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California Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

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THE MENTAL HEALTH CONSERVATORSHIP (LPS CONSERVATORSHIP)

  For some mentally ill defendants, alternative sentencingoptions aren’t available, they might not be eligible for court ordered treatment under Laura’s Lawor the treatment failed, or perhaps they have been in a repetitive cycle of Penal Code section 1368 mental incompetencytreatment.  Whatever the failures of the justice system to adequately…

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LAURA’S LAW MAY PROVIDE RELIEF TO FAMILIES OF THE SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL OFFENDER

  Continuing my discussion on mental illness and the criminal justice system, I now turn to a little-known California law that was enacted in 2002, known as Laura’s Law. This legislation, codified in the California Welfare and Institutions Code, sections 5345 et seq., permits the court to order certain persons…

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PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT IN CALIFORNIA

I have previously writtenon these pages about the alleged prosecutorial misconduct by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office—misconduct that made national headlines. That incident prompted the California Legislature to introduce and enact a new lawthat that punishes California prosecutors who tamper with or withhold exculpatory evidence. Prosecutorial misconduct is a…

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