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Nick Woodall
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Legal Victory: Motion to Suppress Evidence Granted
Boitez v. Super. Ct. Docket: C098102 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: November 7, 2023. Petitioner Juan Boitez moved to suppress...
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Nick Woodall
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Cal Supreme Reverses Exception to Hearsay Ruling
People v. Gray Court: Supreme Court of California, Docket: S269237, Opinion Date: August 14, 2023. The Supreme Court reversed the...
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Nick Woodall
Jul 14, 20232 min read
AB 1310 Gets New Amendments To Stay Alive
AB 1310, as amended, McKinnor. Sentencing: recall and resentencing. An act to add Section 1385.2 to the Penal Code, relating to...
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Nick Woodall
Jul 13, 20232 min read
REVERSED: Murder Conviction Lacks Finding of Personal Use of Knife
People v. Arnold Docket: B321031 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: July 11, 2023. Defendant was convicted of second-degree...
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Nick Woodall
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Felony Probation Revocation Reversed
People v. Jackson Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: A164649 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: July 6, 2023. In January...
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Nick Woodall
Jun 30, 20232 min read
Concurrent Terms Illegal Under Federal Law
Lora v. United States Docket: 22-49, Opinion Date: June 16, 2023. A federal court imposing multiple prison sentences typically has...
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Nick Woodall
May 19, 20232 min read
AB 1310 Update
AB 1310, as amended, McKinnor. Sentencing: recall and resentencing. An act to add Section 1385.2 to the Penal Code, relating to...
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Nick Woodall
May 18, 20232 min read
Foreign Prior Cannot Support Three Strikes
People v. Hiller Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: A165126 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: May 9, 2023. Based on a...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Compassionate Release Ordered
Nijmeddin v. Superior Court of Monterey County Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: H050870 (Sixth Appellate District), Opinion...
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Nick Woodall
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Modified Jury Instruction Results in Reversal
California v. Myles Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: D079825 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: March 23, 2023. Andre...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 16, 20232 min read
Sentence Vacated; Remanded Before Different Judge
USA v. Gerardo Farias-Contreras Docket: 21-30055, Opinion Date: February 15, 2023. Defendant appealed his 188-month sentence imposed...
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Nick Woodall
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Illegally Excessive Sentence Remanded
USA v. Lonnie Lillard Docket: 18-30106 Opinion Date: January 17, 2023. Defendant was serving a sentence of supervised release for a prior...
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Nick Woodall
Dec 31, 20222 min read
Lawsuit Continues Against LAPD Officer in Shooting Death
Paulette Smith v. Edward Agdeppa, et al. Docket: 20-56254, Opinion Date: December 30, 2022. A police officer (Officer) in Los Angeles,...
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Nick Woodall
Dec 7, 20221 min read
Gang-Related Convictions Reversed
People v. Velez Docket: F081839 (Fifth Appellate District), Opinion Date: December 2, 2022. Defendant was convicted of attempted murder...
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Nick Woodall
Aug 26, 20221 min read
Cal Supreme Court Vacates Assault Conviction
People v. Aguayo Court: Supreme Court of California, Docket: S254554, Opinion Date: August 25, 2022. The Supreme Court reversed the...
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Nick Woodall
Aug 23, 20222 min read
Supreme Court Holds That The Gallardo Rule Does Not Apply Retroactively To Final Judgments
8/22/2022—BAD NEWS! In a long awaited decision in In re Milton, Docket: S259954, the California Supreme Court held that the rule...
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Nick Woodall
Aug 19, 20222 min read
Prisoner Entitled to First Step Act Hearing
USA v. Shakara Carter Docket: 19-10411, Opinion Date: August 17, 2022. Defendant appealed a district court order granting in part and...
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Nick Woodall
Aug 5, 20222 min read
SB 990 Update
SB 990, Hueso. Status: 8/4/2022, has been Set FOR Hearing ON 11-AUG-22 Upon adjournment of Session. Legislative Counsel’s Digest:...
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Nick Woodall
Jul 22, 20222 min read
Prisoner's Excessive Force LawSuit Proceeds
Gabbi Lemos v. County Of Sonoma Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Docket: 19-15222, Opinion Date: July 19, 2022....
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Nick Woodall
Jul 15, 20221 min read
IAC: On-Bail Enhancement Improper
In re Mazur Docket: D079597 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: July 14, 2022. Petitioner Matthew Mazur concocted a fraudulent...
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