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Criminal defense attorneys are highly trained professionals, like doctors. However, unlike doctors, your legal bills are unlikely to be paid by insurance. This is a huge distinction because it [...]

Nobody looks for a criminal defense attorney unless they are in trouble. Since you are in trouble, my initial advice is: Do not talk to ANYONE about your case, ESPECIALLY THE POLICE OR THE [...]

The concept of jury nullification goes back to the Gospel of John, where the Pharisees brought a woman charged with adultery before Jesus Christ. Adultery was punishable by stoning under the law, [...]

MARTINEZ — Contra Costa County’s long-standing practice of assigning defense attorneys to indigent criminal defendants after — and not at — their initial court appearance has resulted in a [...]

NBC News Inmate Indicted For Ordering Hits on Witnesses MARTINEZ — A Contra Costa County grand jury has indicted a Pittsburg man after he allegedly hired hits on nine witnesses set to testify [...]

East Bay Times Grand jury indicts Pittsburg man MARTINEZ — A Contra Costa County grand jury has indicted a Pittsburg man after he allegedly hired hits on nine witnesses set to testify against [...]

East Bay Times Suspect acquitted by Contra Costa jury of soliciting murders, convicted of fraud MARTINEZ — After announcing it had hung on a murder conspiracy charge and two related counts, a [...]

MARTINEZ, Calif. (KGO) — The trial of an East Bay man accused of trying to recruit inmates to kill witnesses against him began Monday in Contra Costa County. Watch ›

Contra Costa: Defendant Charles Waldo is Sentenced Martinez, CA – The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office announces that after an extensive 4 year investigation, a long jury trial and [...]

Dishonest witnesses are, unfortunately, common in the criminal courts. The Innocence Project has made it clear through DNA that many innocent people have been convicted, sentenced, and even [...]