No More Professional License Denials Solely on an Expunged Conviction

Criminal LawBy Joshua KaizukaJanuary 7, 2015

Business and Professions Code section 480 prohibited the denial of a professional license solely on the basis of a felony or misdemeanor conviction once there was a certificate of rehabilitation for a felony or the applicant fulfilled conditions siimilar to that of a certificate of rehabilitation on a misdemeanor. (See Bus. Prof. Code section 480…

Good Time Credits on Home Detention or Work Release?

Criminal LawBy Joshua KaizukaJanuary 7, 2015

Criminal defense lawyers and attorneys are often asked by their clients how many days of home detention or work release they will have to do instead of actual jail time and, whether they will get any type of good time credit. Of course it all depended on the county in which a client was convicted. …