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Potential Sentence for Conviction for Assault with a Deadly Weapon

By Walin & Klarich

A Lifetime Revocation of Driving Privileges and How an Experienced Southern California Criminal Defense Attorney Can Help You Retain This Privilege - California Penal Code 245 The punishments associated with being convicted with a crime can lead to prison time, fines, probation, rehabilitation programs, and the loss of certain privileges. For many people, the most significant potential privilege to be lost is their driving privilege. Under California law, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will issue a revocation of driving privileges to a person convicted of California assault with a deadly weapon when a vehicle is used as the deadly weapon or instrument in that offense. The law holds that a felony conviction will result in a lifetime revocation of the driving privileges of the person convicted...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on March 29, 2010 (boomark / email).