San Diego Criminal Defense Attorney Jamahl Kersey explains how defense attorneys get criminal cases dismissed.
Jamahl Kersey is a criminal defense attorney in San Diego, California. He has defended all kinds of criminal cases from petty theft up to high-profile homicide. He started his legal career as a file clerk while in college at San Diego State University.
He attended Law School at the University of San Diego. As a student, he served as an intern for a Superior Court Judge, learning the ins and outs of the courtroom and how judges ruled on legal matters. He then became a Certified Legal Intern at the San Diego District Attorney’s Office in the Family Protection Unit and the Superior Court Division. Jamahl completed his first felony jury trial while he was just a second-year law student, an impressive feat and an important milestone in his career.
Jamahl competed in National Mock Trial Competitions, helping his team take 1st place in the San Diego Defense Lawyers National Competition. He was named as one of the top eight oral advocates of his graduating class.
After taking the California Bar Examination, Jamahl did his post-bar clerkship at the San Diego District Attorney’s Office where he again tried a felony case before a jury before becoming licensed as an attorney.
Jamahl started his career as an attorney at a defense firm in Orange County, defending companies from lawsuits. After his exit from the firm, he started Kersey Law in 2010.
In addition to criminal matters, Kersey Law handles immigration cases. Kersey Law assists with green cards, visas, and citizenship applications. Jamahl also defends people from deportation.
For more information, visit our website at www.kerseylawoffice.com
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I WISH you practiced in North Carolina. I was accused of false charges, I have PILES of evidence proving otherwise, have offered to MEET with the ADA and detective to answer any question they have and provide a defense discovery, and 2.5yrs later they still have not even looked at the case or agreed to meet. I finally had to bond out just to be able to try and work on my own case (at the great expense to my family) but they are ruining my life, the court appointed attorney agrees there was no crime, but what can I do?
Imagine a world where prosecutors were not driven by financial and political greed. Imagine a world where courts would refuse to hear a "victimless crime" – i.e. "there's no rights violated, nobody harmed, why are we trying to deprive an American of his liberty!?"
Well said.
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If u don’t mind me asking? Being a criminal defense lawyer doesn’t mean you support criminal activity, correct? I worked with a young woman who major in psychology. She wants to be a criminal defense lawyer. I asked her “can criminal defense lawyers helps their clients stay out of trouble?” She said “Absolutely”.
that is san diego i lived there for 39 years and won all my casses that place is easy try mo they will laugh at you they dont give u your rights
When the prosecutor says the file is incomplete what does it mean to the defendant
Is it possible to get an out of state attourney hired?
NOT INTERESTED IN DEFENCE LAWYERS AND MY BROTHER IS ONE I AM ASHAMED TO SAY
I was the obvious victim of a domestic violence case (I had a gash above my eye and my boyfriend at the time did not have any real injuries. Apparently they saw a scratch on him that he might’ve gotten from the scuffle. He actually called for an ambulance for me and that’s how the police ended up involved.) I was arrested and then taken to the hospital for stitches and my hospital report says that I didn’t have any personal belongings with me and that I was subject to blunt force trauma in the head and that I was not on any illegal substances. The police grabbed some items from the apartment that my former boyfriend lived in, we didn’t live together and that was my second time to see him in eight months, so I have not been there. After I was forced into the hospital, I was then booked in jail, and I saw that they were going through some belongings and they found in a illegal substance in the pocket of one of the items. I was surprised to find out, they were charging me with what they found because I had not seen it before. My former boyfriend used to buy auctioned off Storage units and he had a pile of things he was sorting through or so he said. Only know from what he said. The district attorney was unable to pursue domestic violence charges, so I was not indicted on that charge. They did, however, continue to charge me with possession of a substance and my public attorney because I couldn’t afford to hire one did not do discovery and when I tried to tell him what really happened? He said he didn’t wanna hear it and that the truth wouldn’t help me those are exact words. I also faced threats from my former boyfriend about implicating him in any kind of crime so between the public defender and him I didn’t know what to do other than take a plea for deferred adjudication two years probation. Well, July is supposed to be my ending date of my probation, but my probation officer has made things much more difficult for me than needed. Without going into detail, I’m facing a mandatory rehab stay and I don’t have the money to pay my bills without going to work, so I’m going to lose my car, my apartment, my belongings, and all I have left in this world that I love are my two cats, and I don’t know what to do because I just don’t have the resources. My former boyfriend passed away October 20 24 and although he was abusive at times he was financially helpful during my probation in which community service and constant meetings have impeded my ability to work a regular job and I’ve had to take on contract work That is more flexible. I was researching if there’s anyway for me to be able to withdraw my plea or change my outcome because going to inpatient rehab or being incarcerated is going to take away everything and I don’t have a criminal record. I’m 43 years old. I’ve worked very professional jobs and I’ve even been a paralegal at a family law office. I’m so ashamed that I haven’t consulted with any of the attorneys I know from school or from working because they all have a positive idea of me and I don’t want to muddle that. I am looking to see if there are any pro bono or civil rights lawyers that might help but here in Texas I don’t think that there’s a plethora of options anyhow, the point of me saying all of this, do you think that my fourth amendment right was violated when I was Seized? I know that you didn’t see the evidence or know the other side of the story but I’m telling it as objectively as possible. There was no reason to believe that I committed a crime because the person who did commit the crime called for an ambulance and he never was charged.I still have messages on my phone of the threats he made for me to take the plea and it’s just a lot I don’t really know how to sort through it, but I don’t think that I’m being treated fairly at all and I don’t think this is justice.
