Criminal Defense Blog Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 24-May-2017 Recent Case Victories at The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey has been busy defending the rights and the good names of the people in our community. We are proud to be able to say that we and our clients have enjoyed a string of recent winning case results. A few of our recent ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 8-May-2017 Former Kern County Deputy Takes Plea Deal Sherriff’s deputy Nick Clerico responded to aid another deputy who was involved in a fight at the Longbranch Saloon. Nick was a well-liked deputy who was respected by his peers and who loved his job helping protect the community. Unfortunately, ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 8-Dec-2016 Attorney Kyle Humphrey Comments on Bakersfield Cop Case Attorney Kyle Humphrey recently offered comment on the controversial case of a former Bakersfield police officer convicted of drug crimes. While there has been an outcry that convicted man received a light sentence, Attorney Humphrey had a different ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 5-Dec-2016 Attorney Kyle Humphrey's Client Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case Attorney Kyle Humphrey was present with his client, Leslie Chance, in court last week and entered a not guilty plea on her behalf. Chance, a former school administrator, was unexpectedly arrested and charged with the 2013 death of her husband earlier ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 11-Apr-2016 Attorney Kyle Humphrey Secures Probation for Former Deputy The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey is pleased to announce that Attorney Humphrey has secured probation for Edward Tucker, the embattled former Kern County deputy who was subject of a series of arrests last year. As BakersfieldNow.com reports, Tucker ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 4-Mar-2016 Kyle Humphrey Helps Client Avoid A Decade In Prison The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey is pleased with the result we were able to secure for a client, who was charged with nine serious offenses. Edward T., a former Kern County sheriff’s deputy, was able to accept a plea deal which yielded ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 25-Jan-2016 Attorney Kyle Humphrey Secures Two Acquittals in Recent Firearm Case The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey is happy to announce that our firm has secured another favorable case result on behalf of our clients. In the recent case of client Vincent Gorski, Attorney Kyle Humphrey secured two acquittals for felony negligent ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 4-Nov-2015 Two of Attorney Kyle J. Humphrey's Cases Make Headlines Not one, but two of Attorney Kyle J. Humphrey 's cases have recently made local headlines. In both cases, Attorney Humphrey's courtroom prowess and advocacy for his clients are on display—even has his clients face extremely serious ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 30-Jun-2015 Proud Sponsor of Local K9 Event Our office was proud to be a sponsor of the Bakersfield Police Department's K9 Trials that were held on Saturday June 27, 2015, at the Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield. The well attended event featured several events for officers and their K9 ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 29-Jun-2015 Attorneys Who Work at Their Craft are Harder to Come By On June 25, the Kern County Bar's Criminal Defense Section sponsored a training seminar for defense attorneys focusing on DUI defense and assisting our clients with license and insurance issues. The keynote speake was Kristopher Beaulieu of ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 28-Apr-2015 Attorney Kyle J. Humphrey Secures Acquittal in Vehicular Homicide Case In September 2013, Ashley Bell's vehicle collided a bicyclist on Coffee Road. The collision mortally wounded the bicyclist and Bell was charged with vehicular manslaughter for what the police described as "distracted driving." Now, 19 ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 2-Jul-2014 U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Police Need Warrants for Cell Phone Searches Criminal defense lawyers and privacy advocates alike are cheering the latest ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) requiring law enforcement agencies to attain a warrant before they search an arrestee's cell phone. Supreme ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 30-May-2014 Presentation by Attorney Humphrey Featured in Magazine "Res Ipsa Loquitur" On March 26, 2014, Bakersfield Criminal Defense Attorney Kyle J. Humphrey carried out a presentation before the Kern County Bar Association's Family Law section. The presentation essentially provided the family law attorneys with various criminal ... Continue Reading Posted By Jared M. Thompson 10-Jan-2014 Three Strikes Law a Failed Experiment The Three Strikes Law was passed in California with an huge majority of somewhere near 70% of the population. In the 20 or so years since the law was passed, it has proved to be a failed experiment in crime and punishment. The point is brilliantly ... Continue Reading Posted By Jared M. Thompson 8-Jan-2014 Drug Treatment Over Jail We recently had a client who was charged with drug sales, drug transportation, and several other charges many of which were felonies. It was a tough case and the prosecutor had strong evidence against our client. The client, who was not a drug ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 4-Nov-2013 Principal Accused of Murder Represented by Attorney Humphrey After a man was found dead in an almond orchard in Bakersfield, California, it was his wife—a principal at a local elementary school—who was the murder suspect. The Kern County Sheriff's Office suspected that it was the principal who ... Continue Reading Posted By 17-Jul-2013 The Other Perspective in the Media At the Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey, Mr. Humphrey understands the importance of being available to media outlets to discuss current cases that he his handling, as well as other cases garnering media attention. In almost all criminal cases that ... Continue Reading Posted By Jared M. Thompson 16-Jul-2013 Zimmerman Verdict Highlights Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt As the verdict in the George Zimmerman Trial was announced over this past weekend, there was a much anticipated flood of opinions and emotions, as people began to pick sides in a social and political debate. One very important piece of this trial ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 7-May-2013 DUI Penalties in California Driving under the influence ( DUI ) is a serious criminal offense in the state of California, and the severity of sentencing depends upon the specific factors involved in the alleged crime and the individual's past convictions. DUI can be charged ... Continue Reading Posted By The Law Offices of Kyle J. Humphrey 2-May-2013 Man Wanted For Attempted Murder in Bakersfield On April 26 th, 2013 the Bakersfield Sheriff's Office reports that a man, J.R., entered into an argument with another man in a church parking lot and the argument resulted with J.R. shooting the other man multiple times. J.R. fled the scene and ... Continue Reading Posted By Kyle J. Humphrey 19-Jun-2012 In Recent News... Kyle Humphrey was featured in the Bakersfield Californian newspaper twice last week regarding current criminal cases pending in Kern County. In one of the articles, Kyle was asked about a high profile vehicular homicide case, allegedly involving ... Continue Reading Posted By Jared M. Thompson 7-Apr-2012 Bad Science Attacks the Presumption of Innocence Yesterday, Governor Brown granted clemency to a 51 year old woman, who had been convicted of the murder of her 7 week old grandson in 1997. Shirley Smith was prosecuted under the "shaken baby syndrome" theory, which was based primarily on ... Continue Reading Posted By Criminal Defense Attorney 5-Jan-2012 Welcome to our Criminal Defense Blog We are pleased to announce the launch of our Bakersfield Criminal Defense Blog. You can subscribe to our RSS feed by clicking here. Continue Reading