Being charged with violent crimes in Oceano can feel like your entire life is about to be taken away—but you’re not alone, and you have options. Whether you’re dealing with assault or battery charges from fights at bars, beaches, or in the community, domestic violence allegations from partners or family members, aggravated assault with deadly weapons, robbery involving force or fear, carjacking, attempted murder or voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter from accidents causing death, mayhem or torture allegations, gang-related violent crimes with enhancements, hate crime allegations, elder abuse involving violence, child abuse charges, assault with firearm, criminal threats against others, or serious felony charges that could result in decades in state prison under California’s Three Strikes Law and 85% custody requirements, understanding California’s violent crime laws is the first step toward protecting your freedom, challenging excessive charges when conduct was self-defense or mutual combat, avoiding strike convictions that would enhance future sentences, preventing gang enhancements adding years or decades, and preserving any possibility of reasonable outcomes in Oceano—a small beachside community in South San Luis Obispo County where violent crime accusations create immediate incarceration, complete social ostracization, employment destruction, and prosecution bias presuming guilt when allegations often involve mutual combat situations, self-defense, false accusations from vindictive accusers, or excessive charging when lesser offenses better reflect actual conduct making aggressive defense essential to challenging inflated charges, demonstrating self-defense or defense of others, exposing false accusations, and achieving outcomes recognizing circumstances that don’t warrant decades in prison destroying lives when rehabilitation and proportionate consequences better serve justice.
At Central Coast Criminal Defense, we’ve defended Oceano residents against violent crime charges since 2010. We know the San Luis Obispo County courts where Oceano cases are prosecuted, the judges at San Luis Obispo Superior Court who handle the most serious violent felony matters, the aggressive prosecutors who seek maximum sentences and strike convictions, the extensive investigations by Sheriff’s deputies and detectives, and—most importantly—we know how to fight for results that protect what matters most: your freedom through dismissed charges when evidence is insufficient or allegations are false, demonstrated self-defense or defense of others when force was justified, reduced charges from serious strikes to non-strike offenses avoiding Three Strikes consequences, eliminated gang enhancements that would add 10 years or life to sentences, not guilty verdicts at trial when prosecution cannot prove charges beyond reasonable doubt, minimal sentences when convictions cannot be avoided, and avoided strike convictions that would count against you for life doubling or tripling future sentences—fighting for outcomes that recognize many violent crime allegations involve mutual combat where both parties participated equally, self-defense situations where defendants protected themselves or others from attackers, false accusations from vindictive alleged victims seeking revenge or tactical advantages, excessive charging when prosecutors pile on serious felonies for conduct that was minor altercation, and circumstances including provocation, intoxication, mental health issues, or lack of criminal intent that warrant lenient outcomes not decades in prison when defendants aren’t dangerous career criminals but individuals who made mistakes in difficult situations deserving proportionate consequences and opportunities for rehabilitation not permanent incarceration in Oceano community where violent crime allegations destroy reputations immediately but aggressive defense can expose truth preventing unjust convictions.
What Are Violent Crimes Under California Law?
Violent crimes in California encompass offenses involving force, fear, or infliction of physical injury, carrying some of the harshest penalties including decades in state prison, Three Strikes Law consequences, 85% custody requirements eliminating early release, gang enhancements adding 10 years to life, and permanent strike convictions enhancing all future sentences. Major violent offenses include assault (PC 240) defined as unlawful attempt to commit violent injury on another with present ability carrying misdemeanor or felony charges depending on circumstances, battery (PC 242) defined as unlawful use of force or violence upon another, aggravated assault (PC 245(a)(1)) involving assault with deadly weapon or force likely to produce great bodily injury carrying 2-4 years prison and strike conviction, assault with firearm (PC 245(a)(2)) carrying 3-12 years prison depending on weapon type, robbery (PC 211) involving taking property through force or fear carrying 2-9 years prison as serious strike felony, carjacking (PC 215) carrying 3-9 years prison and strike, attempted murder (PC 664/187) carrying 15 years to life, voluntary manslaughter (PC 192(a)) for intentional killing under heat of passion carrying 3-11 years prison, involuntary manslaughter (PC 192(b)) for unintentional killing through criminal negligence carrying 2-4 years prison, mayhem (PC 203) for permanent disfigurement carrying 2-8 years prison, torture (PC 206) carrying 7 years to life, criminal threats (PC 422) carrying up to 3 years and potential strike, elder abuse (PC 368) with violence carrying enhanced penalties, child abuse (PC 273a/273d) carrying 2-6 years prison, and domestic violence (PC 273.5) carrying up to 4 years prison with mandatory programs. Most critically, California’s Three Strikes Law (PC 667) makes violent felonies “strikes” that count against defendants for life: one strike doubles sentences for future felonies, two strikes require 25 years to life for third strike regardless of offense, and serious violent felonies require 85% actual custody under PC 2933.1 eliminating early release credits.