Very good video!
How long does a criminal charge stays on a person’s record?
trump is expanding his deportation program to target black people with minor crimes and ship them back to Africa i heard is it true, it will be a great program i think swh at do you think, do you agree black people should go back to Africa ???
Going through a charge as we speak but the stop was a illegal search and seizure I was pulled over with drugs on me I had license but not on me I was waiting in mail for it but had my state id and my paper license in my phone he ended up pulling me out the car found drugs now I’m waiting for my evidentiary hearing in 2 weeks
Will loitering will be that cases to get drop?
Can you help me get my charges lowered to a misdemeanor? Trying to join the navy and I need to get these charges lowered
Hello sir, please if you can help. In a case printout I got online says “no plea” entered and dismissed by prosecutors discretion. What does “no plea” mean? Is that an admission of guilt. I’m worried I might be denied citizenship. It was for fictitious plates in nj
thank you sir. you make so much more sense than the others i listened to.
I have a question, what happens if the court has lost documents from the case, the case is already 18 months in the court with no resolution or decisions, and some of evidence are destroyed or lost? Thank you.
I'm not surprised to see so many defense lawyer videos appearing on You Tube. The US legal system is all about the money and shockingly little about the truth. That means the better a lawyer is at enabling guilty clients to go free the more money will be made. You Tube is just another marketing channel. If there isn't already, I predict there will soon be a You Tube video on how lawyers fabricate mental illness to help criminals go free under Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity laws.
Misrepresentation of a man and a person, being misconstrued…..As in Living vs dead…. .
What if it’s the type of case where the supposed victim doesn’t want prosecution against an individual but was only calling authorities for the person to get aid and the prosecutor makes up charges?
Im trying to get a lawyer in my state . Is there a way I can check how many cases they won ?
I don't want to fucking do this. I want to go.
If someone could please help
What do you?
Do when a prosecuting district attorney prevents you from using the information in your discovery. I.e., they have locked the information onto a thumb drive, so it cannot be removed for processing.
In the main a good defense lawyer will pretty much beat a prosecutor during trial. Prosecutors have little trial experience they rely on plea bargains to scare people with a lack of resources to plea out and not face extra time, even if innocent. This is when prosecutors will start doing illegal sheet like withholding evidence, etc. I knew for example, that OJ would be acquitted. The first time I heard the black prosecutor I thought what a dufus.
you cannot charge someone with a crime who has never had physical content with said person… hearsay leads to speculation, and I reiterate the facts based on "hearsay" and it would be deemed a violation of the defendants rights and reasons that no jury would convict over. First amendment is a right not a privilege. Neither you or I, or the judge have time to speculate over the matter.
They actually HAVE to prove their CASE.
the attorney its there to help you but you also you have to do your homework
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My prosecutor and atty hid civil rights violations from me for 20 months.
Then prosecutor put a no contact order on me but didnt file the evidence he suggested was the reason to file it in the court file. I asked him to remove it and he refused. What should I do?
I have a public defender offering ROR on second degree murder however a private attorney stated it is better to have the state not file and put pressure and not file the ROR … do you believe that’s a better strategy!?
There's so much evidence that there is no way anyone would get away with what was done to myself or others:
-physical evidence
-video and audio
-photographs
-psychiatric analysis
All of these were legally obtained, for use by prosecution.
As far as what was obtained by someone attempting to defend their crimes: nothing was legally obtained, as well as three known federal agents destroying evidence, deleting documents, and harassing witnesses.
This is one of the biggest ckusterfucks I've ever seen.
I have a question the master court file in my criminal case and original charge she disappeared before it was logged in is that a due process violation and what can I do about it in so far as getting big case overturned?
Thank you much for in info..you put faith in my first offense shoplifting ..i lost my sleep, lost my the only friend.
I was arrested for words! To be more accurate only 2little bad words, no contact no yelling shouting or shoving, just sitting down and saying words in a low tone!
Helpful thank you!
