• People v. Roa

    Publication Date: 2017-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-02
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Margaret E. Maxwell and Douglas L. Wilson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Rudy Kraft, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B264885

    Expert testimony regarding case-specific facts gleaned from investigative reports should not have been admitted at trial (Chavez, J.)

  • In re A.N.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Education Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-02
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Taryle, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Tannaz Kouhpainezhad, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Stephen P. Lipson, Public Defender, Michael C. McMahon, Chief Deputy Public Defender, William Quest, Senior Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: 2d Juv. No. B275914

    Minor's excessive absences properly triggered juvenile court jurisdiction (Tangeman, J.)

  • People v. Lee

    Publication Date: 2017-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-04
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Donna M. Provenzano, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Lauren Apter, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Jeffrey A. Glick, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A145038

    Thief's disposal of stolen funds using personal checks made payable to specific persons or entities did not qualify as money laundering (Jones, P.J.)

  • In re Oswaldo R.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-07
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: By Appointment of the Court of Appeal Under the First District Appellate Project, Kathryn Seligman.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent; Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of the State of California, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Donna M. Provenzano, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Aileen Bunney, Deputy Attorney General.

    Case Number: No. A148364

    Gang condition sufficiently clear to apprise probationer of prohibited conduct (Kline, P.J.)

  • People v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2017-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-01
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, and Scott C. Taylor and Charles C. Ragland, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Catherine White, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. E059735

    Prosecutor's election of one of two alternate acts to support charged offense barred appellate consideration of sufficiency of evidence with respect to other act (Ramirez, P.J.)

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  • United States v. Rodriguez-Soriano

    Publication Date: 2017-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-02
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Richard C. Tallman, and Morgan B. Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph E. Thaggard (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Michael W. Cotter, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Missoula, Montana; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Michael Donahoe (argued), Senior Litigator; Joslyn Hunt, Research Attorney; Anthony R. Gallagher, Federal Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Helena, Montana, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 15-30039

    Defendant not entitled to sentence reduction based on amendment to guideline that played no role in original sentencing (McKeown, J.)

  • In re R.S.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-28
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, A. Natasha Cortina and Alastair J. Agcaoili, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Ashley N. Johndro, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D071020

    Search and supervision conditions of probation not facially unconstitutional (Huffman, J.)

  • In re I.V.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-28
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, A. Natasha Cortina, Alastair J. Agcaoili and Britton B. Lacy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Daniel Brian Yeager, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D070611

    Minor's school record sufficed to establish that his educational and mental health needs were not being met (Aaron, J.)

  • Carr v. Superior Court (The Department of Developmental Services)

    Publication Date: 2017-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-28
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Diana Alicia Garrido, Department of the Public Defender; Robin Lipetzky, Contra Costa County Public Defender for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Julie Weng-Gutierrez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Susan M. Carson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Gregory D. Brown, Deputy Attorney General for Real Parties in Interest.

    Case Number: No. A147957

    Commitment order did not preclude medical determination of restored competency prior to treatment (Siggins, J.)

  • United States v. Velazquez

    Publication Date: 2017-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-01
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: James A. Teilborg, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Ronald Lee Gilman,*and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith E. Vercauteren (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Krissa M. Lanham, Deputy Appellate Chief; United States Attorney's Office, Phoenix, Arizona; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Michael J. Bresnehan (argued), Law Offices of Michael J. Bresnehan P.C., Tempe, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 14-10311

    District court abused discretion in refusing to hear evidence on defendant's motions to substitute counsel (Friedland, J.)