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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
Fleming v. Superior Court (People)
School district superintendent does not unlawfully appropriate public money by having subordinates compile lists of individuals who supported recall of school board.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 21, 2011
People v. Booker
Although trial court administered oath to grand jurors after they had heard some testimony, defendant suffered no prejudice and is not entitled to relief.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 21, 2011
People v. Nelson
Defendant’s act of pulling himself up from open car window to aim at intended victim, but firing at officers instead, constitutes intent to kill victim.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 21, 2011
People v. Soto
Child victim’s consent is not defense to charge of aggravated lewd act on child under 14.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 21, 2011
People v. White
Custodians of records must be given oath during in camera hearing on discovery motion for court decision to be valid.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 21, 2011
Lopez v. Ryan
State’s former law requiring causal connection between mitigating evidence and crime does not violate defendant’s right where record reflects court considered all mitigating evidence.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 21, 2011
U.S. v. Basher
Officers properly question defendant and seize weapon where they have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity following reports of gunfire and illegal campfire.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 21, 2011
People v. Armas
Defendant's failure to return to agency where initial sex offender registration took place within five days of moving to downtown shelter supports conviction.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 20, 2011
Premo v. Moore
Counsel’s decision to decline to make motion to suppress confession to police is not ineffective assistance in light of admissible confession to witnesses.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 20, 2011
Liberal v. Estrada
Police officer does not have discretionary immunity from false imprisonment claim relating to traffic stop because act is not discretionary policy decision.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 20, 2011
Schoenfeld v. Board of Parole Hearings
Board of Parole Hearings may order rescission hearing based on granting panel's failure to adequately consider gravity of convictions.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 20, 2011
Miller v. Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision
Oregon statute creates liberty interest in early eligibility for parole, and Oregon Board of Parole does not violate due process by denying parole for lack potential rehabilitation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 19, 2011
In re Caballero
Juvenile gang defendant’s sentence of 110 years to life for premeditated attempted murder does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 19, 2011
Sharp v. Superior Court (People)
Amendment to discovery law authorizes court to order psychiatric examination of defendant, who pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, by prosecution-retained expert.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 19, 2011
People v. Hollinquest
Preliminary hearing testimony of witness, later deemed ‘unavailable,’ is admissible because defendant had opportunity and did cross-examine witness during preliminary hearing.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 18, 2011
U.S. v. Lindsey
Denial of defendant’s last peremptory challenge based on court’s counting error does not require reversal of conviction where conviction is supported by sufficient evidence.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 18, 2011
U.S. v. Doss
Witness tampering charge is improper where defendant requests that his wife exercise her marital privilege against testifying, and does not engage in ‘corrupt’ persuasion.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 18, 2011
People v. Dixon
Pandering conviction requires defendant to encourage another to engage in prostitution with others, not offer money in exchange for sex with himself.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 18, 2011
People v. Higgins
Prosecutor’s questioning and remarks regarding defense expert’s previous trial experience aimed to cast him in unfavorable light is reversible misconduct.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2011
People v. Hill
Gang expert can rely on inadmissible evidence in giving opinion testimony on defendant’s motivation to murder police officer.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2011
U.S. v. Begay
Defendant’s calculated actions before and after shooting demonstrate premeditation adequate to support conviction for first degree murder.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 13, 2011
People v. Saibu
In new abstract of judgment, trial court must credit defendant's sentence when sentence is modified pursuant to California Rules of Court Rule 4.452.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 11, 2011
People v. Sharret
Court violates Penal Code Section 654 in failing to stay criminal laboratory fee as to stayed conviction because fee was punitive in nature.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 10, 2011
Hayes v. Ayers
Media coverage of case, which did not significantly interfere with trial, does not result in impartial jury violating defendant’s right to fair trial.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2011
In re Miranda
Habeas corpus petition for review of decision denying parole is moot where petitioner has already been released from custody following subsequent hearing.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2011
People v. Morehead
Court has no duty to instruct jury on ‘fear’ in robbery context and even if erroneous, error was harmless beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2011
People v. Wilkins
Felony-murder liability does not terminate when perpetrator reaches place of temporary safety if felony and killing are within one continuous transaction.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 9, 2011
People v. Sigala
Instruction defining lewd and lascivious conduct for purposes of continuous sexual abuse statute accurately states that touching need not be done in lewd manner.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 6, 2011
U.S. v. Carona
Defendant who tried to persuade witness to provide false testimony commits witness tampering even if he did not want witness to withhold all testimony.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 6, 2011
People v. Avila
Trial court properly appoints conflict counsel for competency hearing where defendant's threat to kill his public defender created conflict of interest.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 6, 2011