Or, you can get opposing counsel sanctioned. This usually ends in a dismissal, also. It's soo much fun to see prosecutors stare at the ground while having the judge get pissed. it is typically the young, new lawyers that tend to be so overzealous, and they are the easiest to sucker in.
Nobody ever told me what crime I was charged for. So I am innocent.
What about civil order of protection cases?
The way that defense attorneys can get any case dismissed is by the District Attorneys engaging in the conspiracy practices to obstruct and pervert justice, in exchange for a types of bribes.
If You believe what America has is Justice, I have a bridge I want to sell you…!
WHOEVER CONTROLS YOUR PAYCHECK, CONTROLS YOUR WORK BEHAVIOR & Can Determine Your Success undermining Integrity…!!!!!
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Use Of Monetetary Exchange to determine one’s Innocence or Guilt, undermines the definition of what Justice is… & creates massive inequalities within the Justice System (Making it a Sytem of Injustice), especially in a Capitalistic Free Market System where your Prosecutor & Defense Lawyer can & often are both employed by the Government (Rigging Conviction Rates). It’s essentially become a system that favors Billionaires & affords them COMPLETE IMMUNITY FROM BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM….!!!
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Good info, thanks. What about it in civilian law cases, of false guardianship, where a POA (Swedish: Good Man) was sought, if you would be so good as to say what you know or think, please? The social authority officials handling Aspergers didn't inform me what they thought of me but acted calm and kind, all the while pretending, – despite the diagnosis being known to not have much social know-how and experience, and to not understand things not explained, withholding and not warning me that they had decided to take me and my life and put me in some institution!, instead of declining my application or providing me the Personal assistence doctors had prescribed I need to finally get to live my life, calm down, thrive and manage my disease and disability, work, contribute more and even heal. I got diagnoses only after 24 years of suffering because of insufficient examinations and care.
They got a false doctor's note which doesn't even say I need a guardian, they held against me that I like natural medicine, they have pu the police on me and forced me into hospital for no other reason than put that in the papers, they made up that I am psychotic, they made an other hospital make up that I am psychotic (despite the night nurse who was with me during my stay, said I definitely had no psychosis!) AND was denied my needed medicine so that I couldn't sleep. Despite extreme sleep deprivation illness.
I haven't met the "guardian" and have got no help , but he has stolen my money, savings, tiny sick pension. The scoial authority officials applied for the court to take my rights too, and to take control over my finances, – for no reason! They rung my aged, sick mother unexpectedly, asking her about how I managed my money! Disturbing her, infringing on my integrity, – and what would she know ? I sit evehn legal to do that? Adn the attorney did no planning my case with me, and no defense of me in the court room. There was a new, strange judge the 3 times it took, and only afterwards did it strike me: it was for them to not get to know me. Adn the attorney asked me to keep quiet, and was nervosu and stratneg: Now I realized he feared I would speak and prove the scheme inappropriate. HE had writtenthe court a letter, stating that I amnot to be put under guardianship. But he did not fight for me at all. After the last meeting, he did not go over it with me, saying he was tired. At 1 pm and at 31 years old. He just small talked.
It stole 1 year of my loife, the guardianship has stolen much more. Can I get damages? It was 8½ tp+years ago they took and destrouåyed my home, basic safety, the peace and trust I did have. I had kidney cramps every day, all theb time for 1 year afetr the schock. A lawyer said it was unlawful and that I need(ed) an attorney. but i had no money or health fpr an other attorney. The ones I had called years prior to theis blast, were dismissive or stressed, nothing for me. One nice said I reasoned sharply as a lawyer, (but I was sick and exhausted an needed peace and treatment), she felt with me, but my case was too complex for her.
Anyway, i want my rights, honour, home, money back and a big damages for 30+ lost years and chances, for new disesaes and for immense, neverending desert and nightmare of various kinds of unnecessary suffering. I have tried to file police reports many times for about 20 years, needing a trauma-informed one , or a real investigator with psychology-pedagogy. They have deceived and leíed, I am disappointed in most police.
The first judge pretended to ne benevolent and got me to openly tell my story. He said he would protect me from being mistreated, but in reality did not. I was too psychicalli impacted from my developmental trauma (C-PTSD), Aspergers, stress exhaustion of seeking and not gettintg medical help since 1981 and standing pretty much alone, and sleepless. I hope I gave you a useful picture, if you would reply? I should be very grateful , Sir. All the best to you.
Please review my criminal case which contains dozens of court civil rights violations. I have a spreadsheet in my videos that contains all my court documents that can be read without needing to download anything. 79
Very informative. I took notes. Helping a friend defend his case and dismissal is the most likely first approach.
Question? So i am being accused of a assault charge , but we where drinking and stuff and don't remember what happened , but she did admit that she went with me back to my place to drank and hangout, but she said she dont remember the intercourse part , i go to court next month what do u think gonna happen??