• United States v. Faagai

    Publication Date: 2017-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Susan Oki Mollway, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Michael Daly Hawkins, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chris A. Thomas (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Florence T. Nakakuni, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Honolulu, Hawaii; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Thomas M. Otake (argued), Honolulu, Hawaii, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 15-10621

    Suspects' use of code words for drugs provided probable cause for warrantless search (Bea, J.)

  • United States v. Barragan

    Publication Date: 2017-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Irma E. Gonzalez, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Kermit V. Lipez,*Carlos T. Bea, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Helen H. Hong (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: John C. Lemon (argued), San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellant Jesus Barragan.

    Case Number: No. 13-50516 No. 13-50518 No. 13-50525 No. 13-50531

    Prosecutor improperly urged jurors to convict defendant to send message of deterrence (Hurwitz, J.)

  • People v. Wallace

    Publication Date: 2017-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-07
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Donna M. Provenzano, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Masha A. Dabiza, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Anna Dorn, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A149049

    Warrantless search of arrestee's vehicle could not be justified either as inventory search or under "inevitable discovery" doctrine (Stewart, J.)

  • People v. Pickard

    Publication Date: 2017-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-30
    Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Summer Stephan, District Attorney, Lilia Garcia, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Zander, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No.: CA269335

    Nonconsensual drug testing of arrestee's blood violated Fourth Amendment (by the court)

  • People v. Vasquez

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-29
    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, Eric A. Swenson, Lynne G. McGinnis and Kristine Alton Gutierrez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Carl J. Fabian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D069298

    Prejudicial error to allow victim's handwritten "timeline" of alleged sexual abuse to be displayed at trial (Aaron, J.)

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  • People v. Ling

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-05
    Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Wagstaffe, District Attorney, Kimberley Perrotti, Deputy District Attorney and Mary Louise Christinsen, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Law Offices of Marsanne Weese, Marsanne Weese, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. AD-5574

    Arrestee's silence could not be construed as voluntary consent to blood draw (Davis, P.J.)

  • People v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-06
    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, Barry Carlton and Sabrina Y. Lane-Erwen, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Randy Mize, Chief Deputy Public Defender, and Michael Begovich, Deputy Public Defender for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D070711

    Prop 47 reduction of felony conviction to misdemeanor did not entitle offender to expungement of DNA sample from state database (Benke, Acting P.J.)

  • United States v. $11,500.00 in United States Currency

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-05
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael W. Mosman, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Jay S. Bybee and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges, and Jed S. Rakoff,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexis Lien (argued) and Annemarie Sgarlata, Assistant United States Attorneys; Kelly A. Zusman, Appellate Chief; United States Attorney's Office, Portland, Oregon; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Frank de la Puente (argued), Salem, Oregon, for Claimant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 14-35717

    Mere intent to use cash to facilitate drug transaction insufficient to support judgment of forfeiture (Bybee, J.)

  • United States v. Torres

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-06
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Alvin Howard Matz, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard R. Clifton and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges and Frederic Block,* Senior District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mack E. Jenkins (argued) and Jennifer L. Williams, Assistant United States Attorneys; Robert E. Dugdale, Chief, Criminal Division; United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: H. Dean Steward (argued), San Clemente, California, for Defendant-Appellant Cesar Munoz Gonzalez.

    Case Number: No. 13-50088 No. 13-50095 No. 13-50102 No. 13-50107

    Instructional error regarding quantity of drugs involved in drug conspiracy not "plain error" (Ikuta, J.)

  • People v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2017-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-05
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Joseph P. Lee and Ryan M. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Ralph H. Goldsen, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B270506

    Admission of codefendants' out-of-court non-testimonial statements did not violate defendant's rights under Aranda/Bruton (Hoffstadt, J.)