Category: 2002

[No. S097765. Aug. 22, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ARTURO GARCIA, Defendant and Appellant. In re ARTURO GARCIA on Habeas Corpus. (Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. LA032965, Michael R. Hoff, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Second Dist., Div. One, Nos. B141994 and B149050, 88 Cal. App. 4th 794.) (Opinion by Chin, […]

[No. S018634. Aug. 15, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ISAAC GUTIERREZ, JR., Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of San Bernardino County, No. VCR3799, Ben T. Kayashima, Judge.) (Opinion by Baxter, J., expressing the unanimous view of the court.) COUNSEL Paul M. Posner, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Bill […]

[No. S086518. Aug. 19, 2002.] DART INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. C519554, Loren Miller, Jr., Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Second Dist., Div. One, No. B129601, 77 Cal. App. 4th 916.) (Opinion by Moreno, J., with George, C. J., Kennard, […]

[No. S097755. Aug. 19, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DALE HOWARD JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of Sonoma County, No. SCR29023, Robert S. Boyd, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, First Dist., Div. Four, No. A091500, 88 Cal. App. 4th 420.) (Opinion by Kennard, J., expressing the unanimous view of the court.) COUNSEL […]

[No. S088712. Aug. 15, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES EDWARD STORM, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of San Diego County, No. SEC175583, Christine K. Goldsmith, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Fourth Dist., Div. One, No. D030950, 79 Cal. App. 4th 1324.) (Opinion by Baxter, J., with Werdegar, Brown, and Moreno, JJ., concurring. […]

[No. S016081. Aug. 12, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MAUREEN MCDERMOTT, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. A810541, Alan B. Haber, Judge.) (Opinion by Kennard, J., expressing the unanimous view of the court.) COUNSEL Steffan Imhoff and Verna Wefald, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. […]

[No. S092179. Aug. 12, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES BERT WUTZKE, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of San Diego County, No. SCD135054, Wesley R. Mason III, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Fourth Dist., Div. One, No. D033221, 83 Cal. App. 4th 622.) (Opinion by Baxter, J., expressing the unanimous view of the […]

[No. S095474. Aug. 12, 2002.] JANICE BIRD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ROLANDO SAENZ et al., Defendants and Respondents. (Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. LC034706, Anthony J. Mohr, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Second Dist., Div. Seven, No. B134886, 86 Cal. App. 4th 167.) (Opinion by Werdegar, J., with George, C.J., Kennard, […]

[No. S090337. Aug. 8, 2002.] MYCOGEN CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. MYCOGEN PLANT SCIENCE, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. (Superior Court of San Diego County, Nos. 671896 and 699882, Herbert B. Hoffman, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Fourth Dist., Div. One, Nos. D031046, […]

[No. S091459. Aug. 8, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ZUHEIR ANIS TOTARI, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of Santa Clara County, Nos. 100337 and 100338, Kevin J. Murphy, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Sixth Dist., No. H019719, Unpublished Opinion.) (Opinion by Chin, J., expressing the unanimous view of the court.) COUNSEL Norton Tooby, […]

[No. S090420. Aug. 5, 2002.] JOSEPH NAEGELE, as Trustee, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents. RICHARD DONALDSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents. (Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, Nos. 992230, 992223 and 992217, […]

[No. S095213. Aug. 5, 2002.] BETTY JEAN MYERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents. (Original Appeal, on certification from the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, No. 99-17383.) (Opinion by Kennard, J., with George, C. J., Baxter, Werdegar, Chin, and Brown, JJ., concurring. Dissenting opinion by Moreno, […]

[No. S010808. July 31, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JACK GUS FARNAM, Defendant and Appellant. [Modification of opinion (28 Cal.4th 107).] THE COURT.- The opinion herein, filed on June 10, 2002, appearing at 28 Cal. 4th 107, is modified as follows: In the second sentence of third complete paragraph on page 159 [28 […]

[No. S097444. Aug. 1, 2002.] RAUL WILSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PARKER, COVERT & CHIDESTER et al., Defendants and Respondents. RAUL WILSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MARK WILLIAMS, Defendant and Respondent. RAUL WILSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CARL AXUP et al., Defendants and Respondents. (Superior Court of Riverside County, […]

[No. S099542. Aug. 1, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPEROR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; RODRIGO ALBERTO JIMENEZ, Real Party in Interest. (Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. BA207717, Stephen E. O’Neil, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Second Dist., Div. One, No. B148656, 90 Cal. App. 4th 267.) (Opinion by Chin, J., […]

[No. S094710. July 29, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT NEAL ANDERSON, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of Humboldt County, No. 980788, John T. Feeney, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, First Dist., Div. Two, No. A087698, 85 Cal. App. 4th 565.) (Opinion by Chin, J., with George, C. J., Baxter, Werdegar, Brown, and […]

[No. S087843. July 29, 2002.] NANCY A. KONIG, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. BS047657, Robert H. O’Brien, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Second Dist., Div. Two, No. B125249, 79 Cal. App. 4th 10.) (Opinion by Chin, J., with George, C. J., […]

[No. S029460. July 25, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RANDALL SCOTT CASH, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of Alameda County, No. H-8485, Stanley P. Golde, Judge.) (Opinion by Kennard, J., expressing the unanimous view of the court.) COUNSEL Mark D. Greenberg, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Bill Lockyer, […]

[No. S097715. July 25, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RUSSELL HUBERT STATUM, Defendant and Respondent. (Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. YA041869, Kenneth E. Vassie, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Second Dist., Div. Five, No. B142079, 88 Cal. App. 4th 1181.) (Opinion by Baxter, J., with George, C. J., Chin, Brown, and […]

[No. S095401. July 25, 2002.] Estate of AUSTIN D. STEPHENS, Deceased. KATHERINE STEPHENS VOHS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. SCOTT WILLIAMS, as Cotrustee, etc., et al., Claimants and Respondents. (Superior Court of Orange County, No. A173413, Richard O. Frazee, Sr., Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Fourth Dist., Div. Three, No. G021962, Unpublished Opinion.) (Opinion by Moreno, […]

[No. S018815. July 22, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RAYMOND ANTHONY GURULE, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of San Mateo County, No. C-20282, Lawrence T. Stevens and James Ottis Miller, Judges.) (Opinion by Werdegar, J., expressing the unanimous view of the court.) COUNSEL Violet Elizabeth Grayson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for […]

[No. S098821. July 22, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. PA032995, Meredith C. Taylor, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Second Dist., Div. Three, No. B142586, 89 Cal. App. 4th 546.) (Opinion by Chin, J., with George, C. J., Kennard, Baxter, Werdegar, […]

[No. S016924. July 18, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KURT MICHAELS, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of San Diego County, No. CRN14859, J. Morgan Lester, Judge.) (Opinion by Kennard, J., expressing the unanimous view of the court.) COUNSEL Harry M. Caldwell and Karen L. Landau, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant […]

[No. S094490. July 18, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MYRON CARLYLE MOWER, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of Tuolumne County, No. CR1995, Eric L. Du Temple, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Fifth Dist., No. F030690, 85 Cal. App. 4th 290.) (Opinion by George, C. J., with Kennard, Werdegar, Chin, Brown, Moreno, JJ., and […]

[No. S086462. July 18, 2002.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TYE JOHN ENGELMAN, Defendant and Appellant. (Superior Court of San Diego County, No. SCN085403, Runston G. Maino, Judge.) (The Court of Appeal, Fourth Dist., Div. One, No. D032699, 77 Cal. App. 4th 1297.) (Opinion by George, C. J., with Kennard, Werdegar, and Moreno, JJ., […]