Category: California Supreme Court Opinions

Filed 2/1/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RIVERSIDE,?Respondent; PABLO ULLISSES LARA, JR.,?Real Party in Interest. S241231 Ct.App. 4/2 E067296;?Riverside County?Super. Ct. No. RIF1601012 Counsel: Michael A. Hestrin, District Attorney, Elaina Gambera Bentley, Assistant District Attorney, Kelli M. Catlett, Ivy B. Fitzpatrick and Donald W. Ostertag, Deputy District […]

Filed 2/1/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JODY CHATMAN, Defendant and Appellant. No. S237374 Ct.App. 1/1 A144196;?Alameda County?Super. Ct. No. 140542 Counsel: David Reagan for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Assistant Attorney […]

Filed 1/29/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA MIKE HERNANDEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents; FRANCESCA MULLER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RESTORATION HARDWARE, INC., Defendant and Respondent. S233983 Ct.App. 4/1 D067091;?San Diego County?Super. Ct. No.?37-2008-00094395-CU-BT-CTL In-A-Nutshell (By LexRoll.com): Unnamed class members to a class action may not appeal a class judgment, settlement, or attorney fees […]

Filed 12/28/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) Plaintiff and Respondent,????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S236728 ) )????????????????????? Ct.App. 2/4 B260774 JAMES BELTON FRIERSON,??????????????????????? ) )?????????????????????? Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant.???????? )????????????????? Super. Ct. No. GA043389 __________________________________ )   The Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (the ?Reform Act? or the […]

Filed 12/28/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S232218 ) )????????????????????? Ct.App. 2/5 B259665 MARVIN TRAVON HICKS,?????????????????????????? ) )?????????????????????? Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant.???????? )?????????????? Super. Ct. No. MA058121-01 __________________________________ )   In this case, we decide whether during a retrial of a second degree […]

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA T.H., a Minor, etc., et al.,??Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS?CORPORATION,?Defendant and Respondent. S233898 Ct.App. 4/1 D067839;?San Diego County?Super. Ct. No. 37-2013-00070440-CU-MM-CTL   Counsel: Public Justice, Leslie A. Brueckner; Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire, Benjamin I. Siminou, Kevin F. Quinn and Charlynne I. Rejaian for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Alan Charles Dell?Ario […]

Filed 12/21/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SULMA MARILYN GALLARDO, Defendant and Appellant. S231260 Ct.App. 2/6 B257357;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. VA126705-01 Counsel Christian C. Buckley, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief […]

Filed 12/18/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA BADRUDIN KURWA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ?MARK B. KISLINGER et al.,?Defendants and Respondents. S234617 Ct.App. 2/5 B264641;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. KC045216   Counsel Law Offices of Robert S. Gerstein, Robert S. Gerstein; Law Offices of Steven H. Gardner and Steven H. Gardner for Plaintiff and Appellant […]

Filed 12/11/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S175851 v.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?) ) JEAN PIERRE RICES,????????????????????????????????????? ) )???????????????????????? San Diego County Defendant […]

Filed 12/11/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA PATRICK LOWELL JACKSON, Petitioner v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Respondent THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest S235549 Ct.App. 4/2 E064010;?Super. Ct. No. INF1500950   ? Counsel: Steven L. Harmon, Public Defender, and Laura Arnold, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent Michael A. […]

Filed 12/7/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S089311 v.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ) ) CHRISTOPHER HENRIQUEZ,?????????????????????? ) )????????????????????? Contra Costa County Defendant and Appellant.???????? )?????????????????? Super. […]

Filed 12/4/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re HECTOR MARTINEZ, on Habeas Corpus S226596 Ct.App. 4/1 D066705 San Diego County?Super.Ct. No. SCD224457 Counsel: Marilee Marshall & Associates and Marilee Marshall for Petitioner Hector Martinez. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant […]

