Rizio and Nelson California Law Blog

January Violent Crimes, in the News

LA Now reported on on January 5 about a story that left an 18 year old hospitalized with gunshot wounds. He claimed that two men shot him from a passing car. He wasn’t especially cooperating with the police making it impossible to tell if he had in fact been able to identify the shooter or the passenger in the vehicle. On the same day, a school bus had some windows shot out by someone with a...

California Juvenile Offenses

Unfortunately teenagers don’t always make the right decision and in fact may find themselves facing a multitude of legal issues ranging from simple infractions which are fine-able offenses to far more serious juvenile crimes which are categorized as felonies. We all understand that children are not always wise about the choices they make and we understand the dangers to a child who is placed...