California, Forensic Toxicologists and the Workplace Drug testing in the workplace is a very controversial issue; it specifically challenges the right to privacy of employees in both private and public companies. In California in specific, citizens’ rights are respected and protected against unlawful testing but under certain circumstances, forensic toxicologists…
Request for Relief The California Racial Justice ActA BRIEF SUMMARYPen. Code, ยง 745 says that a defendant who is not in jail can ask to have a conviction or sentence thrown out if it was sought, obtained, or imposed because of their race, ethnicity, or national origin in contravention of…
Former LASD Lab Technician’s Shifting Expert Testimony Raises Questions Background on Ed Barley’s Career Trajectory Ed Barley, a longtime laboratory technician with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, has recently transitioned from prosecution-side expert witness to defense consultant in DUI cases. This career shift has drawn attention from the legal community…
PEOPLE v. GARCIA (2022) Court of Appeal, First District, Division 5, California. The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Alejandro GARCIA, Defendant and Appellant. In 2018, a defendant was sentenced to 24 years in prison. The defendant appealed, and in July 2020, the court affirmed the judgment in part but remanded…