Practice Areas

• Accessory After the Fact
• Arson
• Assault & Battery
• Battery on a Peace Officer
• Assault with a Firearm
• Battery
• Assault with a Deadly Weapon
• Bail Review & Reduction
• Carrying a Concealed Weapon
• Child Endangerment
• Conspiracy
• Criminal Threats
• Domestic Violence
• Driving with A Suspended License
• Drug Possession
• Marijuana Possession for Sales
• Drug Possession for Personal Use
• Drug Possession for Sale
• DUI Defense
• I've been arrested for DUI. What happens to my Driver's License?
• DUI Under 21
• The 'Rising Blood Alcohol' Defense
• Attacking the Breath Test
• The "No Driving" Defense
• I've been arrested & cited for DUI? What happens next?
• Attacking the Blood Test
• Elder Abuse
• Embezzlement
• Expungements
• Hit and Run
• Housing Violations
• Juvenile Defense
• License Defense
• Nursing License Defense
• Murder
• Police Misconduct Litigation
• Pre-Filing Investigations
• Professional & Vocational License Defense
• Prostitution
• Public Intoxication
• Sex Crimes
• Indecent Exposure
• Solicitation of Prostitution
• Rape
• Theft Charges
• Robbery
• Purse Snatching
• Burglary
• Petty Theft
• Embezzlement
• Identity Theft
• Three Strikes Law
• Vacating Convictions
• Deportable Offenses: Vacating Your Guilty Plea to Avoid Deportation
• Vandalism
• Vehicular Manslaughter
• Warrant Recall
• Weapons Charges
• Witness Intimidation

How to Argue for Reduced Bail in California Criminal Cases

When you get arrested for a crime in California, such as murder, assault & battery, embezzlement, or DUI, you will be processed then jailed. In order to be released from jail, you are often required to post "bail."

Bail is the money that you must post with the court before being released from jail. Posting bail is the court's way of ensuring that you will show up for your future court dates.

Some people who are arrested, usually for minor crimes, are released on their own recognizance, otherwise referred to as OR. In much more serious cases, the judge will not want you to be released at all, placing no bail for you to meet. At these times, you have to remain in jail.

In all other cases, there is an intermediate amount of bail money placed on your freedom. If you post bail as a cash payment, with a bail bond, or with value from your own property, then you are free to leave the jail until your first hearing.

The judge in your case has independent authority to set your bail, considering numerous factors in doing so, which can include:

• Severity of the crime
• Past criminal record
• Flight risk

If you believe that the bail has been set too high in your case, especially if you have a clean record and the crime you are accused of is not serious in nature, then you can appeal the decision in a bail review hearing.

The experienced Torrance criminal defense attorneys of McGregor & Ernenwein have handled many of these hearings in the past, getting the bail for our clients reduced or even obtaining release on their own recognizance.

Call the Torrance criminal defense lawyers of McGregor & Ernenwein today at (877) 338-4489 to learn more about your legal rights. We represent cases in Torrance, Carson, El Segundo, Palos Verdes, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and more.