Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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B255953
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People v. Asbury
Imposition of time limitations for questioning of potential jurors does not warrant reversal of second degree murder conviction involving murder of former lover. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Nov. 3, 2016 | |
D067267
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People v. Guarneros
Car dealership owner who bilked California of sales tax revenues properly ordered to pay 15 percent in collection fees above the $310,360 restitution he must pay. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Nov. 3, 2016 | |
C074138
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People v. Chavez
Penal Code Section 1203.4 provides exclusive method by which trial court can dismiss defendant's conviction following completion of his probation. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Nov. 3, 2016 | |
A147073
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People v. Chenelle
Alleged instructional error does not warrant reversal of caretaker's conviction for committing lewd and lascivious act on a dependant adult. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Nov. 2, 2016 | |
A146637
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In re N.C.
Victim of human trafficking charged with prostitution wins reversal of order denying motion to exclude evidence regarding prostitution because such evidence barred under Evidence Code section 11661. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Nov. 2, 2016 | |
F069936
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People v. Buford
Proposition 47 does not modify Proposition 36 with respect to determination of whether resentencing defendant would pose unreasonable risk of danger to public safety. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 30, 2016 | |
C079831
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People v. Rendon
Possession of materials that may be used to produce more counterfeit bills irrelevant to valuation of counterfeit bills for purposes of determining defendant's punishment for forgery. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 30, 2016 | |
A145162
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People v. Evensen
Defendant has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his computer's shared folder associated with peer-to-peer computer network used to share child pornography. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 30, 2016 | |
D068584
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People v. Lewis
Petitioner who is still serving period of PCRS has not yet 'completed' sentence and is ineligible for redesignation of otherwise qualified offense under Prop. 47. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 30, 2016 | |
B258517
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People v. Tatum
In murder case, judge's negative comments to jury about plumbers provides basis for mistrial where defendant's alibi witness is a plumber. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 30, 2016 | |
B260824
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People v. Learnard
'Strike' reversed as to prior assault conviction where record of conviction did not distinguish types of assault that would support 'strike' finding. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 30, 2016 | |
C078537
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People v. Lopez
'In re Arturo D.' remains good law, permitting officer's warrantless search of driver's purse for identification, warranting the reversal of the dismissal of case against driver. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 27, 2016 | |
B269709
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People v. Aguilar
Defendant unsuccessful in arguing that restitution order must be vacated because it lacks factual nexus to damage caused by his graffiti vandalism. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 27, 2016 | |
F069534
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People v. Navarette
Mexican murder conviction cannot count as 'strike' as elements of crime do not match CA definition of murder due to possibility of self-defense justification. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 27, 2016 | |
A144021
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People v. Sotelo-Urena
Exclusion of expert testimony regarding homeless man's heightened perception of deadly threat resulted in prejudice, warrants reversal of murder conviction. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 26, 2016 | |
B269705
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People v. Wright
Speculative hebephilia diagnosis by expert psychologist who had no knowledge of victims' sexual development not enough to commit defendant to state hospital under Sexually Violent Predator Act. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 25, 2016 | |
D068582
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People v. Cady
Driver obtains reversal of one of his drunk driving convictions where one was a lesser included offense of the other. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
14-10147
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United States v. Doe
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
E061292
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People v. Superior Court (Rangel)
Offender not entitled to apply excess postsentence custody credits to reduce or eliminate his mandatory period of community supervision following resentencing under Prop. 36. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
E063172
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People v. Johnson
Trial court errs by not instructing jury on prior convictions for manslaughter and hit and run in retrial for second degree murder charge in same case. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
E064273
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People v. Sweeney
Gang enhancements under Pen. Code Section 186.22(b) do not necessarily prohibit felony reclassification under Prop 47 to misdemeanor. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 19, 2016 | |
B269373
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People v. Mitchell
Separate sentences for assault and robbery convictions barred by Pen. Code Section 654 as use of scissors in act render the two an 'indivisible transaction.' |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 19, 2016 | |
F069243
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People v. Reyes-Tornero
Penal Code Section 654 does not prohibit multiple punishment on multiple great bodily injury enhancements where several victims were involved. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 19, 2016 | |
E055062
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People v. Windfield
Murder convictions and sentences affirmed, with remand ordered for limited purpose of addressing juvenile sentencing issue in light of 'People v. Franklin.' |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 19, 2016 | |
16-50097
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U.S. v. Nixon
Appropriations rider has no impact on the ability of federal district court to restrict medical marijuana use as a condition of defendant's probation. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 17, 2016 | |
14-10277
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U.S. v. Dowai
Challenge to authority of Northern Mariana Island District Court to hear federal criminal cases rejected, resulting in affirmance of convictions. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 17, 2016 | |
14-10251
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United States v. Camez
Juvenile Delinquency Act does not prohibit jury from considering pre-majority conduct for conviction of participation in a criminal enterprise before and after turning 18. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 17, 2016 | |
11-99008
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Visciotti v. Martel
Regardless of whether petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claim are meritorious, Supreme Court's prior decision in case at hand precludes relief. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 17, 2016 | |
09-17339
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McDaniels v. Kirkland
On remand, Ninth Circuit again upholds denial of habeas relief to two California state prisoners after considering entire state-court record, including materials not presented to state appellate court. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 16, 2016 | |
G047986
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People v. Booth
Counsel's failure to move to dismiss case based on 19-year precharging delay constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel, resulting in reversal and new trial. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 13, 2016 |