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Felony Charges

Criminal charges in California are categorized as either a felony or misdemeanor depending on the type of punishment that may possibly be imposed. A conviction that may result in either imprisonment in the California Department of Corrections (Prison), or time in the county jail, is by definition a felony.  Here is a common list of felonies that we handel on a daily basis:

Murder	Felony Assault
Manslaughter	Felony DUI
Robbery	Auto Theft
Burglary	Receiving Stolen Property
Rape	Domestic Violence
Sex Crimes	Drug Possession
Mayham	Drug Sales
White Collar Crimes	Gun Charges

Other Services

Our firm will also provide legal support in the following areas:

Juvenile Crimes	Administrative DMV Hearings
Three Strikes	Expungements
DUI or DWI

Wobblers

There are some crimes that can be filed either as a felony or a misdemeanor, so-called “wobblers.” Although the decision to file a charge as a felony or a misdemeanor is left to the prosecutor alone, the judge can override this decision later and reduce the wobbler to a misdemeanor even over the prosecutor’s objection. For example, grand theft (PC487) may be filed either as a felony or as a misdemeanor, but a judge would have the power to reduce a felony grand theft to a misdemeanor at many different stages of the proceedings, such as a preliminary hearing, sentencing hearing, during a felony probationary term, and even after a defendant completes probation. There are other types of felony charges that can never be reduced – these charges are commonly referred to as “straight” or “non-reducible” felonies.