In Oceano and throughout San Luis Obispo County, violent crime charges commonly arise from fights at bars or parties particularly along Pier Avenue and beach areas, domestic violence incidents when partners or family members call Sheriff’s deputies, mutual combat situations where both parties fought but only one is charged, gang-related violence in South County, road rage incidents, assault allegations from altercations escalating from verbal arguments, robberies or strong-arm takings, allegations arising from self-defense situations where defendants protected themselves but are charged anyway, false accusations from vindictive alleged victims in domestic relationships or personal conflicts, and situations involving alcohol or drugs reducing inhibitions and escalating minor disputes into violence charges. Violent crime prosecutions at San Luis Obispo Superior Court involve victim testimony about assaults or injuries, medical evidence documenting injuries claimed by alleged victims, witness testimony from people present during incidents, police reports from Sheriff’s deputies or California Highway Patrol, photographs of injuries or crime scenes, recorded 911 calls, gang expert testimony when enhancements are alleged, and sometimes surveillance video or electronic evidence. What makes violent crime cases particularly challenging is that they often involve “he said, she said” evidence with conflicting accounts, mutual combat where both parties participated but prosecution charges only one, self-defense situations that police and prosecutors refuse to recognize, injuries that are minor or self-inflicted by accusers to support false allegations, and mandatory prosecution policies in domestic violence cases where prosecutors proceed even when alleged victims recant or don’t want prosecution creating situations where cases continue based on initial accusations despite later contradictions or reconciliation.
What many Oceano residents charged with violent crimes don’t understand is that self-defense is complete defense to assault, battery, and even homicide charges when defendants reasonably believed they or others faced imminent danger requiring defensive force, mutual combat where both parties willingly fought reduces culpability and can result in lesser charges or acquittals, false accusations are extremely common in domestic violence and personal conflict situations when alleged victims fabricate or exaggerate to punish defendants or gain advantages, and excessive charging where prosecutors pile on serious felonies including strike offenses for conduct that was minor altercation without serious injury. Additionally, violent crime defenses include self-defense or defense of others when force was reasonable and necessary to protect from imminent harm, mutual combat when both parties willingly engaged in fight negating assault elements, accident when injuries weren’t intentional, lack of ability when defendants couldn’t actually inflict injury, consent when alleged victims agreed to physical contact, false accusations that can be exposed through investigation and cross-examination, insufficient evidence when prosecution cannot prove charges beyond reasonable doubt, and provocation or heat of passion reducing murder to manslaughter or aggravated assault to simple assault. California law also recognizes imperfect self-defense reducing murder to manslaughter when defendants honestly but unreasonably believed defensive force was necessary, defense of property rights, and circumstances including intoxication, mental health issues, or provocation that negate specific intent elements or warrant mitigation. Without aggressive representation that immediately investigates to gather defense evidence, documents injuries to defendants supporting self-defense, interviews witnesses contradicting prosecution’s narrative, retains use-of-force experts when necessary, demonstrates mutual combat or provocation, exposes false accusations through accuser’s credibility attacks, challenges gang enhancements that add decades, negotiates strike alternatives avoiding Three Strikes consequences, and fights through trial presenting comprehensive self-defense or reasonable doubt defenses, you risk decades in state prison for conduct that was self-defense or mutual combat, permanent strike convictions doubling or tripling all future sentences even for non-violent offenses, unnecessary gang enhancements adding 10 years or life based on associations not actual gang activity, and maximum sentences when circumstances warrant leniency including provocation, minor injuries, mutual combat, first-time offenses, or situations where alleged victims were aggressors but defendants are charged anyway because prosecutors assume first person to call police or show injuries is victim regardless of who actually started altercation or defended themselves in Oceano community where violent crime prosecutions are aggressive but often based on incomplete investigations, biased victim statements, and assumptions that don’t reflect actual circumstances requiring thorough defense investigation and aggressive advocacy exposing truth.
