Filed 7/8/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA SIERRA CLUB, Petitioner, S194708 v. Ct.App. 4/3 G044138 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE ) COUNTY, Orange County Super. Ct. No. 134941 Respondent; COUNTY OF ORANGE, Real Party in Interest. Like many counties in California, Orange County (the County) maintains a large database of information about land parcels […]
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Doe v. Harris
Filed 7/1/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA JOHN DOE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S191948 v. 9th Cir. No. 09-17362 KAMALA D. HARRIS, as Attorney General, etc. N.D.Cal. No. 3:07-cv-03585-JL Defendant and Appellant. The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering a claim by plaintiff that his plea agreement would be violated by requiring […]
People v. Nunez & Satele
Filed 7/1/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S091915 v. Los Angeles County DANIEL NUNEZ and WILLIAM TUPUA SATELE, ) Super. Ct. No. NA039358 Defendants and Appellants. ____________________________________________ ) A jury convicted defendants Daniel Nunez and William Tupua Satele of the first degree murders of Renesha Ann Fuller and Edward […]
Robey v. Super. Ct.
Filed 6/27/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA KEWHAN ROBEY, Petitioner, S197735 v. Ct.App. 2/6 B231019 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Santa Barbara County Super. Ct. No. 1349412 Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. ____________________________________) Petitioner Kewhan Robey was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana for sale and with the sale […]
People v. Linton
Filed 6/27/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S080054 v. DANIEL ANDREW LINTON, Riverside County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. CR60158 ____________________________________) A jury convicted defendant Daniel Andrew Linton of the 1994 first degree murder of 12-year-old Melissa Middleton (Pen. Code, ? 187)1 and found true the special circumstance […]
Marr. of Green
Filed 6/24/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re the Marriage of JULIE R. GREEN and TIMOTHY P. GREEN. JULIE R. GREEN, Appellant, S203561 v. Ct.App. 1/4 A129436 TIMOTHY P. GREEN, Contra Costa County Respondent. Super. Ct. No. D0801292 Retirement benefits attributable to service rendered during a marriage are community property. In this case, […]
Ceja v. Rudolph & Sletten
Filed 6/20/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA NANCY CEJA, Plaintiff and Appellant, S193493 v. Ct.App. 6 H034826 RUDOLPH & SLETTEN, INC., Santa Clara County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. Nos. CV112520 & CV115283 Section 377.60 of the Code of Civil Procedure1 provides that a wrongful death action may be brought by a decedent?s ?putative […]
City of LA v. Super. Ct.
Filed 6/20/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, S192828 v. Ct.App. 2/3 B228732 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Los Angeles County Respondent; Super. Ct. No. BS126192 ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS ASSOCIATION, Real Party in Interest. ____________________________________) After declaring a fiscal emergency, a charter city adopted a mandatory furlough program […]
People v. Lopez
Filed 6/13/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S073597 v. JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ, Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. PA023649 An information filed in February 1997 charged defendant Juan Manuel Lopez and his brother Ricardo Lopez with the April 1996 murder of Melinda Carmody (Pen. Code, ? […]
People v. Anzalone
Filed 6/12/13 (unmodified opinion attached) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S192536 v. Ct.App. 6 H035123 CHRISTINA MARIE ANZALONE, Santa Clara County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. CC935164 ____________________________________) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING THE COURT: The opinion in this matter filed on April 15, 2013, […]
People v. Delgado
Filed 6/12/13 (unmodified opinion attached) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S192704 v. Ct.App. 2/1 B220174 MILDRED DELGADO, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. Nos. Defendant and Appellant. BA337662/BA348502 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING THE COURT: The majority opinion in this matter, filed on April 4, 2013, and […]
People v. Santana
Filed 6/10/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S198324 v. Ct.App. 4/1 D059013 SERAFIN SANTANA, Riverside County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. RIF139207 Penal Code1 section 203, which defines the offense of simple mayhem, provides that ?[e]very person who unlawfully and maliciously deprives a human being of a member […]
Martinez v. Brownco Constr. Co.
