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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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  • Post-Conviction Relief! Felony Penal Code § 459/460(b) “Second Degree Burglary” Offense and Felony 496(a), “Receiving Stolen Property Greater than $950 in Value,” Vacated Per Penal Code § 1473.7 Motion and Charges Completely Dismissed Pursuant to Penal Cod
    Post-Conviction Relief! Felony Penal Code § 459/460(b) “Second Degree Burglary” Offense and Felony 496(a), “Receiving Stolen Property Greater than $950 in Value,” Vacated Per Penal Code § 1473.7 Motion and Charges Completely Dismissed Pursuant to Penal Cod

    Recently, at the Santa Ana Courthouse in Orange County, Attorney Steve Escovar was able to successfully litigate a post-conviction Penal Code section 1473.7 “Motion to Vacate” two of our client’s ...

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  • Petitions to Seal Records of Arrests Pursuant to Penal Code section 851.91 Granted for Our Client!
    Petitions to Seal Records of Arrests Pursuant to Penal Code section 851.91 Granted for Our Client!

    Our client recently hired our office to represent him on several of his criminal matters and, after reviewing his Department of Justice California Criminal History, we discovered that he had ...

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  • Post-Conviction Relief! Penal Code § 1473.7 Motion to Vacate 1999 Health & Safety Code § 11359(Possession of Marijuana for Sales) Controlled Substance Offense Granted and Re-Negotiated to Immigration Neutral Plea!
    Post-Conviction Relief! Penal Code § 1473.7 Motion to Vacate 1999 Health & Safety Code § 11359(Possession of Marijuana for Sales) Controlled Substance Offense Granted and Re-Negotiated to Immigration Neutral Plea!

    Recently, in San Diego County, at the Chula Vista courthouse, our office successfully litigated a Penal Code § 1473.7 motion arguing that our client failed to meaningfully understand the immigration ...

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  • Successful "Prop. 47 Motion" - Felony Reduced to Misdemeanor
    Successful "Prop. 47 Motion" - Felony Reduced to Misdemeanor

    Today, from the Superior Courthouse in Torrance, I received the docket recording a "Prop. 47" misdemeanor reduction that I filed on behalf of a client. He had a felony conviction for possession of a ...

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