- Legal Definition: Violent crimes include assault (PC 240) involving attempted violent injury with present ability, battery (PC 242) using unlawful force, aggravated assault (PC 245) with deadly weapon or force likely to cause great bodily injury carrying 2-4 years prison and strike conviction, robbery (PC 211) taking property through force carrying 2-9 years and strike, attempted murder carrying 15 years to life, voluntary manslaughter carrying 3-11 years, and other offenses, with Three Strikes Law (PC 667) making violent felonies strikes that double future sentences after first strike and require 25 years to life after second strike, and 85% custody requirement (PC 2933.1) for serious violent felonies eliminating early release.
- Why It’s Devastating: Violent crime convictions result in years or decades in state prison with 85% custody requirements for serious felonies, permanent strike convictions counting against defendants for life doubling or tripling future sentences, gang enhancements adding 10 years or life sentences, complete employment destruction when violent convictions appear on background checks, social ostracization in Oceano’s tight-knit community, prohibited firearm possession, immigration consequences including deportation for non-citizens, and permanent branding as violent criminals eliminating all opportunities—with allegations alone causing immediate incarceration, job loss, and social destruction before trial when presumption should be innocence but violent charges create bias treating defendants as guilty from arrest.
- Common Situations: Fights at bars or beaches where mutual combat is charged as assault, domestic violence allegations from partners calling police after arguments, self-defense situations where defendants protected themselves but are charged anyway, false accusations from vindictive alleged victims seeking revenge, gang-related violence or association allegations in South County, road rage incidents escalating to assault charges, robberies or strong-arm takings, mutual combat where both parties fought equally but only one is prosecuted, provoked attacks where defendants responded to initial aggression, and situations involving alcohol reducing inhibitions where minor altercations are charged as serious felonies requiring aggressive defense demonstrating self-defense, mutual combat, false accusations, or excessive charging warranting dismissals or reduced charges.
CRITICAL – Self-Defense Is Complete Defense: Reasonable force to protect yourself or others from imminent danger is justified under California law. Mutual combat reduces culpability. False accusations are common in domestic violence cases. Call +1 (805) 621-7181 IMMEDIATELY if charged with violent crime—your freedom and future depend on immediate aggressive defense documenting injuries, gathering witnesses, and challenging excessive charges.
Violent Crimes We Defend in Oceano
We defend clients against all violent crime charges in Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, and surrounding South County areas. Here are the offenses we handle:
Assault and Battery
- Simple Assault (PC 240)
Attempted violent injury with present ability to inflict it | Misdemeanor: Maximum 6 months jail, demonstrate lack of ability or intent, self-defense, mutual combat - Simple Battery (PC 242)
Unlawful use of force or violence upon another | Misdemeanor: Mutual combat defense, demonstrate minor contact, challenge injuries, consent in appropriate cases - Assault Causing Great Bodily Injury (PC 243(d))
Battery resulting in serious or substantial physical injury | Wobbler: Challenge injury severity, demonstrate self-defense, negotiate misdemeanor when injuries aren’t serious - Assault on Peace Officer (PC 243(b)/(c))
Battery on police or emergency personnel | Enhanced penalties: Challenge whether defendant knew victim was officer, demonstrate accidental contact, self-defense
Aggravated Assault – Strike Offenses
- Assault with Deadly Weapon (PC 245(a)(1))
Assault with deadly weapon or force likely to produce great bodily injury | Serious felony strike: 2-4 years prison, challenge weapon allegations, demonstrate self-defense, negotiate non-strike alternatives - Assault with Firearm (PC 245(a)(2))
Assault using firearms | Strike felony: 3-12 years prison depending on weapon, challenge firearm allegations, demonstrate lack of intent or ability - Assault with Caustic Chemicals (PC 244)
Throwing or placing corrosive substances on victims | Serious felony: 2-4 years prison, challenge substance identification, demonstrate accident or defense - Assault by Means Likely to Produce GBI
Using force likely to cause great bodily injury even without weapons | Strike offense: Challenge force characterization, demonstrate mutual combat or self-defense, negotiate simple assault
Domestic Violence
- Corporal Injury to Spouse/Cohabitant (PC 273.5)
Willfully inflicting corporal injury on intimate partners | Felony: Up to 4 years prison, demonstrate self-defense, challenge injuries, expose false accusations in custody or relationship disputes - Domestic Battery (PC 243(e)(1))
Battery against intimate partners | Misdemeanor: Mandatory 52-week batterer’s program, demonstrate mutual combat or false allegations, negotiate outcomes - Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse (PC 368)
Physical abuse of victims 65+ or dependent adults | Enhanced penalties: 2-4 years additional, challenge abuse allegations, demonstrate proper care or accidental injuries - Child Abuse (PC 273a/273d)
Physical abuse or endangerment of children | Serious: Prison time, CPS involvement, challenge injury causation, demonstrate discipline not abuse, accident
