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19 Nov 2008, 7:54 pm
It's not the most heinous set of crimes ever, but, still, I'll be happy for the defendant to spend some time in the big house.I mention the case only because it doesn't make the probation department -- at least in L.A. -- look good. [read post]
27 Dec 2013, 3:43 pm
You read the first two pages of this opinion, which describe the basic facts of the case, and (if you're like me) you think to yourself: "Good. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 11:47 am
(And I read a ton of cases.)That things like this can happen . . . . [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 2:50 pm
You can tell this case took a long time to work its way through the criminal justice system because one of the principal issues on appeal is whether it was permissible to introduce the alleged gang member defendant's MySpace page at his trial.I'm not thinking that there are many "original O.G.'s" with MySpace pages anymore.Even fewer after this opinion. [read post]
28 Aug 2019, 2:44 pm
I'm not even going to describe the facts of this kidnapping and sexual assault case. [read post]
15 Oct 2015, 12:52 pm
I thought that this case was a difficult one. [read post]
11 Jul 2023, 1:55 pm
At this point, we're straight up dismissing criminal cases for routinely failing to bring 'em to trial within the statutory deadline, and the Court of Appeal today affirms that decision for 44 different defendants.We really, really need more judges out there. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 11:38 am
I liked this footnote by Justice O'Rourke (in a case involving the extended committment of a mentally challenged individual):"The term 'mentally retarded person' is used in Welfare and Institutions Code section 6500, which is the statute providing the grounds for Hartshorn's commitment. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 1:20 pm
Here's a brief little quiz from a recent case (but not today) while I'm off watching some water polo up in Orange County:Guillermo Saavedra was beaten to death while he was living in the back of the La Casita restaurant in Indio (which has apparently now closed). [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 1:35 pm
Or, alternatively, you can watch paint dry.For a slightly more exciting case, you could instead read an opinion from a couple of weeks ago that amply demonstrates that clients are sometimes their own worst enemy. [read post]
7 Jan 2008, 2:05 pm
Or at least not most of the reason why.Still, it doesn't help your domestic violence case -- or your attempt to appear sympathetic -- when the third charge to which you pled guilty was for "committing animal cruelty by killing a kitten. [read post]
28 Aug 2024, 10:13 am
At least if the public's willing to pay for it, which, in this case, they apparently are.Though it seems from this opinion that one downside of illegal strip clubs is that, sometimes, you get shot in them. [read post]
22 Jun 2024, 7:16 am
Established by the Supreme Court in the 1993 case Daubert v. [read post]
22 Jun 2024, 7:16 am
Established by the Supreme Court in the 1993 case Daubert v. [read post]
5 Feb 2007, 10:55 am
Kauffman might have told his client after the California Supreme Court's opinion in this case:"Robert, I've got some great news for you: I got your conviction reversed! [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 11:46 pm
This is another one of those cases -- this time, from the California Court of Appeal -- holding that it's totally okay for customs to look through the contents of your laptop at the border (here, at LAX) even without any reasonable suspicion of a crime. [read post]
10 Feb 2022, 10:38 am
In the leading Insular case, Downes v. [read post]
18 Dec 2023, 1:27 pm
The people who wrote Prop. 21 knew full well how to lock in the existing statutory definitions when that's what they intended. [read post]
1 May 2018, 2:25 pm
The first of May brings us precisely such a case.The case concerns a man named Charles Brady, who lives on the streets of my very own San Diego. [read post]
23 Jan 2023, 1:15 pm
We don't want delusional people defending themselves. [read post]
