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  • People v. Valencia

    Publication Date: 2017-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-07-03
    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, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon, Rachelle A. Newcomb, Peter W. Thompson and Darren K. Indermill, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Michael Satris, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Clifford Paul Chaney.
    Case Number:

    Prop 47's definition of "unreasonable risk of danger to public safety" does not apply to resentencing proceedings under Three Strikes Reform Act (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • K.R. v. Superior Court (People)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paulino G. Duran, Public Defender, Arthur L. Bowie, Patricia Beza Contreras and David Lynch, Assistant Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Jesse Witt, Rachelle A. Newcomb, Michael A. Canzoneri and Eric L. Christoffersen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. S231709

    No factual showing needed to demand that same judge preside over both plea and disposition hearings (Werdegar, J.)

  • 926 North Ardmore Avenue, LLC v. county of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: FisherBroyles, Goodson Wachtel and Petrulis, Lemoine Skinner III; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Daniel M. Kolkey, Julian W. Poon, Lauren M. Blas and Martie P. Kutscher for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: John F. Krattli, County Counsel, Mary C. Wickham, Interim County Counsel, and Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. S222329

    Documentary transfer tax properly applied to transfer of majority interest in legal entity that held title to real property (Corrigan, J.)

  • Mendoza v. Nordstrom, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-08
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Date Filed: 2017-05-08
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, André E. Jardini and K.L. Myles for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Littler Mendelson, Julie A. Dunne, Joshua D. Levine and Dawn Fonseca for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number:

    Labor Code mandates one day of rest during each workweek and not during every seven-consecutive-day period (Werdegar, J.)

  • In re Kirchner

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-04-24
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randy Mize, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Abbey J. Noel and Troy Anthony Britt, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner Kristopher Kirchner.
    for defendant: Bonnie M. Dumanis, District Attorney, James E. Atkins, Jennifer Kaplan and Craig E. Fisher, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent the People.
    Case Number:

    Juvenile offender's statutory right to petition for recall and resentencing after serving 15 years of LWOP sentence does not satisfy Eighth Amendment (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • People v. Becerrada

    Publication Date: 2017-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Date Filed: 2017-04-17
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Jaime L. Fuster, David Zarmi and Kimara A. Aarons, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Michael J. Hersek and Mary K. McComb, State Public Defenders, under appointments by the Supreme Court, and Arnold Erickson, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number:

    Evidence insufficient to support finding of lying in wait (Chin, J.)

  • Shaw v. Superior Court (THC—Orange County, Inc.)

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Civil Appeals | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-04-10
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shegerian & Associates, Inc., Carney R. Shegerian and Anthony Nguyen for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Shaw Valenza, D. Gregory Valenza and Jasmine L. Anderson for Real Parties in Interest.
    Case Number:

    Health care whistleblower not entitled to jury trial on retaliation complaint (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach (Newport Banning Ranch LLC)

    Publication Date: 2017-03-30
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-03-30
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leibold McClendon & Mann, John G. McClendon, Douglas M. Johnson and David H. Mann for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Harp, City Attorney, Leonie Mulvihill, Assistant City Attorney; Remy Moose Manley, Whitman F. Manley and Jennifer S. Holman for Defendants and Appellants.
    Case Number:

    Consideration of environmentally sensitive coastal habitat areas may not be deferred until after project approval (Corrigan, J.)

  • People v. Garcia

    Publication Date: 2017-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-03-20
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Seth K. Shalit, Lisa Ashley Ott, Laurence K. Sullivan, René A. Chacón and Leif M. Dautch, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: David D. Martin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number:

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 2579 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. IGNACIO GARCIA, Defenda

  • People v. Reese

    Publication Date: 2017-03-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-03-09
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., Shaw McGahey Webb, Michael R. Johnsen, Nima Razfar and Nathan Guttman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Esther K. Hong, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number:

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 2205 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KEITH RYAN REESE, Defenda