California Felony Procedure Explained by Criminal Defense Attorney Joseph Tully My name is Joseph Tully of Tully & Weiss Attorneys at Law. A lot of times criminal law can seem very mysterious, and mysterious can be very scary. The purpose of this video is to give you a brief overview of Califor...
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No Surprise, Officer Derek Chauvin Undercharged
Police Officer Derek Chauvin Undercharged. Today, after four days of outrage and protest, the chief prosecutor of Hennepin County (where Minneapolis is located) finally announced charges against Derek Chauvin, one of the officers filmed in the death of George Floyd. The Police Officer Chauvin, wa...
We are the Sword and the Shield for Whistleblowers
A whistleblower is a person who comes forward and exposes knowledge of any wrongdoing in a company, corporation, government agency, or program. The person could be an employee, contractor, or a supplier who becomes aware of any illegal activities such as fraud, corruption, etc. Exposing the wrong...
Do I Have to Wear a Mask? Law and Coronavirus
Several Counties around California, including most of the Bay Area, now mandate masks be worn in public to curb the spread of the Coronavirus. Many people are wondering if the law applies to them. Further, is this even Constitutional? The short answer to the question “Do I Need to wear a mask?” ...
The Constitution Versus The Virus
Leading criminal and civil rights attorney and author Joseph Tully addresses the Government's scope and authority to quarantine, isolate, restrict, and control during the COVID-19 outbreak, or any other crisis. There is no doubt that COVID-19 is a deadly virus that is destroying thousands of Ame...
Naughty or Nice?: What Google, Law Enforcement, and Santa Claus know about YOU
Law Enforcement does not need Santa's List to know who's been naughty or nice. They have Google and other tech giants keeping a running account of your daily activities and interactions for them and everyone else to access, use, and abuse. Your local police and sheriffs, DAs, the IRS, and FBI, al...
Fit for Trial: My Lawyer Workout
The busier I get as a lawyer, the MORE time I have to work out. Being physically fit, as well as mentally fit, prepares you to function at your peak. Not every attorney has time to work on themselves. Here are some tips for attorneys to fit in fitness between cases. 😉 Kettlebell You gotta exerc...
Nov 2nd Redding Book Party with Author and Lawyer Joseph Tully
Download the PDF flier of the Joseph Tully Redding event here Shasta area friends, please join us for a FREE Author Event at Westside Wines with author and lawyer Joseph Tully. He will be signing and discussing his best selling book California: State of Collusion. Our sommelier in training and B...
Disco Challenge raises $3,000 for MJHS Music!
On the night twenty-first night of September, Martinez boogied for a great cause and earned $3,000 for Martinez Junior High School Music programs. The “Disco Challenge” was sponsored by Tully & Weiss Attorneys at Law, and gave $100 for every video posted on Sept 21 of people dancing in public to ...
Get Down and Boogie for MJHS Music Sept 21
🎶 🎸 “Do you remember, the twenty-first night of September?” 🎤🎵 Will you Disco Dance in Public to Earn $$$ for MJHS Music? Help Martinez Junior HS Music earn $3,000 on Saturday September 21st by taking the Disco Challenge! Step 1: Disco in public to “September” by Earth,Win...
Remain Silent: Don’t Unlock Your Phone for Police
Tell law enforcement to “Get a Warrant” with these cell phone lock screens It is your right to refuse to grant Law Enforcement access to see what's on your phone. Technology often outpaces the law, but in this case, our tried and true Constitution has your back regarding police access to your cel...
Not Guilty! Self-defense: The Sergeant Stood Her Ground
Criminal defense attorney Joseph Tully successfully defended another self-defense “Stand Your Ground” client in California at the Contra Costa Courthouse in Martinez, just two blocks from the Tully Weiss office. This new case involved Sgt. Schitara Page, an African-American woman, an Ar...
California Canna-Patients – S.O.S.!
