San Jose Criminal Lawyer

Jenna Foellmi, a 20 year old biochemistry major, died of alcohol poisoning last December. She had fallen asleep with several other friends in the house and was found dead the next morning.
The number of alcoholic related death among college students has nearly doubled in the last several years according to the Associated Press. Over half […]

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Elizabeth Starkey faces criminal charges for embezzlement after being accused of embezzling more than $40,000 from the credit union in which she is a manager.
She is accused of writing checks to herself, utilizing a credit union debit card for her own personal expenses, issuing multiple paychecks to herself and transferring money from the credit union […]

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A woman facing murder charges has been acquitted of the charges after a judge ruled the killing self-defense. Joy Medley, the wife of a Marine, spent six months in jail and found her way onto the Naval Criminal Investigative Service’s “Most Wanted” list of fugitives for some time before her trial.
Last Thursday, Medley was acquitted […]

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Charges have been dropped in a shooting murder due to a ”recanting witness and witnesses.” Thomas Pool, 41, had been charged with first degree murder after the shooting death of a Kansas man in April.
The release of charges notes that the decision for dismissal occured after an “extensive consultation with the primary law enforcement agencies involved […]

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Defense attorneys in New Hampshire are questioning the actions of police after they did nothing to intervene in a domestic violence situation between Kenneth Countie and Sheila LaBarre, despite knowing that LaBarre has a history of violent behavior.
Although the police admit to knowing the statewide suggested protocols for handling a domestive violence situation, the police […]

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