San Diego Criminal Defense News
San Diego police officer who allegedly brandished gun while off duty in Pacific Beach will stand trial
Trevor Sterling, 34, is accused of pulling the firearm in a threatening manner on July 31 outside Moonshine Beach on Garnet Avenue. SAN DIEGO — A San Diego police officer who allegedly brandished a gun at a man while off duty outside a Pacific Beach bar was ordered...
SDPD Officer Accused of Brandishing Gun in Pacific Beach Appears in Court
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – An off-duty San Diego Police Department officer was in court for a preliminary hearing Monday, charged with brandishing a gun. Officer Trevor Sterling is also charged with a felony count of assault with a deadly weapon. On July 31, Navy Seal BUDS...
Griffin Law Office Client Is Among Others Accused of Fraudulent COVID Treatment
The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department are seeing a rising number of promotions of allegedly bogus treatments and cures for COVID-19, which they charge are in certain cases pushed directly by doctors and other licensed health care professionals. The FTC...
Jail Time Avoided for Griffin Law Office Client Caught Smuggling Man Across Border
A former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer who was caught trying to smuggle a Mexican citizen into the United States has been sentenced to 18 months of home detention. Carlos Curiel Quezada, a 10-year veteran of LAPD, and his girlfriend, 31-year-old...
Griffin Law Office Client Granted Probation after Arson Charges
A U.S. Marine was sentenced this week to work furlough and probation after setting multiple fires inside a Gaslamp Quarter restaurant last year. Lance Corporal Austin Kokin, 21, pleaded guilty in January to felony arson after setting multiple fires at Blue Point...
Physician Accused of Fraud Defended by Griffin Law Office
Patrick Griffin, a San Diego trial attorney, whose client, a San Diego doctor Jennings Staley was charged with fraud for hailing hydroxychloroquine as a ‘miracle cure’ for COVID-19, claimed government hypocrisy, directly citing President Donald Trump’s prime time...
Attorney Patrick Griffin Defends Doctor, Veteran Unfairly Prosecuted for Fraud
Patrick Griffin, a lawyer representing Dr. Jennings Ryan Staley of California, who has been charged with fraud, said his client truly believed he was helping people during a crisis, and that it’s unfair to prosecute him. According to The New York Times article,...
Patrick Griffin Defends a Doctor Charged With COVID-19 Fraud
San Diego’s criminal defense attorney, Patrick Griffin, is trying to set the record straight for his client, Dr. Jennings Ryan Staley of Skinny Beach Med Spa in Carmel Valley, who has been charged with fraud over allegedly selling “cures” for COVID-19. As 10News...
How Sex Crimes Go Much Further Than Sexual Assault
Some people think that sex crime is synonymous with sexual assault. In reality, sex crime is a much broader term and extends far beyond the limits of what would be considered sexual assault. Below are a few examples of crimes that fall under the sex crimes and...
Jails in San Diego
Below is a list of the primary detention centers in the San Diego area and brief descriptions of their services. If you were recently convicted of a crime and need to review your options for post-conviction services, read on to find out how Griffin Law can help....