Attorney Mark Haushalter appeared at a brief court hearing last week to speak on behalf of Mohammad Hossain. Mr. Hossain, a 19-year old pre-med student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is facing sexual assault charges after a fellow student claims he attacked her during a sexual encounter. Mr. Hossain maintains, however, that the […]
Last November, California voters passed Proposition 47, a new law that would reduce certain drug and theft felonies to misdemeanors. The money saved on jail and court expenses would then be used to fund community, youth, and mental health programs. Now, just a few months later, LA County is reporting widespread effects of the new […]
In California and throughout the United States, sex between consenting adults is perfectly legal, however, once money or something of value is exchanged for sexual favors, the act is automatically considered illegal. Despite being the “oldest profession” in the world, prostitution is criminalized, and anyone who plays a role in the crime, no matter how minor their […]
With California’s overcrowded jails and prisons, it is often economical and logical to place people who are convicted of certain crimes on probation, rather than sending them committing them to their full sentence. In such cases, the convicted person (the probationer) is sentenced to jail or prison, but that sentence is suspended for a set […]
Car accidents, especially serious ones can be catalysts for some basic human instincts: If we feel as if we’ve made a mistake, one of our first human impulses can be to flee the scene. If one flees the scene of an accident, it immediately triggers serious ramifications under California’s hit and run laws. Under Vehicle […]
In California, domestic violence victims can ask the court for a restraining order against their alleged abusers. A domestic violence restraining order is a court order that is meant to protect victims from abuse or threats of abuse. A restraining order can order that you: Do not contact or go near the protected person Surrender your firearms […]
The jurors never seemed to have much difficulty coming to conclusions. In the first- degree murder trial for Jodi Arias, it took 15 hours for jurors to declare her guilty and just under three hours to declare that she was eligible for the death penalty. When it came to sentencing her, jurors deliberated for about three days […]
A jeweler from the San Fernando Valley area has recently pled guilty to his conspiracy charges. The jeweler was involved in an insider trading scheme in which he made close to $1.3 million because of stock trading tips he received from his partner, an employee for KPMG. Part of his sentence requires the jeweler to return the […]
When you are charged with a crime, it can be more than unsettling. Chances are that you are devastated by your current situation, and terrified about what lies ahead in the future. Without the right attorney there to assist you, there is a high probability that you may be sent to prison, forced to pay […]
Charges were recently filed against an individual who made a fake 911 that led to the eventual shooting and death of an unarmed teenager in Pasadena, California. The teenager was fatally shot by the Pasadena police, according to reports from the coroner. Police encountered the teenager after responding to a call that there had been […]
In a shocking discovery, a University of California Irvine professor has recently been charged with arson at his son’s high school, the home of a school administrator, a nearby park and now an additional arson charge, according to Orange County prosecutors. These allegations come just months after the professor’s 14-year-old son committed suicide. To date, the UC […]
Multiple federal charges against an anti-gang activist have been dismissed on grounds of “errors” that the federal prosecutors acknowledged in the man’s indictment. The man in question is one of the most well-known anti-gang activists in Los Angeles. While the judge assigned to the case dismissed the charges, he did so “without prejudice,” which means […]