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  • Amazing Result Obtained for Client Facing a Life Sentence! Attorney Steve Escovar was Able to Negotiate to a Two (2) Year State Prison Sentence for a Conspiracy Charge Given District Attorney Gascon’s New Directives!
    Amazing Result Obtained for Client Facing a Life Sentence! Attorney Steve Escovar was Able to Negotiate to a Two (2) Year State Prison Sentence for a Conspiracy Charge Given District Attorney Gascon’s New Directives!

    When our client first hired our office he was charged with four (4) counts of “Conspiracy” related charges in violation of Penal Code section 182(a)(1) and Penal Code section 182.5. Given the ...

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  • Newly Elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascon’s Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) Resentencing Directives - How Escovar Law, APC Evaluates These Cases
    Newly Elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascon’s Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) Resentencing Directives - How Escovar Law, APC Evaluates These Cases

    AB-2942 was enacted in 2018 and made significant amendments to Penal Code section 1170(d)(1), now permitting district attorney offices across the state of California to recommend the recall of an ...

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  • Certificate of Rehabilitation - “Period of Rehabilitation”
    Certificate of Rehabilitation - “Period of Rehabilitation”

    A person convicted of a felony who is committed to state prison or county jail pursuant to Penal Code section 1170(h), may generally file a petition for a Certificate of Rehabilitation and Pardon. ...

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  • Newly Elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascon’s Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) Resentencing Directives May Allow More Streamlined Approach to Retroactive Sentence Modifications (AB-2942)
    Newly Elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascon’s Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) Resentencing Directives May Allow More Streamlined Approach to Retroactive Sentence Modifications (AB-2942)

    On September 30, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown approved Assembly Bill - 2942 which created landmark authority permitting the District Attorney’s Office to retroactively recommend shorter sentences for ...

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  • Is a Penal Code § 1473.7 Motion to Vacate a Conviction or Sentence Only Available to Non-Citizens Suffering Adverse Immigration Consequences from a Conviction?
    Is a Penal Code § 1473.7 Motion to Vacate a Conviction or Sentence Only Available to Non-Citizens Suffering Adverse Immigration Consequences from a Conviction?

    While the California Legislature has placed great focus on providing avenues of relief to non-citizen defendants suffering unwitting immigration consequences from a conviction, a wrongfully convicted ...

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  • Statewide Emergency Bail Schedule Announced by Judicial Council in Response to COVID-19 – Emergency Rule 4 Adopted!
    Statewide Emergency Bail Schedule Announced by Judicial Council in Response to COVID-19 – Emergency Rule 4 Adopted!

    A statewide temporary Emergency Bail Schedule was adopted by the Judicial Council on April 6, 2020 to create uniformity in the handling of certain criminal offenses during the current state of ...

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