Proposition 36 Gives Inmates Serving Life In Prison A Chance At Reducing Their Sentence
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
On Tuesday November 6, 2012, almost 70% of California voters supported Proposition 36, which changes how California administers it’s three strikes law. Under that law, a person convicted of three felonies is sentenced to life in prison. Proposition 36 changes…
read moreThree Arrested On Suspicion Of Violating Federal Smuggling Laws
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
According to The Los Angeles Times, three individuals were arrested last night (October 30) in the Palos Vedes Peninsula on suspicion of trying “to smuggle contraband.” A Coast Guard helicopter and two Coast Guard vessels were involved in the events…
read moreLos Angeles County Assessor John Noguez, Bail, and the Forfeiture Laws
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Los Angeles is known for high-profile celebrities and high-profile criminal prosecutions. Currently, Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez is attracting more than his share of headlines and media attention. Last week, he and a few others were arrested and charged…
read moreNotre Dame Football Icon “Rudy” Caught Up In Federal Money Laundering Scheme
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Money laundering is one of the least understood federal crimes. That ignorance can come with a heavy price. As a criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles, I know that it can be shockingly easy to violate federal money laundering laws….
read moreHow Federal Marijuana Prosecutions Are Different Than California Cases
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A recent marijuana seizure off the coast of Southern California is a good example of how federal marijuana cases differ from marijuana prosecutions in California courts. Most notably, the amount of marijuana seized by the Coast Guard was more than…
read moreModern Day Debtors Prisons in Los Angeles
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
As a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, I sometimes feel that I live in an alternate reality. On a weekly basis, I experience things that most well-educated and well-read people are confident don’t exist anymore. One of those is…
read moreIs Heroin More Dangerous Than Marijuana?
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
This is one of the questions that Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Michele Leonhart refused to answer directly when she testified before Congress this week This is hardly a difficult question, especially for anyone who knows anything about how drugs are…
read moreLessons From Amanda Bynes’ Arrest: Don’t Talk, Squawk, or Tweet
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
“Anything you say can or will be used against you.” How many times have we all heard these words when someone is arrested on a TV show? It’s almost become a cliché. As a criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles,…
read moreGetting Your Gun Rights Back After A Felony
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
As a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, I know that federal law makes it very difficult for a convicted felon to possess or use a fireman. That’s what former Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham found out the hard way. Mr. Cunningham…
read moreMedicare Fraud Arrests in Los Angeles
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The feds are getting serious about Medicare fraud. More than 100 people have been charged in connection a Medicare fraud conspiracy that is alleged to span eight cities. Eight of the suspects are in Los Angeles, including two doctors. According…
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