Filed 6/10/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA RAYMOND MARTINEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, S200944 v. Ct.App. 2/1 B226665 BROWNCO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. KC050128 Section 998 of the Code of Civil Procedure1 was enacted to encourage the settlement of lawsuits prior to trial. The statute […]
El-Attar v. Hollywood Presbyterian etc.
Filed 6/6/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA OSAMAH EL-ATTAR, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. S196830 HOLLYWOOD PRESBYTERIAN Ct.App. 2/4 B209056 MEDICAL CENTER, Los Angeles County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. No. BS105623 Hospitals in this state have a dual structure, consisting of an administrative governing body, which oversees the operations of the hospital, and a […]
People v. Bryant
Filed 6/3/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S196365 v. Ct.App. 4/1 D057570 AMALIA CATHERINE BRYANT, Riverside County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. SWF014495 During an altercation in an apartment they shared, defendant Amalia Catherine Bryant stabbed her boyfriend once in the chest, killing him. The jury convicted her […]
People v. Beltran
Filed 6/3/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S192644 v. Ct.App. 1/4 A124392 TARE NICHOLAS BELTRAN, San Francisco City & County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. Nos. 175503, 203443 Here we clarify what kind of provocation will suffice to constitute heat of passion and reduce a murder to manslaughter. The […]
County of LA v. LA County Employee Rel. Comm.
Filed 5/30/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. S191944 LOS ANGELES COUNTY EMPLOYEE Ct.App. 2/3 B217668 RELATIONS COMMISSION, Los Angeles County Defendant and Respondent; Super. Ct. No. BS116993 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 721, ) Real Party in Interest and Respondent. ____________________________________) This case involves the balance […]
In re Boyette
Filed 5/30/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re MAURICE BOYETTE S092356 on Habeas Corpus. ____________________________________) In 1993, an Alameda County jury convicted petitioner Maurice Boyette of two counts of first degree murder for shooting and killing Gary Carter and Annette Devallier. (Pen. Code, ? 187.)1 The jury also convicted petitioner of being a […]
People v. Rountree
Filed 5/23/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S048543 v. CHARLES F. ROUNTREE, Kern County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 57167 A jury convicted defendant Charles F. Rountree of the first degree murder of Diana Contreras under the special circumstances of kidnapping- and robbery- murder; of kidnapping her to […]
Biancalana v. T.D. Service Co.
Filed 5/16/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA DAVID BIANCALANA, Plaintiff and Appellant, S198562 v. Ct.App. 6 H035400 T.D. SERVICE COMPANY, Santa Cruz County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. No. CV162804 ____________________________________) We granted review to decide whether a trustee may declare void a nonjudicial foreclosure sale of real property when, before the trustee delivers […]
People v. Park
Filed 5/13/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S193938 v. Ct.App. 4/1 D056619 AARON SUNG-UK PARK, San Diego County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. SCD210936 When the trial court sentenced defendant Aaron Sung-Uk Park for his crimes in the present proceeding, it imposed an additional term of five years […]
In re I.J.
Filed 5/9/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re I.J. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. ___________________________________ ) LOS ANGELES COUNTY S204622 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Ct.App. 2/8 B237271 Plaintiff and Respondent, Los Angeles County v. Super. Ct. No. CK 59248 J.J., Defendant and Appellant. ____________________________________) The Court of […]
City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients etc.
Filed 5/6/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CITY OF RIVERSIDE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S198638 v. Ct.App. 4/2 E052400 INLAND EMPIRE PATIENTS HEALTH ) AND WELLNESS CENTER, INC., et al., ) Riverside County Defendants and Appellants. Super. Ct. No. RIC10009872 ____________________________________) The issue in this case is whether California?s medical marijuana statutes preempt a local […]
People v. Williams
Filed 5/6/13 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S030553 v. GEORGE BRETT WILLIAMS, Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. TA006961 A Los Angeles County jury found defendant George Brett Williams guilty of two first degree murders and found true the special circumstance allegations of multiple murder and […]
People v. Wilkins
Filed 5/1/13 (unmodified opinion attached) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S190713 v. Ct.App. 4/3 G040716 COLE ALLEN WILKINS, Orange County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 06NF2339 MODIFICATION OF OPINION THE COURT: The opinion in this matter filed on March 7, 2013, and appearing at 56 Cal.4th 333, is […]