Matthew J White Collar Crime Law Blog

In California, an arrest warrant is a court order directing officers to arrest a certain person if and when they locate him or her. Pen C §816. When a Judge gets enough information via an affidavit to convince him or her from the officer’s declaration that probable cause exists that the offense described has been committed and that the described defendant committed the offense, a judge may issue a warrant of probable cause for the defendant’s arrest.... Read More

Penal Code section 1203.4 permits the Court in any given case to remove a criminal conviction from a persons record.  The penal Law allows a defendant to withdraw his or her guilty or no contest plea after a person has successfully completed probation. In order for a defendant to be permitted to expunge a case he or she must satisfy a number of conditions.... Read More