Robbery and Carjacking
- Robbery (PC 211)
Taking property through force or fear | Strike felony: 2-9 years prison, 85% custody, challenge force/fear element, demonstrate no theft or mistaken identity - First-Degree Robbery
Robbery of inhabited dwellings, ATM users, or vehicle operators | Serious: 3-9 years prison, challenge location or victim status, demonstrate lack of force or theft intent - Second-Degree Robbery
All other robberies including commercial establishments | Strike: 2-5 years prison, demonstrate no force used, theft not robbery, challenge identification - Carjacking (PC 215)
Taking vehicles through force or fear | Strike felony: 3-9 years prison, 85% custody, challenge force allegations, demonstrate consensual transfer or mistake - Estes Robbery
Theft becoming robbery when force used to retain property | Defense: Challenge whether force was used, demonstrate property abandoned, no resistance to escape
Homicide Offenses
- Attempted Murder (PC 664/187)
Taking direct step toward killing with specific intent to kill | Extremely serious: 15 years to life, challenge intent to kill element, demonstrate no attempt or different intent - Voluntary Manslaughter (PC 192(a))
Intentional killing in heat of passion or imperfect self-defense | Serious: 3-11 years prison, demonstrate provocation, heat of passion, or imperfect self-defense reducing murder - Involuntary Manslaughter (PC 192(b))
Unintentional killing through criminal negligence or during misdemeanor | Felony: 2-4 years prison, demonstrate accident, lack of criminal negligence, supervening causes - Vehicular Manslaughter
Causing death through negligent or unlawful driving | Wobbler: Demonstrate lack of gross negligence, mechanical failure, or other causes
Serious Bodily Harm Offenses
- Mayhem (PC 203)
Unlawfully and maliciously depriving person of body part or disabling | Serious felony: 2-8 years prison, 85% custody, challenge malice and permanent injury, demonstrate accident or defense - Torture (PC 206)
Inflicting great bodily injury with intent to cause cruel suffering | Life sentence: 7 years to life, challenge intent element, demonstrate injuries from other causes - Aggravated Mayhem (PC 205)
Intentionally causing permanent disability with extreme indifference | Life sentence potential: Challenge intent and indifference elements, demonstrate lack of permanent injury
Criminal Threats and Intimidation
- Criminal Threats (PC 422)
Threatening to commit crime causing sustained fear | Wobbler strike: Up to 3 years prison, challenge whether threat was credible, defendant had intent, victim experienced sustained fear - Brandishing Weapon (PC 417)
Drawing or exhibiting deadly weapon in threatening manner | Misdemeanor or felony: Challenge threatening manner, demonstrate self-defense display, accidental exposure - Dissuading Witness (PC 136.1)
Attempting to prevent testimony or reporting | Felony: Up to 4 years prison, challenge intent to dissuade, demonstrate statements weren’t threats
Gang-Related Violence
- Gang Enhancement (PC 186.22(b))
Committing felonies for benefit of criminal street gangs | Devastating: Adds 2-10 years or 25-life to sentences, challenge gang expert testimony, demonstrate no gang benefit or membership - Violent Felonies with Gang Enhancements
Assault, robbery, or other violence alleged as gang-related in South County | Critical: Fight enhancements aggressively, challenge gang evidence, demonstrate personal motives not gang benefit - Gang Participation (PC 186.22(a))
Active participation in criminal street gang | Felony: 16 months-3 years, challenge gang membership, demonstrate legitimate associations, no criminal activity
Hate Crimes
- Hate Crime Enhancement (PC 422.75)
Crimes motivated by victim’s protected characteristics | Enhanced penalties: Additional 1-3 years, challenge motivation evidence, demonstrate personal conflict not bias - Hate Crime Battery or Assault
Violence motivated by race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. | Serious: Enhanced sentences, challenge motive evidence, demonstrate other reasons for conflict
Sexual Violence
- Forcible Rape (PC 261)
Non-consensual intercourse through force, fear, or inability to consent | Serious strike: 3-8 years prison, 85% custody, lifetime registration, challenge consent issues, demonstrate false accusations - Sexual Battery (PC 243.4)
Touching intimate parts for sexual gratification against will | Misdemeanor or felony: Potential registration, challenge intent and touching allegations, demonstrate false accusations
Self-Defense and Justification
- Self-Defense Cases
Violence in defense of self or others from imminent danger | Complete defense: Present evidence of threat, reasonableness of force, defendant’s reasonable belief in danger - Defense of Others
Using force to protect third parties from attack | Justified: Demonstrate reasonable belief others faced imminent danger requiring defensive intervention - Mutual Combat
Willing fights where both parties participated | Mitigating: Reduces culpability, negotiate lesser charges, demonstrate both parties equally culpable - Imperfect Self-Defense
Honest but unreasonable belief in need for defensive force | Reduces murder to manslaughter: Present evidence of defendant’s subjective belief in danger
Charged with violent crime in Oceano? Self-defense is complete defense. Mutual combat reduces culpability. False accusations are common. Do not speak to police without attorney. Call +1 (805) 621-7181 IMMEDIATELY—your freedom depends on immediate defense documenting injuries, gathering witnesses, and challenging excessive charges before evidence disappears.
