People v. Wilson
Deborah Hawkins
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9/26/2008
In April 2007, the People filed a motion requesting that the appellant's existing two-year commitment under the SVPA be converted to an indeterminate term pursuant to Senate Bill No. 1128 and Proposition 83, both of which amended the SVPA to provide for in...
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People v. Johnson
Victoria Stafford
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9/25/2008
The Court of Appeal agreed with appellant that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction for dissuading a witness, and reversed. The court specifically found that the evidence was not sufficient to support a reasonable inference that the state...
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In re Eduardo B.
Richard Levy
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9/25/2008
Unpublished opinion. Appellant was convicted (inter alia) of four sex offenses against two victims under the age of 14 (D. and R.). As to D., appellant was convicted of two violations of Penal Code 269, subdivision (a)(1). As to R., he was convicted of ...
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In re L.C.
Gino de Solenni
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9/23/2008
In an unpublished opinion the court reversed the trial court's summary denial of appellant's request to challenge a proposed visitation order and remanded for a contested review hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.3, subdivison (e...
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In re Lori H.
Darlene Kelly
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9/23/2008
On appeal appellant argued, respondent conceded and the Court agreed that the Department of Human Services failed to comply with the notice requirements of ICWA. In an unpublished opinion the court reversed the orders terminating parental rights and reman...
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People v. Dehle
Bob Navarro
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9/18/2008
The trial court ordered appellant to pay $622,750 in restitution after he pled to vehicular manslaughter. On appeal, appellant argued, inter alia, (1) the restitution hearing was invalid because it was prosecuted by the surviving spouse's private attorney...
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In re K. H.
Steve Torres
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9/16/2008
The Court of Appeal agreed with appellant that the juvenile court erred in declaring a theoretical maximum period of confinement because the court did not order him removed from the custody of his parents. Where the minor is not removed from the physical c...
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People v. Love
Patricia Brisbois
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9/16/2008
Appellant was convicted of both using the victim's stolen credit card information for obtaining a laptop (Pen. Code, sec. 484g, subd. (a)), and receiving the same laptop as stolen property (Pen. Code, sec. 496, subd. (a)). The Court held that one of the t...
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People v. Rodrigues
Gene Vorobyov
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9/9/2008
Unpublished opinion. Appellant was convicted of several offenses including leaving the scene of an accident (Veh. Code § 20002, subd. (a); count two) and resisting arrest (Pen. Code § 148, subd. (a)(1); count eight). Both offenses were committed during a...
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People v. Rogers
Jean Marinovich
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9/9/2008
The Court of Appeal agreed that the trial court erred when it imposed and stayed an on-bail enhancement. The Court of Appeal struck the enhancement because it relates to the nature of the offender, not the offense. (People v. Augborne (2002) 104 Cal.app...
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People v. Christopher
Paul Carroll
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9/9/2008
Unpublished opinion. Defendant was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to prison. At sentencing, the trial court refused to give appellant any credit for actual time served, citing Penal Code section 2933.2. On appeal, appellant argued that ...
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People v. Richardson
Jeffrey Kross
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9/8/2008
Unpublished opinion. Following remand from a prior appeal, appellant was resentenced. On the abstract of judgment for the sentence imposed on remand, the trial court did not report the number of actual days that appellant spent in prison between the date...
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