A 5-4 vote in the Supreme Court ruled that officers are allowed to strip-search people arrested for any offense before they are admitted into jail. Before the ruling, officers were only allowed to strip-search suspects if there was a reasonable suspicion of contraband.

The new Supreme Court ruling goes against statutes in at least ten states and, according to the American Bar Association, is in violation of international human rights treaties.

Justice Stephen G. Breyer, an opponent of the ruling, states that the strip search violates human dignity and privacy and should only be performed for a good reason. Under this ruling, individuals arrested for minor traffic violations, failing to keep their pet on a leash, and not paying child support could be subjected to strip searches.

If you have been charged with a crime, you could be subjected to a strip search. If you are under investigation or have already been charged with a crime, contact the criminal defense attorneys of the Law Office of Daniel Jensen, P.C. at (408) 296-4100.

Former Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra, 49, has been sentenced to three years in a California prison for grand theft auto. Dykstra was sentenced after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge refused to allow him to withdraw his no contest plea.

He pleaded not guilty last April to 25 charges after police found cocaine, ecstasy, and human growth hormone in his Los Angeles home. Prosecutors claim that Dykstra and others leased and then sold expensive vehicles from car dealerships by claiming credit through a fake business.

The former MLB player changed his not guilty plea to no contest in order to get 21 of the 25 charges dropped.

If you or someone you love is facing felony charges, contact the criminal defense lawyers of the Law Offices of Daniel Jensen, P.C. at (408) 296-4100 today.

A 26 year-old U.S. Forest Service firefighter has taken a plea bargain in which he will spend two years in prison for starting a fire on forest land near the San Antonio Dam.

The man originally plead not guilty before pleading no contest to federal arson charges. He claims he was smoking a cigarette and talking on the phone in his truck when the cigarette burned him and he dropped it. According to his lawyers, when he saw that his cigarette had started a fire, he went back to the station and him and his fire captain put out the flames. Prosecutors say it burned about a tenth of an acre.

The firefighter will have to register as an arsonist for taking the plea deal.

If you have wrongly been accused of arson, contact a San Jose criminal lawyer from the Law Office of Daniel Jensen, P.C. at (408) 296-4100.