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22 Mar 2023, 12:48 pm
Respectfully, I'm not at all sure that this opinion does justice to the reason for the trial court's contrary decision.I fully understand the equities. [read post]
22 May 2023, 11:49 am
I have no problem with this 67-page opinion, which (among other things) holds that it was okay to receive the jury's verdict during the COVID-19 pandemic without the defendant being present when the defendant had COVID-19, was quarantined in jail, and wouldn't be out of quarantine and able to be transported to court for at least two weeks. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 12:53 pm
Today's opinion is another in a long series of SVP cases. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 11:48 am
I disagree with this one.It's a total shortie -- seven double-spaced pages. [read post]
8 May 2008, 9:59 pm
A drive-by gang shooting in Compton. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 11:04 am
I would have thought that everyone could agree that you can't let the jury see a uniformed and armed bailiff following the defendant in a criminal case wherever he goes -- at least if there's not an actual security risk. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 12:55 pm
The California Supreme Court completes the trifecta.Here's the third way you can get yourself killed by the state: Murder (and essentially torture) a four-year old child.Death sentence. [read post]
28 Mar 2023, 5:58 pm
This opinion does not exemplify the type of cooperative and loving family dynamic that you'll see in, say, 1950s television shows:"On the day of the offense, defendant was angry at his mother, saying she was “evil” and deserved to die. [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 12:42 pm
Based upon what the jury found and the facts of this opinion, it seems like LAPD officer Russell Mecano is truly a sleazeball. [read post]
5 May 2020, 3:04 pm
Doctrinally, this is simply a case that applies -- in a fairly straightforward fashion -- a prior decision from the Court of Appeal that holds that the prosecution in a murder trial has to do something (not necessarily something effective) to try to delay a critical witness from being deported before trial instead of simply using that witness' testimony at the preliminary hearing at trial. [read post]
30 Aug 2017, 4:34 pm
Someone steals something (a phone) that costs $900, but with sales tax, it would cost $972.Whether that's commercial burglary (a felony) or shoplifting (a misdemeanor) depends on whether "the value of the property that is taken . . . exceed[s] nine hundred fifty dollars ($950). [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 2:49 pm
When you accidentally hit another vehicle, you'd better instantly utter the words "I hereby invoke my Miranda rights. [read post]
27 Oct 2009, 11:29 am
Here's a lesser known downside to performing a drive-by shooting: You may miss and end up accidentally shooting your own cousin in the chest.You're not psyched about spending 58+ years in prison. [read post]
27 Jan 2023, 12:08 pm
Carolos Bolanos did a lot of bad stuff, for which he was (for the most part) validly convicted. [read post]
15 Aug 2019, 2:35 pm
A 33-year old (Adult) hangs out with a 13-year old (Kid). [read post]
27 Dec 2012, 12:47 pm
Do you have a mental disorder -- e.g, are you subject to involuntary committment as a Sexually Violent Predator -- if you are an older man who finds teenage girls attractive? [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 10:57 am
I wasn't at the trial. [read post]
20 May 2011, 12:04 pm
I'm reading this case, which is in the California Supreme Court, and I had an inkling that, since it was there, it was probably a death case. [read post]
31 Jul 2024, 1:30 pm
I understand the whole part of this opinion about not necessarily being able to strike minority jurors due to their "attitude". [read post]
10 Jul 2024, 10:31 am
Justice Wiley seems right to me when he says that, under the statute, continuous sexual abuse of a child doesn't necessarily require an intent to sexually arose one's self, and that whatever the alleged flaws of the jury instruction given here, they don't really matter in this particular case, since the only alleged basis for defendant's digital penetration of this child was to "punish" her. [read post]
