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People v. Knorr
Barbara Michel : 1/26/2012

There was insufficient evidence to support appellant's robbery conviction under an aider and abettor or conspiracy theory. Appellant was upset at her former roommate Nate for kicking her out. Her gang member friends went to the former residence with info...

People v. Ramirez
Julie Schumer : 1/25/2012

The sentence for attempted premeditated murder is "life with the possibility of parole." (Pen. Code, § 664, subd. (a).) The trial court committed a common error of describing the indeterminate sentence by the minimum parole eligibility period.

People v. Manley
Francine Tone : 1/17/2012

Appellant negotiated a plea agreement in a Sutter County case that provided, inter alia, that any jail time imposed in Sutter County would run concurrent with jail time that might be imposed in Yuba County should probation in a Yuba County case be revoked ...

People v. Martinez
Matt Wilson : 1/17/2012

The Court of Appeal accepted the Attorney General's concession that the trial court improperly limited appellant's custody credits pursuant to Penal Code section 2933.1 because the current conviction (battery with serious bodily injury) was not a violent f...

In re Nicholas K.
Kendall Simsarian : 1/17/2012

The maximum term of confinement is calculated only if the minor is removed from the physical custody of his parents. When a minor is not removed, as in this case, he is entitled to a dispositional order that is free of potentially confusing and legally ine...

People v. Lawrence Cardoza
John Hardesty : 1/17/2012

Appellant committed several offenses in prison, including battery on a guard, shortly before he was released on parole for the offense for which he was incarcerated at the time of the battery. While out of custody, he was convicted of offenses in another ...

 

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