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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]
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]
2 Jun 2008, 9:51 am
You might well be troubled by cold-hit DNA cases, as well as peremptory challenges suspiciously directed towards a particular gender or racial group. [read post]
15 May 2024, 2:14 pm
This opinion by Justice Yegan contains less than 425 words. [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]
16 May 2017, 4:25 pm
When I think of a carjacking, I think of someone putting a gun to someone's head, or throwing them out of the car, or doing stuff like that and then taking their vehicle. [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]
21 May 2007, 1:57 pm
Wilfredo Cervantes wants to appeal his drug conviction. [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]
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]
28 May 2009, 2:00 pm
As the (fictional) judge said to Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting: "You hit a cop. [read post]
30 May 2014, 11:21 am
I'm not sure why I've seen a rise in the number of cases in which the sentence seems unduly lenient. [read post]
5 May 2014, 1:20 pm
Calvin Chism gets some good news from the California Supreme Court today. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 2:34 pm
There are few opinions that you'll have occasion to employ in your everyday life, but this is one of them.I always assumed it was the law that you have to use your turn signal whenever you're turning. [read post]
