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International Travel Restrictions
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...
How California Gun Laws Affect the Common Citizen
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....
Eavesdropping 101: Wiretaps, Controlled Phone Calls, and the Use and Misuse of Information
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...
Foreign Exchange Fraud: A Zero-Sum Game
By: Dana M. Grimes, Esq. The FOREX Market Of the various types of fraud cases that we see in criminal practice, foreign exchange fraud stands out as the type of case in which the investors have no chance from day one, because of the zero-sum nature of foreign exchange...
Money Laundering: Cartels to Congress
By Dana M. Grimes, Esq. The Two Federal Money Laundering Statutes Classic money laundering cases involve the indictment of accountants, real estate professionals, bankers, and anyone else who helps a criminal organization disguise its earnings. For instance, when...
Expungement in California Criminal Cases
By Dana M. Grimes, Esq. There are ways to minimize the impact of past convictions for people who have successfully completed the terms of their sentences. The primary statute is Penal Code 1203.4, which provides for Expungement in California Criminal Cases. There is...
Marijuana and Guns, under federal law
By Dana M. Grimes, Esq. UPDATE January 2018 - California Law, as enacted by Proposition 64, legalized the recreational use of marijuana in this state, as well as cultivation and sales done in compliance with strict state and local laws. A few days later, Attorney...
“Equity Lost” : Felony Mortgage Fraud Prosecutions
By Dana M. Grimes, Esq. Bad borrowers are not the only ones at fault for the collapse of the real estate market in 2008; top banking officers approved of billions of dollars of loans to borrowers who could not repay them, bundles of toxic mortgages were rated as AAA...
Roman Polanski’s Mistakes-Statutory Rape
By: Dana M. Grimes, Esq. While the scandalous facts of the 1977 prosecution of Roman Polanski for a sex offense received most of the media attention, the case actually involved some interesting legal issues. Serious questions existed as to whether Switzerland was...
Bail and OR Release
By Dana M. Grimes Criminal Defense Lawyer When someone is arrested, quick decisions have to be made. Families of the arrestee will go on the Internet to locate assistance, but it is hard for them to sort out the facts from the misinformation and high pressure sales...