What’s at Stake: Decades of Freedom and Strike Consequences
Violent crime convictions carry the most severe consequences in criminal law outside death penalty. Here’s what you face:
Prison and Immediate Consequences
- State prison sentences ranging from years to life for serious violent felonies
- 85% custody requirement (PC 2933.1) for serious violent felonies eliminating early release
- Three Strikes consequences: strikes double future sentences, two strikes require 25-life for third
- Gang enhancements adding 10 years to life sentences
- Great bodily injury enhancements adding 3-6 years consecutive
- Firearm use enhancements adding 10-25 years or life consecutive
- Immediate pretrial detention with high or no bail
Permanent Life Destruction
- Permanent strike convictions counting against you forever
- Complete employment destruction when violent convictions appear on background checks
- Prohibited firearm possession eliminating Second Amendment rights
- Immigration consequences including mandatory deportation for aggravated felonies
- Social ostracization and family destruction during incarceration
- Permanent violent criminal branding eliminating all opportunities
- Housing barriers and restrictions after release
- Parole supervision with severe restrictions if ever released
⚠️ Strike convictions count forever—they double or triple all future sentences even decades later. 85% custody means serving nearly entire sentence. Do not speak to police. Call immediately for emergency violent crime defense before giving statements or evidence disappears.
How We Defend Violent Crime Charges
Since 2010, we’ve defended Oceano residents against violent crime charges with the most aggressive approach possible:
- Immediate Scene Investigation and Evidence Preservation
We immediately investigate crime scenes before evidence disappears, photograph defendants’ injuries supporting self-defense claims, interview witnesses before police influence testimony, document scene conditions including lighting and layout, gather surveillance video from nearby businesses, document defendants’ injuries to medical professionals, and preserve physical evidence contradicting prosecution’s narrative before it’s lost or destroyed. - Demonstrating Self-Defense or Defense of Others
We present comprehensive self-defense evidence showing defendants faced imminent danger requiring defensive force, document threats or aggressive conduct by alleged victims before incidents, present witness testimony describing alleged victims as initial aggressors, demonstrate defendants’ injuries consistent with being attacked not aggressor, retain use-of-force experts testifying force used was reasonable under circumstances, and establish complete defense warranting acquittals when force was justified to protect from imminent harm. - Proving Mutual Combat Reducing Culpability
We demonstrate through witnesses that both parties willingly engaged in fight with no clear initial aggressor, present evidence showing alleged victim instigated or participated equally, show defendants attempted to withdraw or deescalate before violence, establish mutual combat negating assault elements or warranting reduced charges, and argue that prosecution of only one party is unjust when both participated equally. - Exposing False Accusations
We investigate accusers’ backgrounds revealing motivations to lie including revenge, custody advantages, or financial gain, document inconsistencies in alleged victims’ statements to police and testimony, present communications contradicting accusations including friendly texts after alleged incidents, demonstrate accusers’ injuries were self-inflicted or from other causes, expose recantations or admissions of false allegations, and establish reasonable doubt based on accuser’s lack of credibility. - Challenging Excessive Charges and Strike Allegations
We negotiate with prosecutors for charge reductions from strike felonies to non-strike offenses avoiding Three Strikes consequences, demonstrate conduct doesn’t warrant serious felony charging when injuries were minor or force was minimal, challenge deadly weapon allegations when objects used weren’t weapons, argue simple assault or battery better reflects conduct than aggravated charges, and structure outcomes avoiding strike convictions that would permanently enhance future sentences. - Fighting Gang Enhancements Aggressively
We challenge gang expert testimony as speculative and unreliable, demonstrate defendants’ conduct was motivated by personal reasons not gang benefit, establish defendants aren’t gang members despite associations with friends or family, challenge whether crimes benefited gangs, expose unreliable gang validation based on clothing, location, or associations, and eliminate gang enhancements that would add 10 years or life to sentences. - Retaining Defense Experts
