Ventura Strike Crimes Defense Attorney

The California Three Strikes Law was originally intended to put hardcore violent criminals in prison for 25 years to life. However, about 65 percent of those imprisoned have in fact been sentenced for nonviolent offenses, which can also be felonies. More Californians incarcerated under the Three Strikes law are in there for drug possession than more serious offenses such as murder, assault or rape. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, there are people serving life sentences for shoplifting and petty theft.

California's Three Strikes Law was passed on March 7, 1994. As of September 2003, in less than 10 years, California had incarcerated 42,445 people under the Three Strikes Law. The law is named after the strikes in baseball (Three strikes you're out). But a "strike" under California is a felony that meets certain requirements, such as a violent or serious crime or any crime that involves a deadly weapon.

The skilled and experienced Ventura County Three Strikes Crime Attorneys have defended individuals who have been accused of several violent felony strike crimes including:

• Murder, homicide and manslaughter
• Sexual crimes (rape, sodomy or oral copulation by force
• Sexual abuse of a child under 14
• Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting great bodily injury
• Robbery
• Attempted murder
• Kidnapping
• Carjacking

With strike crimes, it is important to remember that multiple crimes within one day or even a few hours can be considered separate strikes. Also, convictions from the past, no matter how many years ago they occurred, will remain a strike. A felony conviction that occurred before the California Three Strikes Law was enacted will also be counted as a strike. Some juvenile offenses are also counted as strikes. Prior convictions do not need to have resulted in incarceration to be counted as strikes. Moreover, even convictions that have been expunged or deleted from the record can also be counted as strikes.

This is exactly why the focus of our Ventura Three Strikes defense attorneys at Wallin & Klarich focus on reducing our clients' charges to misdemeanors or non-strike felonies. Our goal is to stop the Three Strikes process before it can damage your record. If you have been charged with a strikeable felony, it is vital that you seek the advise of an experienced criminal defense law firm such as Wallin & Klarich before entering a guilty plea. It is critical that your California strike crime defense lawyer has significant experience defending Three Strikes cases. At Wallin & Klarich, our team of highly skilled criminal defense lawyers has been successfully handling Three Strikes cases for many years.