Junction City, CA Criminal Defense Law Firms & Lawyers

You should bring a lawyer for any criminal charge. If she is in Juvi Court they will give her a free public defender and they usually only do Juvi Court so they are pretty good at figuring out the situation. Never face a criminal charge unreresented.

Your son should not have given a statement in the first place without the assistance of a lawyer. He needs to talk with a lawyer about the situation BEFORE he talks with police again if that is going to happen. Technically, they cannot be making a decision on who they believe. They are supposed to report what they are told and the prosecutors' office decides whether to take charges - which generally they do if they have one saying yes and one saying no - how are they to know what the truth is (unless her story is completely outlandish).

Search warrants require a sworn statement indicating that there is probable cause that a particular thing will be found in a particular place. Probable cause is not an incredibly high standard. It is simply that it is more likely than not that something will be found at a particular place (if you think about it, that is was 'probably' means; something is more likely [51% or better]). Let's try this using, what I believe, is the facts in your scenario. The police arrest Al. At that time, Al has 1/8 of an ounce of cocaine. Al tells the police that he had purchased the 1/8 ounce from Bob inside Bob's home within the last day. Further, while inside Bob's home, Al saw more cocaine or something to lead him to believe that more cocaine would be in Bob's home. If Al swore to this information, it could be enough for there to be probably cause for a search warrant of Bob's home.