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La Ley Federal Criminal & Una Cultura de Informantes Federal Criminal Law and A Culture of Informants When I used to be a prosecutor, I was trained to distrust informants and co-defendants. Who has a stronger motive to lie than a person who is...

¿El Fiscal Más Poderoso Que La Corte? The Prosecutor More Powerful Than the Court? RUSSIAN COURT I remember in 1988  the first time I argued a federal case to try to receive a sentence reduction.  To my great surprise,...

¿Cómo seleccionar un Jurado por el Abogado de Defensa Penal? How do lawyers select a federal criminal jury? Jury selection by the criminal defense lawyer is one of the most important stages of trial. In the United States District...

¿Debo contratar a un abogado criminal si soy culpable? Should I hire a criminal lawyer if I am guilty? Unfortunately, many people mistakenly think that they should not spend money on a criminal defense attorney if they are guilty. Nothing could be further from...

¿Cómo elegir el mejor Abogado de Defensa Federal? How Do I Choose The Best Federal Defense Attorney? Many people think of attorneys like physicians.  One doctor can fix anything.  However, just like medicine, the world of law has become increasingly specialized.

¿Cómo puedo encontrar a un familiar que ha sido detenido por el ICE o las autoridades fronterizas? How do I find my family member who has been detained by I.C.E. or the border authorities? Often individuals are scared when their family members do not...

¿Cómo borro mi registro de arresto? How do I erase my arrest record? I am contacted by many clients who have been arrested but who were never charged with a criminal offense. They wish to have their arrest record cleared or erased so that...

Abogado de EE.UU. inicia redadas de Marijuana en San Diego U.S. Attorney Initiates Marijuana Raids In San Diego In the last couple of weeks, federal DEA agents, in conjunction with the United States Attorney's Office have raided several homes and grow houses being used...

Abogados Penales en San Diego Ganan Libertad en Caso Federal de Drogas. San Diego Criminal Lawyer Wins Freedom in Federal Drug Case When R.H. hired San Diego Criminal defense lawyers Russell Babcock and Ryan Mardock, he told them that he wanted to go to...

Predictably, our country, which remains divided on so many issues, is polarized regarding the acquittal of George Zimmerman. For those police officers and volunteers who face danger every day, many feel triumph. And for those with young children and who are members of a racial minority, many feel that there has been...

Criminal attorney Russell Babcock  has now  has expanded  his  practice to the East as well covering the Calexico-Mexicali areas and the United States District Court in El Centro. With the heavy enforcement and new technology for drug screening at the San Ysidro, and Otay Mesa Ports of Entry, there are many more...

Why am I not surprised? In breaking news today by Reuters, it was revealed that a  secretive US Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations...