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  • Walker v. Appellate Division of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County (People)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-22
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly G. Emling, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Albert J. Menaster, Nick Stewart-Oaten, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.Joseph Lawrence, Interim City Attorney, Yibin Shen, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Melanie Skehar, Deputy City Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. B280100

    Civil disgorgement statute does not apply to calculation of criminal restitution order for unlicensed contractor (Kriegler, Acting P.J.)

  • United States v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2017-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Richard A. Paez and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr.,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Spraker (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Michael W. Cotter, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Helena, Montana; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Donahoe (argued), Senior Litigator; Anthony R. Gallagher, Federal Defender; Federal Defenders of Montana, Helena, Montana; for Defendant-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 15-30350

    Restitution for wire fraud scheme not limited to acts for which defendant was convicted Callahan, J.)

  • People v. Halim

    Publication Date: 2017-08-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-21
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews and Rama R. Maline, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Steve Cooley and Associates, Steve Cooley and Brentford J. Ferreira, for Defendants and Appellants.
    Case Number: No. B271770

    Federal and state prosecutions based on same criminal activity did not violate double jeopardy (Epstein, P.J.)

  • Clayton v. Biter

    Publication Date: 2017-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and Paul L. Friedman,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jan B. Norman (argued), Tujunga, California, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Michael C. Keller (argued) and Jonathan J. Kline, Deputy Attorneys General; Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. 15-71566

    Habeas petition challenging denial of resentencing under California's Three Strikes Reform Act not "second or successive petition" (Paez, J.)

  • United States v. Castillo-Mendez

    Publication Date: 2017-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding Before: Stephen Reinhardt, A. Wallace Tashima, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Benjamin Holley (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Helen H. Hong, Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division; United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Kurt D. Hermansen (argued), Law Office of Kurt David Hermansen, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 15-50273

    District court misinstructed jury regarding meaning of specific intent to enter "free from official restraint" (Paez, J.)

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  • United States v. Job

    Publication Date: 2017-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-03-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Roger T. Benitez, District Judge, Presiding Before: A. Wallace Tashima and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and Paul L. Friedman,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark R. Rehe (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Peter Ko and Helen H. Hong,, Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division; Alana W. Robinson, Acting United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Todd W. Burns (argued), Burns and Cohan, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 14-50472

    Government offered no lawful basis for search of suspect's person and vehicle (Friedman, J.)

  • People v. Button

    Publication Date: 2017-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-17
    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, Arlene A. Sevidal and Christine Yoon Friedman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Allison L. Ehlert, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. D070341

    No need for Boykin-Tahl advisement regarding stipulation that has potential impact on future sentencing decisions only (Aaron, J.)

  • Sales v. Sessions

    Publication Date: 2017-08-18
    Practice Area: Immigration Law | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-18
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Mary M. Schroeder and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges, and Jon P. McCalla,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry J. Moren (argued), Alexander K. Talarides, and James N. Kramer, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, California, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Jesse L. Busen (argued), Trial Attorney; Eric W. Marsteller and Claire L. Workman, Senior Litigation Counsel; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. 15-70885

    California murder conviction based on aiding and abetting qualified as aggravated felony for removal purposes (Schroeder, J.)

  • People v. Pennington

    Publication Date: 2017-08-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-17
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Linda C. Johnson, Michael R. Johnsen, Victoria B. Wilson and Theresa A. Patterson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Mark R. Feeser, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
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    Evidence failed to support finding that harbor patrol officer's "primary duty" was law enforcement (Werdegar, J.)

  • Skulason v. California Bureau of Real Estate

    Publication Date: 2017-08-17
    Practice Area: Privacy | Criminal Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-16
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Diane S. Shaw, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lisa W. Chao, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Stephen Lew, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Nhan T. Vu, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Appellant: Kelly A. Woodruff, Farella Braun + Martel LLP, Aviva J. Gilbert, Farella Braun + Martel LLP.
    Case Number: No. A147047, A147814

    Bureau of Real Estate had no mandatory duty to remove from website publicly available information about licensee's dismissed misdemeanor convictions (Humes, P.J.)