Karen L. Goldstein
Criminal Defense Blog

California Sex Offenders Make the Headlines Again

As a sex crimes defense attorney in Los Angeles, I tend to pay attention to all news stories that involve perceived public outrage over changes in the laws involving these sensitive type of sexually-related cases.   Interestingly enou...
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Teenager Arrested for Inciting Los Angeles Crime Spree

On Wednesday July 24 the Los Angeles Police Department announced the arrest of a male suspect who is believed to have incited crime sprees. The 16-year-old is connected to crime sprees in both Crenshaw and Hollywood. Due to his age the authorit...
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Criminal threats or free speech: a fine line?

This case seems particularly problematic on many levels to me as a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles who has handled countless terrorist threats cases (also known as criminal threats).  In California terrorist threats can be charged...
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52-year-old Mother Faces Child Pornography Charges

As a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, who handles a majority of sex crimes cases, I have seen lots of different scenarios involving allegations of  child pornography  but this is a relatively uncommon one: Letha Mae Montemayo...
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Former Duarte Teacher Acquitted of Child Molestation Charges

In southern California, it seems that not a day goes by without a news article, or other media article, surfacing that deals with allegations of child molestation of sexual abuse of children.  Well, as a sex crimes attorney in Los Angeles ...
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Man Attempts Copycat Murder

Less than four months after the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater made national news, a Missouri man allegedly plotted to produce a copycat event. The man, 20-year-old Blaec Lammers, was arrested after a tip was called in to officials b...
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