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25 May 2018, 3:41 pm
Maybe you were drunk when you were arrested. [read post]
9 May 2016, 2:07 pm
Last year, I said: "The California Supreme Court should grant review of this opinion. [read post]
3 May 2011, 2:30 am
News flash: Phil Spector's conviction for second-degree murder and 19-year sentence for killing Lana Clarkson is affirmed by the Court of Appeal.Not surprising. [read post]
8 May 2008, 9:59 pm
A drive-by gang shooting in Compton. [read post]
28 May 2008, 11:30 am
Just because you got away with shooting your first wife in the head while she slept doesn't mean that you're going to get away with shooting your third wife in the head while she sleeps. [read post]
29 May 2009, 11:41 am
Here's a case that, in my view, is clearly and unambiguously correct. [read post]
5 May 2010, 11:35 pm
I think this is right.M.D. calls the police and says her boyfriend is vandalizing her car. [read post]
6 May 2010, 12:33 pm
The defendant's not there. [read post]
20 May 2008, 10:45 am
I always like reading opinions that help me be a more successful criminal. [read post]
9 May 2007, 2:38 pm
On the merits, I initially agreed with the majority opinion by Justice Woods in this case. [read post]
21 May 2009, 10:11 am
So I'm reading this case, and my eyes flitter to the line that contains the name of counsel for the defendant. [read post]
17 May 2010, 11:14 am
When they're trying to keep you locked up as a "mentally disordered offender," here are some things you definitely do not want the staff psychologist to say about you:"Mohapatra testified Contreras's schizophrenia manifested in his refusal to eat because he believed he was not going to be able to swallow, his thoughts that the hospital staff was going to break his penis, and his thoughts that his arms and leg were going to fall off because of his tattoos. [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]
3 May 2021, 2:16 pm
I understand that death penalty opinions by the California Supreme Court are often lengthy. [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]
15 Jun 2012, 11:15 am
Matthew Souza gets some good news and some bad news from the California Supreme Court.The bad news is that he's going to spend the rest of his brief life in prison before we kill him.The good news is that we're cutting the $24,000 restitution order entered against him in half.So he's got that going for him. [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]
14 May 2014, 10:49 am
It's a testament to the depths to which we sunk during the housing bubble (and its aftermath) that in the 91 years since California enacted the relevant provisions of Section 502.5 of the California Penal Code Section, there wasn't a single appellate decision that reviewed a conviction thereunder for wilfully removing fixed improvements from a piece of encumbered (e.g., mortgaged) real estate.Until this one.The case involves precisely the type of abhorrent conduct that transpired -- and,… [read post]
17 May 2007, 12:51 pm
Imagine that you're a parent. [read post]
3 May 2013, 11:55 am
The facts of this opinion start on page four, and take up three double-spaced pages.Read them.I'm rarely at a loss for words. [read post]
