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Recently, a man from Kingsburg, California was charged with several serious criminal charges and contacted Fresno criminal defense lawyer Michael McKneely for help with his case. In Fresno Superior Court, attorney McKneely represented the 33 year-old, who had been previously been identified as a gang…
The use of DNA testing has undoubtedly revolutionized how criminal cases are investigated and prosecuted. Widely regarded as irrefutable evidence, traces of your genetic information can connect you to a criminal investigation, and later convince a jury of your guilt. If your DNA matches blood,…
Conspiracy is one of the few offenses you can get charged with when, in a sense, you haven’t actually committed a crime. Even if no one gets hurt, no drugs get sold, or no property gets damaged, you can still face criminal penalties if the…
If you or a loved one has been convicted of a sex offense, then you are probably familiar with the sex offender registration systems and the many limitations on freedom that accompany it. The most commonly recognized restriction is where convicted sex offenders can live….
We all have biases – preferences for one thing or prejudices against another. They are deeply held beliefs about people, groups, and things. They can be about race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and countless other characteristics or factors. In some situations, we have conscious…
California currently requires all sex offenders to register for life regardless of the sex offense for which they have been convicted. However, state legislators are moving a bill forward in the current session that, if passed and signed, would result in the removal of some…
Law enforcement is increasingly using technology to help solve various types of crimes. One aspect of the use of technology in criminal investigations involves digital data, and in particular, data recovered from mobile devices. Digital evidence which may be captured from sophisticated electronic media devices…
In the aftermath of the United Airlines incident in which a Chicago passenger was forcibly and violently removed from a flight bound for Louisville, many questions have been raised in the legal community and elsewhere regarding resisting arrest. Dr. David Dao, 69, was removed with…
Racial profiling is a practice that has gotten a lot of negative attention in the past few years. Unfortunately, this practice is still quite common as police officers focus on certain groups of people who they think appear to be criminals even though there is…
It can be embarrassing and stressful to be arrested for a crime. Felony charges are even scarier. What if you end up spending the rest of your life in jail? The truth is that in California, only two-thirds of felony arrests result in a conviction….