Medical cannabis patients in California are under attack from petty local bureaucrats, ever since their legal and medical protection were wiped out by recreational legalization. Journalist R.V. Scheide reveals the plight of a Redding man persecuted for growing his own cancer medicine. The articl...
Benno family trial continues with new judge, no mistrial declared
KRCR ABC 7 – Local News by Josh Copitch, March 7, 2017 https://s37139.gridserver.com/josephtully/news/krcrtv-2017-03-07.mp4 REDDING: In a turn of events since Monday, the Benno family marijuana and weapons trial was not declared a mistrial Tuesday morning. On Monday court officials believed tha...
Bank Fraud
Our Experienced Bank Fraud Criminal Lawyers Can Help in all Federal or State CA Courts If you are being investigated for or charged with bank fraud in the State of California, you are facing permanent, life-changing consequences. Bank fraud is a serious Federal crime, and those convicted of even ...
California Health and Safety Code Presents Thorny Issues for Medicinal Cannabis Distributors and Patients
Although medicinal and recreational cannabis are now legal in California, the plant is still highly regulated. Licensed businesses and qualified patients who use the plant medicinally can face serious drug charges if they are found out of compliance, and, this being California, the law can get pr...
California Transparency Law Pits Civic Groups Against Police Unions Statewide
When AB 1412 came into effect in January 2019, it was supposed to usher in a new era of law enforcement transparency in California. Instead, the avalanche of requests for records has been met with determined resistance in the form of delays, obfuscation, and court filings for injunctions against ...
Is Cannabis Cash in California Being Used to Bribe Public Officials?
Proposition 64 was approved by voters in November 2016. This passage legalized recreational marijuana, one incentive had been to dry up the black market for the drug that was linked to other, more serious criminal activity. However, The Los Angeles Times recently reported that “a half-dozen gover...
Major Study Shows Police Traffic Stops Often Based on Racial Profiling
The largest amount of data ever collected regarding police traffic stops shows racial profiling is alive and well among police officers. The Stanford Open Policing Project, (“SOPP”) consisting of an interdisciplinary team of journalists and researchers at Stanford University, examined nearly 100 ...
Florida Cop Allegedly Used Police Database to Obtain Dates
A Florida police officer allegedly used a police database as a ‘date-a-base,' using the information he found there to meet women. Bradenton Police Sergeant Leonel Marines, 36, is alleged to have called approximately 150 women, actually going on dates with some of them. Rather than use the data fo...
Prisoner Class Action Alleges Abuse that Includes Extreme Sleep Deprivation
At a hearing Thursday, February 28, 2019, to determine whether two female inmates will get a jury trial for alleged maltreatment in custody, a federal court judge expressed “profound skepticism” about nighttime activity at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in Alameda County. According to a story on n...
New Law on Police Transparency Passes Final Hurdle in CA Supreme Court
A law mandating greater transparency for law enforcement officer personnel records, signed by former Governor Jerry Brown in September of last year, has survived a legal challenge in the California Supreme Court and is free to be implemented. At issue was the scope of the law, introduced as Senat...
Charges Dropped against Heidi Lepp in Marijuana Case
The Davis Vanguard by David Greenwald, March 5, 2019 Heidi Lepp will not have to return to court after all. Ten days after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case where Ms. Lepp was charged with two felony conspiracy charges, prosecutors decided that they lacked the evidence needed to...
Man Receives $21 Million After Serving Nearly 40 Years for Murders He Didn’t Commit
Time is money, as the saying goes. The phrase doesn't usually refer to nearly 40 years spent behind bars for a crime you didn't commit, but a California man will receive $21 million, or just over $2 million a year, for the time he unjustly spent behind bars. Craig Coley is now 71 and has been inc...
Can Brain Scans Predict Your Risk of Committing a Crime?
You've been convicted of a violent crime. You walk into the courtroom for sentencing and see a scan of your brain projected on the big screen. A neuroscientist is on the stand circling an area of the scan with her laser pointer. “You can see here,” she says, “that the defendant is 100% likely to ...