Category: Clearing Up Record

Review of the Law Offices of Paul D Toepel Attorney – The Dirty Truth   Paul D Toepel Jr. opinion and review of the Paul Toepel the man behind AttorneyPaul.com…

Dwayne Furlow v. Jon Belmar, No. 21-2640 (8th Cir. 2022) Dwayne Furlow v. Jon Belmar – Police Warrant – Immunity Fail – 4th, 5th, & 14th Amendment Officer NOTentitled to…

Unconstitutional Prior Convictions   n Johnson v. Mississippi, 486 U.S. 578 (1988), the United States Supreme Court held that Johnson’s death sentence, which was based in part on a prior conviction…

Can a Store Legally Check Your Bag or Make You Show a Receipt? The last thing you want to hear while exiting a retailer is the familiar beep of the…

Freedom of Assembly – Peaceful Assembly – 1st Amendment Right Freedom of Assembly – Peaceful Protest Your 1st Amendment Right  Know Your Rights to Peaceful Assembly & Protests – Download…

Substantial Truth Doctrine The substantial truth doctrine is an important defense in defamation law that allows individuals to avoid liability if the gist of their statement was true. Defamation is a…

California Motions in Limine – What is a Motion in Limine? A motion in limine is an evidentiary motion brought on the threshold of trial by which a party seeks…

Penal Code 851.8 PC – Certificate of Factual Innocence in California Under California Penal Code 851.8 PC, a petition for a certificate of factual innocence is where you ask the court to make a…

Expungement California – How to Clear Criminal Records Under Penal Code 1203.4 PC An expungement under California Penal Code 1203.4 PC allows you to withdraw a plea of guilty or no contest, to reenter a plea of not…

How to Get a Sentence Commuted (Executive Clemency) in California Inmates serving a jail or prison sentence in California can petition the governor to commute their sentence. A commutation is a type of executive clemency that reduces or…