Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

I am a 21 year old married woman with a 8 month year old daughter. My husband is 21 as well. When he was 14 years old he was caught having sex with a girl at his school who was the SAME age in Idaho. Her parents pressed charges and she pleaded the 5th. He was sent to a juvenile detention center and did his time. As an adult he came to California to visit and wasn't aware he had to register as a sex offender since he was 18. He was charged as a 290 failure to register as a sex offender. Well he violated his probation and was sent to prison when he came out we had no idea how California makes you live. He was subject to Jessica's law even though his original case in Idaho is sealed. I don't understand why this applies to someone who has a sealed case? He was arrested on Tuesday because he was with his daughter and me. What can we
do?

Asked on 9/10/11, 1:46 pm

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Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

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�What can you do�? Hire an attorney, unless you know how to effectively represent yourself in court against a professional prosecutor intending to convict. No amount of free 'tips and hints' from here or anywhere else are going to effectively help you in your defense, other than the advice to exercise the 5th Amendment right to SHUT UP and do NOT talk to police or ANYONE about the case except an attorney. That includes on this or any other web site or public forum. Most police and prosecutors will happily tell you that 95% of people convict themselves by trying to be 'helpful and cooperative', either during initial contact, questioning, interview or interrogation. If serious about hiring counsel to help in this, and if this is in SoCal courts, feel free to contact me.

Answered on 9/11/11, 8:28 am

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