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25 Mar 2013, 12:33 pm
It's not improper for a prosecutor to assert (in closing argument and elsewhere) that the defendant "brought a gun to a fistfight" when the defendant essentially did, in fact, bring a gun to a fistfight.So holds the Court of Appeal.Referencing famous movie lines: Not just for outside the courtroom. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 1:29 pm
The first murder was (allegedly) committed by Cain, who killed his brother Abel. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 11:52 am
Some guys are creepy. [read post]
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]
29 Mar 2007, 12:51 pm
Daddy commits repeated incest with his 14-year old daughter. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 12:34 pm
Justice Robie begins this opinion with: "The facts of this case are horrendous. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 3:04 pm
We don't trust in-custody inmate testimony because (inter alia) we're concerned -- for good and empirical reasons -- that inmates might lie and incriminate another prisoner to get a reduced sentence in their own case.We don't trust accomplice testimony for identical reasons.As a result, in California, you've got to have corroboration. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 10:12 am
Yes, Virginia, the California Attorney General's Office really did argue that the appeal should be dismissed because the fugitive disentitlement doctrine applies to a criminal defendant who was involuntarily deported. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 9:55 am
It's the rare case in which the Court of Appeal will find that the consolidation of two criminal charges against a defendant results in reversible error. [read post]
1 Mar 2018, 10:18 am
When you choose a home pretty much at random to rob, and stab and kill the woman inside of it, it's not at all surprising that the trial court sentences you to death and that the California Supreme Court unanimously affirms. [read post]
6 May 2014, 10:04 am
On the one hand, correctional officers found some marijuana and a weapon in defendant's locked foot locker in prison. [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 1:25 pm
You get used to seeing a certain pattern in these types of cases. [read post]
18 Mar 2020, 1:17 pm
Wow. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 1:05 pm
I agree with Justice Perren that the prosecutor's extended reference to 9/11 in this case was error, and also thought that Justice Perren (rightly) took the underlying issue seriously.That said, the opinion highlights the problem of prosecutorial misconduct and the wholesale inability -- or unwillingness -- of the judiciary to do much about it. [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 1:09 pm
I often don't quite understand these gang shooting cases. [read post]
5 Mar 2019, 2:37 pm
You don't see many felony convictions for perjury. [read post]
1 Apr 2013, 11:59 am
It's refreshing to see an opinion like this. [read post]
12 Mar 2020, 3:51 pm
I don't know. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 11:23 am
The Attorney General's office gets a break. [read post]
13 Mar 2023, 4:40 pm
I just want to republish two quotes from this opinion by Justice Ramirez:(1) "Defendant My Ngo was a “shotcaller” in a Vietnamese gang. [read post]
