Candice Fields Analyzes ABC10 Shooting Case for ABC10 News

ABC10 News: Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Candice Fields Provides Legal Analysis on ABC10 Shooting Case

Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Candice Fields was featured in ABC10's coverage of the suspect accused of firing a gun into the station's Sacramento lobby. Fields provided expert legal analysis on the unusual federal charge of "intentional interference with radio signals"—typically applied to cases involving hackers—and explained the concept of dual sovereignty, where both state and federal governments can pursue separate charges for the same incident. She noted that while the federal misdemeanor charge carries a maximum one-year sentence, parallel prosecutions are legally permissible when different governmental interests are at stake. Fields emphasized that the case is still developing and that appropriate charges and bail considerations will be determined as both the federal and state cases proceed on separate tracks.
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