When a foreign national is a subject of a criminal complaint, it is possible that governments will work together to try that individual for their suspected crimes. One of the most common ways this occurs is through extradition. Extradition occurs when one government asks another to apprehend and deliver the suspected individual to the country […]
In 2013, former Moreno Valley City councilman Marcelo Co was caught by the FBI accepting $2.36 million in bribes, an amount prosecutors believe to the be largest of its kind ever accepted by a public official during a sting operation. Now, due to the careful defense representation from Okabe & Haushalter, Co will serve just […]
Mohammad Hossain, the 19-year-old client of Attorney Haushalter accused of the sexual assault of a fellow University of Illinois at Chicago student has been released from Cook County Jail. The release comes after Judge Peggy Chiampas ruled that prosecutors failed to provide convincing proof of the crime. The incident in question was instead asserted by […]
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 […]