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California- Is it illegal for a DA and a judge to change a defendant criminal court date without the defendant or defendant’s lawyer present? If not illegal, then at least immoral? Backstory with detail: A defendant was given a court date. The DDA expressed she was unhappy with the date and...

Can someone be charged with conflicting charges for one event, for example grand theft and receipt of stolen property for the same vehicle/same event? I would think it should be either/or as it can't be both.

My brother-in-law was accused of raping his then-girlfriend (same age) in 1995. they were both 16 years old. he was found guilty by adjudication and was sentenced to 6 years in CYA. Fast forward to today, he received stolen property and due to his past they want to get him for 25 years (3...

Investigators let a theft victim meet the suspect to pick up stolen jetskis. The next day they did a lineup and the victim chose the suspect out of a lineup. Since he had met the suspect the day before the lineup should be removed as evidence since the action of meeting the suspect to retrieve...

In 1995 my brother was accused and found guilty of rape (not like it matters, but the girl he "raped" was his gf of the same age and the accuser was the gf's mom. Later the gf went to the DA to clear the air and she got scared when he said that lying under oath was punishable by 10 years in...

The police confiscated the rent money that my contractor had picked up from my tenant. I have TONS of proof it's mine and was obtained legally. Literally, zero doubt it's legit. I need the money soon to avoid foreclosure. I'm filling out the MC-200 to get my money back and was wondering what...

I'm representing myself in an unlimited civil case in California. I'm the plaintiff. The defendant never answered my complaint and I filed a default with the clerk. I went to court a few days later and the judge asked what I was going to do next. I said, "my plan was to get a judgement for the...

I've noticed a pattern of large general contractors blaming construction defects on subcontractors- not because it's the subcontractors fault, but because the big company (with their in-house lawyers) knows the subcontractor can't afford to fight them in court. While this has yet to happened to...