• People v. Brooks

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steve Oetting, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Warren J. Williams, Deputy Attorney General for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Pauline E. Villanueva, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D070918

    Dismissed drug charges cannot support imposition of drug testing fee (Dato, J.)

  • In re Miller

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Conrad, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Allison H. Chung, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B278902

    Evidence insufficient to show that aider and abettor acted with reckless indifference to human life (Baker, J.)

  • In re Charles G.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    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, Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Joan Killeen and Amit Kurlekar, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Jamie M. Weyand, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A149593

    Statute prohibiting minor's possession of firearm capable of being concealed does not preempt statute prohibiting any person from carrying concealed firearm (Stewart, J.)

  • United States v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Carlos T. Bea, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Symington Morgan (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Annette L. Hayes, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Lynn C. Hartfield (argued), Law Office of Lynn C. Hartfield LLC, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 16-30096

    Washington conviction for second-degree assault not "crime of violence" (Bea, J.)

  • United States v. Walter-Eze

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services | Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judge, and Carol Bagley Amon,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellen R. Meltzer (argued), Special Counsel; Joanna K.W. Bowman, Alexander F. Porter, and Blanca Quintero, Assistant United States Attorneys; Sung-Hee Suh, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General; Fraud Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: David J. Bernstein (argued), Law Office of David Jay Bernstein PA, Deerfield Beach, Florida, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 15-50315

    Conflict between counsel's interest and client's interests did not warrant presumption of prejudice (Amon, J.)

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  • Marinelarena v. Sessions

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Immigration Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Barry G. Silverman, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Knapp (argued), Supervising Attorney; Laura Free (argued), Isis Miranda (argued), Lilit Arabyan, and Eric M. Sowatsky, Certified Law Students; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Tim Ramnitz (argued), Attorney; Jennifer P. Levings, Senior Litigation Counsel; Shelley R. Goad, Assistant Director; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. 14-72003

    Supreme court's decision in Moncrieffe did not abrogate Ninth Circuit's holding in Young (Graber, J.)

  • People v. Ledesma

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    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, Peter Quon, Jr. and Stacy Tyler, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Anthony J. Dain, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellate.

    Case Number: No. D070755

    Aggravated kidnapping's asportation requirement not unconstitutionally vague (Huffman, J.)

  • People v. Romero

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    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, Victoria B. Wilson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Kathy S. Pomerantz, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Valerie G. Wass, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B277631

    Trial court erred in allowing rape victim's high school teacher to remain on jury (Johnson, J.)

  • United States v. Brito

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-22
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael W. Mosman, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: M. Margaret McKeown, William A. Fletcher, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Sweet (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Kelly A. Zusman, Appellate Chief; Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Eugene, Oregon; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Stephen R. Sady (argued), Chief Deputy Federal Public Defender; Elizabeth G. Daily, Research & Writing Attorney; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Portland, Oregon; for Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 15-30229

    Total "term of imprisonment" may include time spent in state custody (Fletcher, J.)

  • Petrocelli v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-05
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Robert Clive Jones, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: William A. Fletcher, Morgan Christen, and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Richard Ellis (argued), Mill Valley, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Wieland (argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General; Jeffrey M. Conner, Assistant Solicitor General; Adam Paul Laxalt, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada; for Respondent-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-99006

    Competency examiner's testimony at penalty phase of trial violated defendant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights (Fletcher, J.)