Filed 11/30/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent v. TIMOTHY WAYNE PAGE, Defendant and Appellant S230793 Ct.App. 4/2 E062760;?San Bernardino County?Super. Ct. No. FVI1201369   Counsel: Jeffrey S. Kross, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, […]

Filed 11/27/17 (this opn. precedes companion case S227270 also filed 11/27/17) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA GERAWAN FARMING, INC., Petitioner v. AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent UNITED FARM WORKERS OF?AMERICA,? Real Party in Interest S227243 Ct.App. 5 F068526/F068676 Opinion? In 1975, the Legislature enacted the Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA) ?to encourage and protect […]

Filed 11/27/17 (this opn. follows companion case S227243 also filed 11/27/17) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA TRI-FANUCCHI FARMS, Petitioner v. AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA, Real Party in Interest. S227270 Ct.App. 5 F069419   Counsel: Sagaser, Watkins & Wieland, Howard A. Sagaser, William M. Woolman, Ian B. Wieland and […]

Filed 11/27/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA F.P., Plaintiff and Respondent v. JOSEPH MONIER, Defendant and Appellant. S216566 Ct.App. 3 C062329;?Sacramento County?Super. Ct. No. 06AS00671 Counsel: Ortiz Law Office, Jesse S. Ortiz III; Jay-Allen Eisen Law, Jay-Allen Eisen and Aaron S. McKinney for Defendant and Appellant. Kathryn Karcher, Jan T. Chilton, Jon B. Eisenberg, […]

Filed 11/1/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA LATRICE RUBENSTEIN,??????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Appellant,???????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S234269 v.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?) […]

Filed 11/1/17 ?IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA CANNABIS COALITION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants v. CITY OF UPLAND et al., Defendants and Respondents. S234148 ?Ct.App. 4/2 E063664; San Bernardino County?Super. Ct. No. CIVDS1503985 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING THE COURT: The opinion in this matter filed on August 28, 2017, […]

Filed 10/25/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) RON BRIGGS,??????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Petitioner,??????????????????????????????????? ) ) v. ) EDMUND G. BROWN, JR.,??????????????????????????? ) as Governor, etc., et al.,???????????????????????????????????? )?????????????? S238309 ) Respondents;????????????????????????????? ) ) CALIFORNIANS TO MEND, NOT END,??? ) THE DEATH PENALTY, etc.,??????????????????????? ) ) Intervener.?????????????????????????????????? ) __________________________________ ) ? ORDER MODIFYING OPINION, […]

Filed 7/27/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA FRIENDS OF THE EEL RIVER,?Plaintiff and Appellant v. NORTH COAST RAILROAD AUTHORITY et al., Defendants and Respondents; NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Real Party in Interest and Respondent. S222472 Ct.App. 1/5 A139222;?Marin County? Super. Ct. No. CV1103605 Counsel: Shute Mihaly & Weinberger, Ellison Folk, Amy J. Bricker, Edward […]

?Filed 7/24/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent v. MARIO R. ESTRADA, Defendant and Appellant S232114 Ct.App. 2/8 B260573;?Los Angeles County? Super. Ct. No. GA025008 Counsel: Richard B. Lennon and Suzan E. Hier, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys […]

Filed 7/24/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent v. ALLEN DIMEN DeLEON, Defendant and Appellant S230906 Ct.App. 1/3 A140050;?Ct.App. 1/3 A140050 Counsel: Roberta Simon, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Sharon Petrosino, Public Defender (Orange), Daniel J. Cook, Chief Deputy Public Defender, and David Dworakowski, Assistant […]

Filed 7/20/17 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,???????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S075725 v. )?????????????????????? Los Angeles County KIONGOZI JONES,??????????????????????????????????????????? )?????????????? Super. Ct. No. NA031990?01 ) Defendant and Appellant.???????? ) __________________________________ )   A jury found defendant Kiongozi Jones guilty of two counts of first degree murder (Pen. Code, ???187, […]