Law Offices of Leslie R. Ramos

The tent may be gone, but the food and the people are here to serve you!! FREE groceries for families...anyone who could use the support is welcome to come! 771...0 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, Ca 95823 8:30am-10:30am No need to get out of your car, just drive thru and pick up!! Line moves very fast now with our two line process!! #nevergowithoutfood #sscc #welovetoserve

The Sacramento Superior Court announced today that all jury trials are suspended until 1/4/2021 due to the "stay at home" order.

I am very thankful for wonderful clients who leave positive reviews and thanks.

This is horrible. It’s a Petri dish. According to the CDCR’s web site, there were 1,016 active cases Monday morning among the 3,776 inmates housed at the facility.

Good forward step towards positive change to create trust, but just the first step.

Jury trials to begin again in Sacramento County on June 15. Remember, we cannot do this without the participation of citizens. Trial by jury is more than just a fundamental Constitutional right in the United States and California. It is a critical safeguard of individual liberties and helps keep us anchored to our constitutional principles. Along with representative government, trial by jury [is] the heart and lungs of liberty. although history credits John Adams with this profound quote, there is increasing historical evidence that Abigail Adams, a prolific writer in her time, may have been the actual author.

Court continues closure in Sacramento, with the exception of arraignments, preliminary hearings and other emergency court needs. This will last through May 15.

Criminal penalties increase during a public emergency for crimes such as looting and theft.

New law on Prison Priors: On October 8, 2019, the Governor signed Senate Bill # 136, amending Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b). A prisoner cannot get a one-year prior prison term enhancement, except when the defendant has a qualifying prior for a sexually violent offense. The amendment is effective January 1, 2020.

The Sacramento County Courts are closed until 4/1 completely. That means, don’t get arrested! You won’t be able to see a judge to be released from jail for a long time. Stay at home!

Very important legislation

For about the past month, I’ve seen my timeline flooded with people’s response to watching ‘When They See Us.’ Well, I’ve been watching that recording for the p...ast decade; I see it a lot when I meet Black and Brown men charged with serious and violent felonies. I see it over and over again when they tell me about how the police lied, or profiled them. Tragically, not everyone who may find time to watch it from a couch take the effort to watch it up close. Just make sure that if you want to add your two cents into the conversation, get informed about this process. Get informed about the players involved in this war. Know your county district attorney, know who your county judges are, sit your ass in a jury pool. Because when it’s my turn to go to war for one of these young kids and I need faces from their communities to stand as their peers in judgement, a lot of the people are too busy at work, or with their families, or simply too busy to be bothered. And I’m left telling their stories to the folks in the suburbs, who have time today. So, you want an opinion about the film? Well, be a part of it too. See more

Learn. Let go. Move on!

Dear Leslie R. Ramos , Congratulations! You have been named a 2019 Top Lawyer by Sacramento Magazine! This special recognition will be featured in the August 2019 issue of Sacramento. Thanks to everyone who voted!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Law Offices of Leslie R. Ramos.

WARRANT CLEARING EVENT: The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is always looking for new ways to better serve our community. With the holidays rapidly appr...oaching, the Sheriff’s Department is hosting a warrant clearing event, which will be held on November 12, 2018, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at 7000 65th Street in south Sacramento. This event will allow members of our community to come in and obtain new court dates for their respective qualifying warrants without the stress of having law enforcement contact during the holiday season. The Sheriff’s Department understands life moves at a fast pace and there are a variety of reasons why a warrant may be issued. This warrant clearing event will help foster relationships between the Sheriff’s Department and the community we proudly serve. In addition to the community benefit, this will also present an opportunity for the Sheriff’s Department to mitigate the thousands of active misdemeanor warrants in Sacramento County. Only misdemeanor citable warrants are eligible for obtaining a new court date. For additional information please see the event flyer.

Dan Walters, CALMatters: California’s new law ending cash bail will likely be suspended. Faced with extinction, the bail industry will spend heavily to kill the legislation and is already trying to qualify a referendum for the 2020 ballot.

Inmates who volunteer to fight the fires should be able to become firefighters when they are released.

