Do you need a Criminal Defense attorney for a homicide related criminal offense such as murder or manslaughter?

Do you have a legal problem with a homicide related offense such as vehicular manslaughter, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, or murder? If you have been charged with one of these crimes you need the assistance of a criminal defense attorney to properly analyze the legal case against you by the state and to mount a proper legal defense. Make sure your legal interests are adequately protected by consulting with a competent criminal defense attorney. Should you require the services of a criminal defense attorney please feel free to contact our Orange County office for further assistance. Since we have not yet handled a murder related case we recommend attorney Mike Brewer (a former prosecutor and public defender) who has an outstanding record with murder related cases. Please tell Mike that Vincent sent you.

Below please find the statutory law on Murder in California, if you have any further questions please feel free to call a criminal defense attorney in our office for a consultation with an lawyer.

California Penal Code Section 187

Penal Code 187 reads as follows:

(a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.

(b) This section shall not apply to any person who commits an act that results in the death of a fetus if any of the following apply:

(1) The act complied with the Therapeutic Abortion Act, Article 2 (commencing with Section 123400) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code.

(2) The act was committed by a holder of a physician's and surgeon' s certificate, as defined in the Business and Professions Code, in a case where, to a medical certainty, the result of childbirth would be death of the mother of the fetus or where her death from childbirth, although not medically certain, would be substantially certain or more likely than not.

(3) The act was solicited, aided, abetted, or consented to by the mother of the fetus. (c) Subdivision (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the prosecution of any person under any other provision of law.