REMAND In Light of SB 567 & AB 124
People v. Garcia Docket: B306081 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: March 28, 2022. Defendant was convicted of second degree...
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Nick Woodall
Mar 29, 20221 min read
REVERSAL: Warrantless Search & Seizure Violates 4th Amendment
People v. Holiman Docket: A160142 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: March 28, 2022. Holiman was found in possession of illegal...
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Nick Woodall
Mar 15, 20221 min read
JLWOP Reversed, New Trial Judge Ordered
People v. Guerrero Docket: B311548 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: March 14, 2022. Defendant was convicted of...
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Nick Woodall
Mar 8, 20222 min read
US Supreme Court Reverses ACCA Mandatory Sentence
Wooden v. United States Docket: 20-5279, Opinion Date: March 7, 2022. Wooden was convicted as a felon in possession of a firearm, 18...
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Nick Woodall
Mar 1, 20222 min read
Ninth Circuit Reverses Denial of Bivens Action
Hoffman v. Preston Docket: 20-15396, Opinion Date: February 28, 2022. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of an...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 23, 20222 min read
Defendant Receives Prop. 57 & AB 333 Relief
California v. Hall Docket: E072463A (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 22, 2022. Defendant-appellant Elijah Hall was...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 16, 20221 min read
CCA 5th District Reverses Attempted Murder Conviction Pursuant to SB 775
People v. Sanchez Docket: F076838A (Fifth Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 15, 2022. Sanchez was convicted of attempted murder...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 16, 20221 min read
Manslaughter Conviction Reversed: Conviction Under Wrong Statute
People v. Reynoza Docket: H047594 (Sixth Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 15, 2022. Reynoza was convicted of dissuading a...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 12, 20222 min read
9th Circuit Court Vacates Convictions for Encouraging Aliens
United States v. Hansen Docket: 17-10548, Opinion Date: February 10, 2022. Hansen operated AHA, which ran a program that purported to...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 12, 20222 min read
Court Reverses Criminal Street Gang Findings
People v. Delgado Docket: B299482 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 10, 2022. Delgado was convicted of shooting at an...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 10, 20222 min read
9th Circuit Court: Insufficient Evidence to Support Firearm Conviction
United States v. Mendoza Docket: 19-50092, Opinion Date: February 8, 2022. At age 15, Mendoza joined the Canta Ranas Organization (CRO),...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 10, 20222 min read
Gang Enhancements Struck: Requires Proof of Additional Elements
People v. Vasquez Docket: F078228A (Fifth Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 9, 2022. A jury convicted Vasquez and Carrillo of...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 10, 20221 min read
Remand to Withdraw from Original Plea Agreement
California v. Scarano Docket: C092538 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 9, 2022.Pursuant to a negotiated agreement...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 4, 20221 min read
Punishment Reversed: Trial Court Erred in Assault Convictions
People v. Mendoza Docket: B306169 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 3, 2022. Defendant appealed the trial court's...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 4, 20221 min read
Kidnapping Conviction Reversed by Ninth Circuit Court
United States v. Jackson Docket: 19-10070, Opinion Date: February 3, 2022. Jackson violently attacked his girlfriend. The entire attack...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 3, 20222 min read
REVERSAL: Trial Court's Failure to Instruct on 'Mistake of Fact' is Prejudicial
California v. Speck Docket: C093273 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 2, 2022. A jury found defendant Richard Speck...
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Nick Woodall
Jan 27, 20222 min read
Prisoner Possession of Prayer Oil Upheld by 9th Circuit
Johnson v. Baker Docket: 20-17202, Opinion Date: January 26, 2022. In an action brought under the Religious Land Use and...
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Nick Woodall
Jan 27, 20221 min read
9th Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Favor of Prisoner
Jones v. Slade Docket: 20-15642, Opinion Date: January 24, 2022. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary...
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Nick Woodall
Jan 21, 20221 min read
Supreme Court: Reverse Firearm Enhancement
People v. Tirado Docket: S257658, Opinion Date: January 20, 2022. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeal...
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Nick Woodall
Jan 17, 20222 min read
Enhancements Ordered Stricken on Remand
California v. Zamora Docket: G059259 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: January 14, 2022. Israel Gutierrez Zamora was convicted...
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