By Dana M. Grimes Sentencing Reform Proposition 47 passed with 58% of the vote, and went into effect November 5, 2014. As a result, for qualifying defendants, most simple possession drug cases are reduced from straight felony or wobblers to straight misdemeanors, as...
By Robert L. Grimes, Esq. Defending Vehicular Manslaughter Cases In any traffic accident resulting in injuries or fatalities, the officers will take a breath or blood test of the driver whom they believe to be at fault. If the suspect is taken to a hospital, the...
By: Dana M. Grimes, Esq. Most people think of murder as an intentional act, and that anyone guilty of it must be a cold, calculating killer. In a murder trial in California, the jury is instructed that murder is the killing of another person with malice...
By Dana M. Grimes, Esq. What do Rush Limbaugh and Cindy McCain have in common besides too much money and philosophical differences with our President? A history of addiction to prescription medication. Our office often represents professionals, including doctors and...
By Bob Grimes and Dana Grimes Criminal Defense Lawyers At about 1:00 a.m. on May 24, 2007, Seth Cravens struck Emery Kauanui, Jr. in the face with his left fist. Kauanui fell backwards and his head hit the sidewalk. He suffered a fractured skull and subdural...
By Dana M. Grimes, Esq. The late Justice Anton Scalia was in the minority of the momentous 5-4 opinion of Maryland v. King, (his scathing dissent was joined by justices Ginsberg, Sotomayor, and Kagan). He was correct pointing out the disingenuous reasoning in Justice...
By Dana M. Grimes, Esq. DNA Evidence In the past few years, advancements in PCR-based DNA testing and forensics have caused monumental leaps in the probative value of DNA evidence and the use of DNA testing in criminal investigations. DNA evidence is strong and it is...
By Dana M. Grimes, Esq. The sharing of criminal background information among immigration and law enforcement authorities of many countries of the world has become sophisticated and effective. Our clients often find that foreign customs officials are unsympathetic to...
By Dana M. Grimes, Esq. Criminal Defense Lawyer, Grimes and Warwick, San Diego Well-meaning members of the NRA find themselves at the wrong end of the criminal justice system for the first time in their lives when they travel here from a state with liberal gun laws....
By: Dana M. Grimes, Esq. Hollywood on the Line The investigation of Anthony Pellicano began where Luca Brasi's ended: with a dead fish. The F.B.I. believe Pellicano, former private investigator to the stars, placed a dead fish on the cracked windshield of the The Los...