How to Defend a Felony Case, Part 3: Bail Review Hearing, California Penal Code 1268 – 1270

Part 2: Arraignment

The third step in defending a felony charge is at the bail review hearing. Some courts will have the bail review hearing at the time of the arraignment. However, a criminal defendant is entitled to have a separate bail review hearing if desired. At the bail review hearing, the judge decides how much money the bail should be set at.

An experienced and aggressive attorney can be the difference between you sitting at home in front of your television or you sitting on a bunk next to your cellmate. It is important that you and your attorney spend enough time preparing for the bail review hearing so that you and your attorney make all the best arguments to the judge to keep your bail low or keep you out of custody. Our attorneys have had a tremendous amount of success at bail hearings. Prosecutors will frequently ask the judge to set bail higher in order to prevent a defendant from bailing out. However, Wallin & Klarich attorneys are consistently able to convince prosecutors to go along with our requests for bail. As you can imagine, when we ask the judge to do something, and then the prosecutor agrees with our request, the judge is extremely likely to grant our request.

The attorneys at Wallin & Klarich have the skills and expertise to provide you with the best possible defense to your felony case. Our experienced defense attorneys can be reached by phone at 1-888-749-0034. We will be there when you call.

Part 4: Fact-Finding/Building a Defense