Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Needless to say, there’s a history there, among prosecutors. They know you’re going to be able to do it (go to trial). So in your particular situation, given your relationship with the prosecutors, when is plea bargaining most useful?“ Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA […]
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “What is the type of crime that lends itself to plea bargaining more so than others?” Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “It depends what you mean by ‘lends itself’. I think that a lot of DUI cases are traditionally plea bargained. I think there’s
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “The mediator, arbitrator starts out with this statement, ‘you know, my job here is to make both parties, get us… get a settlement, and make both parties angry and not happy at the end result’. And, you know, that just irritates me every time I hear it. It really
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Ok so we’re back at the point of a traffic stop. The officer believes… because of some erratic behavior…. What happens… if the person that they’ve stopped says, ‘I don’t want to take any of these tests?’” Regina Tsombanakis– Criminal Defense Attorney – Broward County, FL “They’ll arrest them.”
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Is that the preponderance of the DUI stops? It’s an alcohol related violation versus a drug related violation?” Regina Tsombanakis– Criminal Defense Attorney – Broward County, FL “Yes, most of the time. That is where they have certain things that they’ve identified. That alcohol is usually the culprit of…
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “You know, you raise an interesting point there…for somebody who potentially has vertigo, that last test you described, looking up. I mean, they’re going to fail it miserably.” Kirk Tarman– DUI Criminal Defense Attorney – San Bernardino County, CA “It’s impossible. And again, if you’re going to do these
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “So, you mentioned restraining orders earlier. Are those effective or are they just a tool to enhance a charge? God forbid, should something further happen in that particular case?” Stuart Kirchick– Criminal Defense Attorney – Santa Clara County, CA “I believe they’re effective. I think there’s a lot of
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Well, just thinking about what you said, there is a great deal of difficulty to prove either way. It sounds like… Darryl Stallworth – Criminal Defense Attorney – Alameda County, CA It is a rabbit hole of layers of what the accused and the accuser… background and history. What
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – BailBonds.Media So. you have somebody out on bail and they get arrested again. So do they have to call another bondsman? Because they’re going to be worried about what you’re going to do, I would assume. Christian Esparza – Acme Bail Bonds – California It’s actually really easy to get
Andrew Dósa – Criminal Defense Attorney – Alameda County, CA “So, Ray, we had talked earlier about changes in the law. I want to say that there have been certain legal traditions that are vulnerable to change now. For example, the Felony Murder Rule exists. This is the scenario where two people commit a crime,
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