We retain use-of-force experts testifying about reasonableness of defendants’ actions, medical experts explaining injury causation and challenging prosecution’s interpretations, gang experts contradicting prosecution’s gang theories, forensic experts analyzing physical evidence, accident reconstruction experts in vehicular cases, and other specialists providing testimony supporting defense theories. - Aggressive Trial Defense
When cases go to trial we present comprehensive self-defense or reasonable doubt defenses through defendant testimony, defense witnesses contradicting prosecution, expert testimony supporting defense theories, cross-examination exposing alleged victims’ lies and motivations, physical evidence supporting defense, and closing arguments demonstrating reasonable doubt or complete defenses warranting not guilty verdicts. - Negotiating Non-Strike Alternatives
We negotiate aggressively with prosecutors for charge reductions avoiding strikes including simple assault instead of aggravated, battery instead of robbery when force minimal, manslaughter instead of murder when evidence supports heat of passion, and other reductions eliminating strike consequences and reducing prison exposure while acknowledging some culpability when complete dismissals or acquittals aren’t achievable. - Minimizing Sentences When Convictions Occur
When convictions cannot be avoided we present comprehensive mitigation including provocation by alleged victims, lack of criminal history, employment and family ties, remorse and rehabilitation efforts, mental health or substance abuse issues, and circumstances warranting minimum sentences or alternatives to state prison when judges have discretion.
Our Oceano violent crime defense practice has resulted in numerous dismissed charges through demonstrated self-defense or insufficient evidence, not guilty verdicts at trial exposing false accusations or establishing reasonable doubt, reduced charges from strike felonies to non-strike offenses avoiding Three Strikes consequences, eliminated gang enhancements saving decades of sentences, demonstrated mutual combat or provocation warranting lenient outcomes, exposed false accusations from vindictive alleged victims, challenged excessive charging securing lesser included offenses, minimized sentences through comprehensive mitigation, and helped countless Oceano residents avoid decades in prison for conduct that was self-defense, mutual combat, or greatly exaggerated by prosecution. We understand that violent crime allegations often involve self-defense situations where defendants protected themselves or others but are charged anyway, mutual combat where both parties fought but only one is prosecuted, false accusations from domestic partners or alleged victims seeking revenge or custody advantages, excessive charging where prosecutors pile on serious felonies for minor altercations, provoked attacks where defendants responded to initial aggression, and situations involving alcohol, mental health issues, or circumstances that don’t warrant decades in prison when defendants aren’t dangerous criminals but individuals who made mistakes in difficult situations deserving proportionate consequences. Many Oceano residents we represent facing violent charges are good people who defended themselves, participated in mutual fights, were falsely accused, or are charged with offenses that greatly exaggerate what actually occurred—and we fight aggressively to demonstrate self-defense through evidence and testimony, expose false accusations through investigation and cross-examination, challenge excessive charging negotiating realistic charges reflecting conduct, eliminate strike and gang enhancements that would add decades, present mitigation warranting leniency, and achieve outcomes preventing decades in prison under Three Strikes Law when circumstances don’t warrant permanent incarceration destroying families and eliminating all opportunities for productive lives after defendants serve proportionate sentences for actual conduct not inflated allegations in Oceano community where violent crime accusations immediately destroy reputations and create presumptions of guilt but aggressive defense can expose truth preventing unjust convictions based on incomplete investigations, biased alleged victims, and prosecutorial overcharging that characterizes San Luis Obispo County’s approach to violent crime cases.
When violent crime charges threaten decades in prison and permanent strike convictions, you need more than just legal representation—you need a warrior who fights aggressively with investigators, experts, and uncompromising trial advocacy. That’s exactly what you get with Central Coast Criminal Defense.
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