California Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

In many instances a case can involve matters within both the criminal and civil justice system. We recently have run into such a case. One who takes a vehicle not his own without permission and with intent to either temporarily or permanently deprive the owner of ownership or possession has violated Vehicle Code section 10851 (a.) Our client is accused by San Bernardino District Attorneys office of having committed violation of Vehicle Code section 10851 (a) (and other related codes) by having repossessed cars to which he held the title to and had lent to another dealer to sell. He had decided to repossess the cars after he learned that the dealer who had the cars was not going to pay him. Now many of you may think how can one be accused of taking or stealing his or her own property. This is the issue that our San Bernardino auto theft attorneys are grappling with. District Attorneys position is that the buyers who took possession of the car from the dealer were either buyers in due course or good faith purchasers. Both of these concepts have their roots in the civil justice system and the commercial code. Defendant however is accused of grand theft auto in the criminal court of San Bernardino. Therefore, both sides will have to depend on not only cases interpreting penal code and other criminal statutes but also laws related to civil litigation. Such complicated issues call for a team of attorneys and paralegals who are not only well versed in criminal law and civil litigation but also have the resources to commit to defending the accused. Criminal Defense Team is such an office. Call us today to speak to our experienced felony defense attorneys.

We are criminal defense attorneys. Our job entails looking for ways to protect our clients’ freedom and to preserve the rights extended to them and to all of us by the United States Constitution, California Constitutions and other laws of the country. To do so we rely on our own sense of commitment, ethics, hard work, knowledge, perseverance and justice. As trial lawyers (we also litigate employment matters on behalf of employees whose rights have been violated) we are keenly aware of the public opinion and the role that media plays in undermining rights of the accused. Here in Orange county and surrounding counties like Riverside and San Bernardino there is a perception that juries will rather convict a defendant than to find him or her not guilty. Our Orange county criminal defense attorneys, or our dedicated Riverside felony attorneys along with our San Bernardino misdemeanor attorneys go to work every day to preserve the notion that every person in innocent until proven guilty. We hope that in the coming blogs we will be able to shed some light on how the criminal justice system here in Orange county or other counties like Los Angeles or Inland Empire works. We will have cover news, recent events and refer to our own cases as well share some insight into the criminal defense world. Our blog is addressed to all those accused of a crime whether misdemeanor or felony, i.e. burglary, robbery, DUI, drug possession, etc., to those who are interested in this field of law and to the public at large. We look forward to receiving your comments in few months.