Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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G048097
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People v. Casica
Woman receives reduced sentence for burglary and forgery offenses because her one objective in crimes was to steal her friend’s money. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 12, 2014 | |
12-10045
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U.S. v. Popov
Health care provider who submitted fraudulent Medicare claims can hold off on paying $607,457 in restitution because court improperly calculated restitution amount. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 12, 2014 | |
A136655
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People v. Sasser
Sex offender receives multiple sentence enhancements due to his prior conviction for lewd act on child, resulting in aggregate term of 495 years to life. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 12, 2014 | |
13-10025
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U.S. v. Vallejos
Offender who used LimeWire’s peer-to-peer file-sharing program to download child pornography receives sentence increase for distribution. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 11, 2014 | |
12-10433
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U.S. v. Vasquez-Perez
Foreign citizen does not need verbal notice of additional allegations against him at initial hearing, when he was already in custody for illegally reentering U.S. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 11, 2014 | |
11-17116
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Smith v. Swarthout
Juror’s failure to disclose that he knew defendant through his daughter, who was defendant's neighbor, does not affect attempted murder conviction. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 11, 2014 | |
F065496
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People v. Lipsett
Thief makes criminal threats by yelling 'shoot him' at victim’s dog, intending to scare victim into leaving with dog so he could steal his bike. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 11, 2014 | |
G048566
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People v. Bautista
State may charge man, who possessed ‘50 to 100 days’ worth of heroin, with drug dealing, even if magistrate judge believed there was not enough evidence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 11, 2014 | |
12-10549
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U.S. v. Carter
Participant in fraudulent airline ticketing scheme gets out of $66,000 restitution payment because forfeited assets already satisfied that obligation. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 10, 2014 | |
12-30337
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U.S. v. Hammond
Oregon ranchers must be sentenced to at least five years of imprisonment for burning 139 acres of federal government’s public land. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 10, 2014 | |
D063719
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In re Martinez
Offender is ineligible for resentencing under new version of the Three Strikes law because his spousal rape conviction was a serious and violent felony. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 10, 2014 | |
B242963
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People v. Jones
Gang member who was caught on surveillance cameras shooting another gang member is guilty of first degree murder, regardless of possible jury instruction issues. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 7, 2014 | |
12-30389
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U.S. v. Lyle
Pharmacist illegally tampers with consumer product by opening box of Fentanyl patches, removing them and re-gluing empty box for resale. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
12-30353
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U.S. v. Williams
District court may not revoke man’s federal supervised release after he pleaded guilty to Washington assault charge while maintaining his innocence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
S204582
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In re Lira
Prisoner who was kept in prison for additional year due to Governor’s decision may not receive credit against his parole for that period of incarceration. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
A139102
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Dews v. Superior Court (People)
Driver suspected of DUI may retry claim that 19-month delay between arrest warrant and arraignment violated his speedy trial right. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 3, 2014 | |
D063719
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In re Martinez
Offender is ineligible for resentencing under new version of the Three Strikes law because his spousal rape conviction was a serious and violent felony. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 31, 2014 | |
S105097
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People v. Duff
California Supreme Court upholds man’s death sentence for 1998 killings of two men in Sacramento, which he claimed he committed in self-defense. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 31, 2014 | |
C071008
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People v. Superior Court (Sanchez)
Shooter’s reduced sentence in attempted murder case does not stand because court altered defective plea bargain, instead of tossing it entirely. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 30, 2014 | |
D063369
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People v. White
Lifetime inmate is ineligible for resentencing under new Three Strikes law because in third offense, he had ready access to a gun he carried. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 29, 2014 | |
C072497
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People v. Kisling
Court of Appeal does not have to allow sexually violent predator’s equal protection challenge, after California Supreme Court directed courts on issue. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 29, 2014 | |
12-7515
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Burrage v. U.S.
Heroin dealer gets out of 20-year minimum sentence for heroin distribution because customer’s death was not caused only by heroin use. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
E055362
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People v. Falls
Man who attempted to use fraudulent check to pay for groceries is guilty of both passing and possessing fraudulent check. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
G048097
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People v. Casica
Woman receives reduced sentence for burglary and forgery offenses because her one objective in crimes was to steal her friend’s money. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 27, 2014 | |
13-30008
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U.S. v. Shill
Oregon man's 10-year prison term for using Internet to try to entice minor to have sex is not too harsh, even if offense was misdemeanor under Oregon law. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 27, 2014 | |
C066832
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People v. Virgo
Hell's Angels 'enforcer' overturns five of 10 attempted murder convictions because during shootout, some officers took cover outside his home. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 27, 2014 | |
08-99017
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Dickens v. Ryan
Man who planned and executed robbery and murder of couple at Arizona rest stop by his teenage accomplice receives death sentence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 24, 2014 | |
G047666
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People v. Sanchez
Gang expert may use evidence from STEP notices regarding gang involvement, field investigation cards and police reports to identify gang member. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 22, 2014 | |
11-56768
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Bell v. Uribe
Holdout juror's removal is appropriate because she conducted her own research and presented her 'expert' analysis to jury during deliberations. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 22, 2014 | |
D061858
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People v. Sy
Couple who sold counterfeit bags and merchandise are properly convicted for selling counterfeit marks, even if their customers knew merchandise was fake. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jan. 22, 2014 |