past week, unnerved much of Hollywood. The arrest of Mr. Burkhardt has caused his high-profile case to take an unexpected twist.  The alleged arsons might be…

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County Jail Felony Sentence is Not Probation

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

There are many questions about California’s criminal justice realignment plan.  The cornerstone of this plan is the restructuring of California’s sentencing laws.  As of October 1, 2011, most “non-strike” offenses will be served in county jail rather than state prison….

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Big Changes in California Sentencing Laws Coming October 1

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

Humongous changes coming in California’s sentencing laws, the big thing is that almost all non-strike and non-PC 290 registration felonies can now be served in county jail instead of state prison.   Attorney Garrick Byers, earns his self-proclaimed  title of…

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Johannes Mehserle Sentence in Oscar Grant Shooting Explained

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

If you are reading this, you are likely aware that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Perry sentenced former BART police officer Johannes Meshserle to two years in a California state prison for the killing of Oscar Grant on an Oakland…

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