Collect Call with Lawstache
Every week, Anton Vialtsin (California attorney and YouTuber) discusses legal cases from the Supreme Court, 9th Circuit, and California State Courts. We focus on the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments. We make predictions and scrutinize the law. Anton Vialtsin handled over a hundred federal criminal cases from initial client interviews through sentencing. He has an in-depth knowledge of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Federal Criminal Codes and Rules, mandatory-minimum sentences, the death penalty, and too many state laws to list.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 163
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Who decides whether a knife is a "Dirk or Dagger" under California law? DA? Judge? Jury?
"[S]ection 21310 makes it a criminal offense to carry `concealed upon the person any dirk or dagger.'" (People v. Castillolopez (2016) 63 Cal.4th 322, 327 [202 Cal.Rptr.3d 703, 371 P.3d 216]; see § 2…
Can police order a passenger to stay in the car or get out? Does he need to show ID?
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures of persons, including unreasonable investigative stops. With respect to seizures, “[a] seizure occu…
Police request for passenger to show driver's license constituted an unlawful seizure under 4th amd.
In prosecution for willfully and unlawfuly carrying concealed weapon and for willfully and unlawfully carrying loaded firearm in a public place, the Municipal Court, Los Angeles Judicial District, Ro…