Video – Attorney Stuart Kirchick Explains The Current Criminal Court Process For Misdemeanors And Small Sales Or Possession Cases In California

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“So, you don’t see, obviously anymore, the misdemeanors or small sales or small…yeah, okay.”

Stuart Kirchick– Criminal Defense Attorney – Santa Clara County, CA

“Yeah, it’s…they’re all getting diverted, especially first-time users. You’ll get diverted out of the system. You do a little bit of drug treatment. The first arrest gets to diversion. The diversion law has been around for a while. There’s also drug treatment court where someone has multiple priors in drug us, and they get diverted into…diverted in the different use of the word…into a different court that is especially there with a team and a judge, that’s really less punitive and more about rehabilitation. Trying to help the person get through the habit that they have.”