Category: Other Crimes

When you’re stopped by law enforcement officers, knowing your rights is essential. Your rights protect you from illegal searches, arrests, or questioning. Summit Defense Criminal Lawyers helps you understand these rights and how to exercise them during a police stop. Whether it's a traffic stop or a pedestrian stop, you have the...

When you're facing criminal charges, making the wrong decisions can have long-lasting effects. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the situation, but acting impulsively can lead to costly mistakes. Whether it's speaking without thinking, not seeking legal advice, or ignoring important deadlines, these common mistakes can harm your case. Summit Defense...

Violating a restraining order is a severe criminal offense in California. The punishment laid for this violation involves years of imprisonment and thousands of penalty fines. Furthermore, a violating defendant may also lose their gun possession rights, child custody rights, and spousal rights. In addition, the defendant in question may...

It's hard to tell if your CA driver's license is suspended or not. You can't just ask the DMV because they won't be able to give you an answer unless you have a court order, and even then, this might take weeks. If you don't want to wait for weeks...

It sounds like the beginning of a 1970s horror flick based on a Stephen King novel. A 16-year-old girl leaves the safety of the crowd at an innocent Homecoming dance and ends up incoherently drunk and crumpled under a picnic table, dress askew and a trail of grisly pieces of...

When Leila Fowler (8) was found stabbed to death in the kitchen of her family’s ranch style home, it was her brother (12) who seemed most upset.  Now, the young boy has been arrested in connection with the case pursuant to CA Penal Code §187(a), even though there seems to...