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Varias personas me han preguntado por qué deben usar un abogado para reducir sus sentencias federales de narcoticas. Si la ley va a entrar en vigor, ¿por qué tengo que tener una sentencia reducida a un abogado? En primer lugar, la reducción de la sentencia no es automática. El tribunal...

Predictably, our country, which remains divided on so many issues, is polarized regarding the acquittal of George Zimmerman. For those police officers and volunteers who face danger every day, many feel triumph. And for those with young children and who are members of a racial minority, many feel that there has been...

Criminal attorney Russell Babcock  has now  has expanded  his  practice to the East as well covering the Calexico-Mexicali areas and the United States District Court in El Centro. With the heavy enforcement and new technology for drug screening at the San Ysidro, and Otay Mesa Ports of Entry, there are many more...

Why am I not surprised? In breaking news today by Reuters, it was revealed that a  secretive US Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations...

The Law Firm has Had Great Success in the Last Year Here are only some of the results obtained by the Law Offices of Russell S. Babcock over the last year. Many  While these summaries are written with a bit of humor by Mr. Babcock, please know that this...

Russell Babcock is a Spanish speaking lawyer in San Diego who represents the Hispanic community in federal and state felony offenses including conspiracies and the importation of methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, and cocaine. Russell one the largest cocaine case to date on a maritime vessel after two trials and traveling to Ecuador, Panama,...

It used to be that defendants were afraid of being punished for the crimes they committed.  Now an accused who has associated in any way with a gang is usually more afraid of the dreaded gang enhancement. California Penal Code Section 186.22 provides in part: (a)...

Yesterday, I sat through a long calendar in San Diego federal court, the United States Distict Court for the Southern District. In the middle of a routine sentence hearing, I was surprised to hear a judge, who is widely not considered to be “defendant friendly”, criticize mandatory minimum sentences. Before he sent...

Breaking News—-United States Attorney's Office in San Diego Acknowledges the Existence of Blind Mules On March 7, 2012 the United States Attorney's Office sent letters to all defense counsel who are working on drug courier cases. In this letter the United States Attorney's Office disclosed that on or...

On December  Russell Babcock argued the case of Nevarez v  Katavich  (12-56058) to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena. To Listen to the Entire Oral argument, click here. Mr. Nevarez was convicted largely upon the word of his young son...

During the week of October 15, 2008 the director of Federal Defenders Inc, Ruben Kahn, and Russell Babcock tried an alien smuggling case, 08 CR 2713, before the Honorable Larry Burns in the United States District Court, Southern District of California. The jury deadlocked 7-5 on the guilt of Russell's client on...

“Buenos Dias— Channel 12″ You may have noticed that over the past month Russell has appeared twice on Channel 12 on the program “Buenos Dias” to raise awareness about drug related crimes. Also, the law firm is running a serious of announcements on Channel 12 to bring to the...