Senate Bill 1279

**Please share/circulate widely** California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation is providing FREE legal assistance for DACA renewal applications until DHS stops ...receiving applications on 10/5/17. Applicants will be assisted by appointment only: - Every Wednesday and Friday in Sacramento - Every Thursday in Stockton - Remote application review for individuals living outside Sacramento or San Joaquin counties. Please call 916-446-7901 to make either an in-office appointment or remote assistance appointment. #DACA

The #McGeorge Immigration Law Clinic continues to offer free legal services for #DACA renewals: https://goo.gl/Z4A5b6. Through our annual immigration fair as we...ll as direct representation, the McGeorge Immigration Clinic has helped approximately 250 people with their initial applications and renewals, says Blake Nordahl, supervising attorney at the school’s Immigration Law Clinic. We have watched young people use DACA as a springboard to find better jobs, attend school and support their families. This is a sad time, but we are committed to continuing to help the immigrant community. According to the City of Sacramento, there are roughly 13,000 people eligible for the program in Sacramento County. See more

Attorney Leslie Ramos is proud to announce her inclusion among a great list of top lawyers in Sacramento in the August edition of Sacramento Magazine. Specialization: Criminal Defense, Non-White Collar.

The bill will be heard on the Assembly Floor on Thursday, July 13th.

Bail reform passes the CA Senate

http://www.sacbee.com//politics-government/capitol-alert/a

Attorney Leslie Ramos is proud to announce she has been selected for Lawyer Monthly Women in Law 2017 Award. The Women in Law Awards provide recognition of outstanding legal expertise and contribution within Legal Services.The Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards celebrate and highlight the achievements of women in the legal profession across the globe. "As a result of several months of research and preparation, the Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards recognise female legal experts that have influenced the wider legal profession in their jurisdiction. The winners include all areas of the legal profession from high achieving junior associates to long serving barristers." http://womeninlawawards.lawyer-monthly.com/

Thankful for my clients who write reviews on Yelp!

The Law Offices supports the end of the death penalty in CA. Vote YES on Prop 62 and NO on Prop 66. Here are some key reasons why: 1. Abolishing the death penalty would save the state $150 million dollars a year, according to the state is non-partisan Legislative Analyst. The cost of killing a person is 18 times more expensive than it is to sentence him to life in prison without parole. The savings could be used to implement proven measures to prevent crime. 2. The impositi...on of the death penalty is not foolproof. Innocent people have been executed in the past and, so long as we have capital punishment, innocent people will be executed in the future. DNA technology and new evidence have proven the innocence of more than 150 people on death row around the country. In California alone, 66 people had their murder convictions overturned because new evidence proved they were innocent. A study by Michigan law professor Samuel Gross estimated that 1 in 25 inmates sentenced to death across America from 1973-2004 was innocent. 3. Despite decades of research, there is still no credible evidence that the death penalty serves as a deterrent. 4. The idea that an execution brings closure to the victim's family is a hoax. Most people don't feel measurably better about the death of their loved one after his/her killer is executed. The real travesty is that the appeals necessary to try to prevent a deadly mistake keeps these families in an uncertain limbo for 20 to 30 years. 5. There is practically nothing in Proposition 66 that would actually speed this process up. The initiative actually creates additional layers of review by sending habeas petitions to the trial court and then the Courts of Appeal before they go on to the Supreme Court. The only thing that could actually hasten things is a provision that allows courts to appoint less than qualified lawyers to handle the appeals. But, of course, this increases the chance of a wrongful conviction. Jeanne Woodford, the former warden at San Quentin captured the essence of Prop. 66 when she described it as a "poorly-written and confusing initiative that would add layers of government bureaucracy, inundate courts, and increase taxpayer spending on prisons at the expense of other priorities." Charles Denton. President. California Public Defenders Association

BIG RECENT LAW MOVEMENT, to make prosecutors accountable for keeping evidence from the defense. The State Bar Board of Trustees just passed Rule 5-110. It will now go to the California Supreme Court for approval. If approved, it will subject prosecutors to discipline for failing to make timely disclosure of any evidence or other information which tends to negate guilt or mitigate the offense, including at sentencing, if the prosecutor had knowledge of the evidence and reasonably should have known of its exculpatory value, regardless of whether that evidence is "material". Also, the Governor signed AB 1909, which subjects a prosecutor to felony charges for failing to disclose material exculpatory evidence.

Ignition interlock device requirement changes signed into law for all DUIs in CA.

Thanks to a recent client for posting a review. It was a good week for him and the Law Offices of Leslie R. Ramos. After fighting a case in Placer County for one year, we were proud to get NOT GUILTY verdicts at his jury trial this week on all three charges.