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31 May 2007, 1:15 pm
This case might make a good student law review article.Defendant exercises his right to represent himself at his first criminal trial and makes various statements during closing argument that, let's say, are less than well-advised (e.g., are incriminating). [read post]
13 May 2011, 1:34 pm
Here's a scam that I hadn't considered.Cut yourself shaving. [read post]
9 May 2016, 2:07 pm
Last year, I said: "The California Supreme Court should grant review of this opinion. [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]
2 May 2024, 1:03 pm
Justice Corrigan authors a powerful opinion that holds that it's not permissible for the police to conduct a Terry stop just because someone's in a high crime area and pretending to tie his shoe behind a car in order to avoid the police, and Justice Evan authors an equally powerful concurrence (joined by a majority of the Court) that highlights the racial implications of a rule that assumes that the "normal" response to a police encounter is to welcome and/or consent to… [read post]
30 May 2011, 1:54 pm
Here's a timely reminder for Memorial Day: Don't drink and boat.Guzman's lucky. [read post]
15 May 2008, 11:41 am
I spent my morning reading the California Supreme Court's opinion in the marriage cases. [read post]
12 May 2025, 3:56 pm
If you want someone killed in prison, I gotta admit, it seems like a pretty good business model to get someone who's already serving a life sentence in that prison to do it for you.That doesn't mean it's ethical or moral, obviously. [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]
20 May 2024, 3:13 pm
It does seem at least a little bit wrong that someone committed to a hospital as a sexually violent predator should go 12 full years without a trial, no? [read post]
7 May 2021, 2:34 pm
Doesn't it seem like Justice Grover is clearly and unambiguously right here? [read post]
1 May 2019, 3:21 pm
Today's opinion makes me wonder if the defendants charged in the college admissions scandal might eventually have a state law problem as well.The existing defendants have all been charged with federal crimes, in federal court. [read post]
15 May 2023, 3:48 pm
Brothers Jose and Orlando Portillo were caught red-handed at 1:30 a.m. stealing 15 boxes of adjustable dumbbells from a warehouse in the City of Industry. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 12:51 pm
Nothing new from the California Court of Appeal today, and two tiny orders is all we have from the Ninth Circuit. [read post]
6 May 2010, 12:33 pm
The defendant's not there. [read post]
28 May 2009, 2:00 pm
As the (fictional) judge said to Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting: "You hit a cop. [read post]
5 May 2014, 12:14 pm
It's a unanimous opinion by the California Supreme Court. [read post]
2 May 2007, 2:31 pm
You can kill someone in Compton in 1981. [read post]
17 May 2007, 12:51 pm
Imagine that you're a parent. [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]
