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  • United States v. Olson

    Publication Date: 2017-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Agriculture
    Date Filed: 2017-05-15
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Timothy M. Burgess, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Retta-Rae Randall (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Anchorage, Alaska, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Glenda Kerry (argued), Law Office of Glenda J. Kerry, Girdwood, Alaska, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 15-30022

    Crime of misprision of felony requires proof of defendant's awareness that underlying wrongful conduct constituted felony (Fisher, J.)

  • United States v. Brugnara

    Publication Date: 2017-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-05-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: William H. Alsup, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Ralph R. Erickson, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith B. Osborn (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Barbara J. Valliere, Chief, Appellate Division; Brian J. Stretch, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Dena M. Young (argued), Law Offices of Dena Marie Young, Santa Rosa, California, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 15-10509

    Pro se defendant's outrageous behavior did not warrant termination of self-representation (Wallace, J.)

  • Greenway v. Ryan

    Publication Date: 2017-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Raner C. Collins, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin C. Konrad (argued) and Therese M. Day, Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona; for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Sparks (argued) and Laura P. Chiasson, Assistant Attorneys General; Jeffrey A. Zick and Lacey Stover Gard, Chief Counsel; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Tucson, Arizona; for Respondent-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 14-15309

    Capital defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel without merit (Schoeder, J.)

  • People v. Figueroa

    Publication Date: 2017-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-05-09
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Appellant, The People: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Bridget Billeter, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant and Respondent, Rafael Villanueva Figueroa: Laurie Wilmore, under appointment by the Court of Appeal for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. H043204

    Reinstatement of proceedings trigger's defendant's right to preliminary examination within 60 days only if arraignment or plea hearing preceded suspension of proceedings (Rushing, P.J.)

  • People v. Arce

    Publication Date: 2017-05-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-05-08
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Barry Carlton, Heidi Salerno and Elizabeth Renner, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Eric Anthony Dumars, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. D069360

    Split sentence not available to defendant subject to deportation (Benke, J.)

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  • People v. Salvador

    Publication Date: 2017-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-05-05
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Catherine A. Rivlin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Roni Dina Pomerantz, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant and Appellant: Stephen B. Bedrick, under appointment by the Court of Appeal.
    Case Number: No. A142488

    Minimum parole eligibility terms apply to life sentences in lieu of 10-year consecutive gang enhancements (Richman, J.)

  • Fisher v. Kealoha

    Publication Date: 2017-05-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-05-05
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Alan C. Kay, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Michael Daly Hawkins, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Te-Hina Te-Moana Ickes (argued), Law Offices of Te-Hina Ickes, Honolulu, Hawaii; Donald L. Wilkerson, Law Office of Donald L. Wilkerson ALC, Honolulu, Hawaii; Alan Alexander Beck, Law Offices of Alan Beck, San Diego, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Curtis E. Sherwood (argued) and Sarah T. Casken, Deputies Corporation Counsel; Donna Y.L. Leong, Corporation Counsel; Department of the Corporation Counsel, Honolulu, Hawaii; for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 14-16514

    Paucity of restoration mechanisms under Hawaii law did not undermine federal prohibition on firearm possession by persons convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence (per curiam)

  • United States v. Liew

    Publication Date: 2017-05-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Date Filed: 2017-05-05
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Merry Jean Chan (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Barbara J. Valliere, Chief, Appellate Division; Brian Stretch, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Dennis P. Riordan (argued), Donald M. Horgan, Gary K. Dubkoff, and Matthew C. Dirkes, Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 14-10367 Nos. 14-10384

    Defendant's warning to employee not to disclose certain information to investigators did not constitute witness tampering (Owens, J.)

  • People v. International Fidelity Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel, and Ayriel A. Bland, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Law Office of John Rorabaugh, John M. Rorabaugh and Robert Tomlin White for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. D070060

    Bail conditions did not increase defendant's flight risk (Nares, J.)

  • People v. Slough

    Publication Date: 2017-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-02
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Victoria B. Wilson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Viet H. Nguyen, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Christina Alvarez Barnes, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: 2d Crim. No. B262102

    Drug dealer did not personally inflict great bodily injury by selling victim heroin that caused fatal overdose (Perren, J.)