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Of Bridges, Police, And Criminal Defense Attorneys I just got back from a vacation.  Yes, a vacation for me is taking three days off, driving 500 miles to go fishing, worrying about my clients, putting out a fishing line, catching no fish, worrying more about my clients, and coming home wondering...

Maintaining Attorney-Client Relationship In Criminal Case Lawyers and clients both must work hard at maintaining their professional relationship. In criminal cases, clients usually feel the same mental and emotional strain as a patient who is seriously ill. Especially in federal cases, where t...

Listen to Oral Argument in Blind Mule Case (U.S. v. Flores) On February 5, 2013 federal defense attorney Russell Babcock argued what is probably the most important blind mule case in many years to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California. Russell will reserve comment on the case...

Law Office Receives Lightest Sentence in Federal Alien Smuggling San Diego Criminal Defense Attorneys Russell Babcock and  his office acheived what Russell characterized as the most lenient sentence that he has ever seen in a federal alien smuggling case. Last week in the United States District C...

Law Office of Russell Babcock wins San Diego state robbery trial ! M.S. admitted from the beginning that robbed the cell phone. But he denied ever using a handgun during the robbery. The victim did not tell the 911 operator that a gun had been put in his face, but he  told this to the jury during...

Kudos to Google For Standing Up to FBI While many Americans are aware from the news media of every new haircut Justin Bieber gets or the sex of Kim Kardashian's baby, few Americans are aware of the more important revelations in the press in the last week. The FBI has been secretly harvesting data...

It is about time Eric Holder: Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentence Reform It makes you wonder what took the Obama administration five years to wake up. Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that he will ask his Assistant United States Attorneys ( prosecutors) to not specify the amount of dr...

Great Result– Riverside, California Methamphetamine Case 1.5 kilos of methamphetamine and no jail time! V.R was stopped along the Interstate 15 corridor where agents encountered 1.5 kilos of methamphetamine in her purse. It is curious how the agents call the major freeway I-15 a “corridor” —sound...

Finding the Best Defense Attorney Suppose for a minute that you live in San Diego, California. Someone in your family has just been arrested for a serious federal drug crime, importation of methamphetamine, “crystal,” into the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. So what do you do? Not ...

Federal Drug Border Arrests: Guilty Until Proven Innocent Every week at the San Ysidro-Tijuana border, the busiest border in the world, agents seize many kilos of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin that is hidden in cars. The majority of the drivers know of the presence of the contraband. They ...

Federal Criminal Sentencing: The Disparity Still Exists An unfortunate reality of practicing federal criminal law in San Diego is that one of the factors that still influences a defendant's sentence the most is which District Court Judge is assigned to the case. Unlike state court which permits a...

Federal Case Dismissed!! A.A. is not returning to Somalia More than twelve years ago, A.A. immigrated to the United States from Somalia. Since that time, he worked hard, became a government official in Minneapolis, bought a home, married, and had a family. Mr. A.A. has never violated the law in t...

Ernesto P. I received a sentence of over thirty five years for living with my girlfriend in Mexico. The District Attorney convicted me of kidnapping and other related charges. I probably would have spent the rest of my life in jail if it had not been for Mr. Babcock. Mr. Babcock won my case on ap...

Y Que de Registracion Sexual y Delitos del Computador? Sexual/Registration Cyber Crime As a criminal defense lawyer/attorney, almost every week I receive calls in San Diego, and from Tijuana and the border area regarding sexual registration. Yes, it is hard to believe, but California law requires...

San Diego Caso Federal de Drogas-Victoria! San Diego Federal Drug Case Victory! Russell Babcock examines marijuana from tunnel. On March 21, 2014 criminal defense lawyer Russell Babcock appeared for sentencing in the case of R.G. Our client had been charged with helping the co-defendant transport...

Russell Babcock ha obtenido resultados espectaculares en muchos casos en mayo y en junio. Russell Babcock has obtained spectacular results in many cases in May and June. 1. R.S. had robbery charge, which carried a state prison term, reduced to one count of petty theft . He paid a small fine and r...

Russell Babcock es Super Lawyer 2015 Russell Babcock is SuperLawyer 2015!!! Russell Babcock has been voted a SuperLawyer for 2015 for his outstanding defense in federal and state criminal cases. Only 5% of attorneys qualify for SuperLawyers. While Russell has won many awards for his outstandi...

Recomiendo que todos los residentes permanentes de EEUU que califiquen para ciudadania se apliquen lo mas rapido posible. Thoughts about pedophilia and child pornography There is probably no more hated word in the English language than pedophile. A pedophile is an individual who has a sexual attr...

Muchas sentencias federales de drogas pueden ser cortadas con hasta en dos años! Many Federal Drug Sentences May Be Cut By Up to Two Years! The United States Sentencing Commission has proposed changes in the federal sentencing guidelines which will allow many individuals who are in jail to have t...

Más Indultos para los delincuentes Federales de Drogas More Pardons for Federal Drug Offenders! This week the Attorney General, Eric Holder, announced that the United States would be offering more pardons and clemency for federal drug offenders. President Obama wants to make sure that “everyone h...

Mardock convierte en “Of Counsel” Para la Firma Ryan Mardock Becomes “Of Counsel” To the Law Firm Effective October 1, 2014 Ryan Mardock will become “Of Counsel” to the Law Offices of Russell S. Babcock. Ryan will continue to work very closely with Russell on many of the larger cases in the firm ...

Los ciudadanos no estadounidenses, la fianza en la causa penal? Non U.S Citizens, Bail in Criminal Case? Many less experienced criminal defense attorneys attempt to arrange bail for non-U.S. citizens. Most often this turns out to be a disaster. The general rule is that for most federal felonies, ...

Las “Otras Víctimas” en Casos Criminales The “Other Victims” In Criminal Cases The System Reaks Havoc At  the  law firm , I often compare criminal cases to cancer. Not only do criminal charges threaten the freedom of the client, but they have severe collateral consequences, including financial a...

La Oficina de Ley Apoya el Presidente por Segundo Mandato. The Law Office Supports the President for a Second Term The Law Office Supports the President for a Second Term Four years ago, and before he had received the nomination of his party, this law office supported Barack Obama for President. ...

“La Mula Ciega” The Blind (Drug) Mule Some of my clients who arrested at the United States port of entry after drugs are found in their vehicle claim that they did not know the drugs were present. Those who are tricked by others to take drugs without their knowledge are referred to as “blind mule...