People v. Mendoza Docket: B306169 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 3, 2022. Defendant appealed the trial court's...

United States v. Jackson Docket: 19-10070, Opinion Date: February 3, 2022. Jackson violently attacked his girlfriend. The entire attack...

People v. Sek Docket: B309003 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 1, 2022. Assembly Bill No. 333, which altered both the...

Johnson v. Baker Docket: 20-17202, Opinion Date: January 26, 2022. In an action brought under the Religious Land Use and...

People v. Tirado Docket: S257658, Opinion Date: January 20, 2022. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeal...

California v. Zamora Docket: G059259 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: January 14, 2022. Israel Gutierrez Zamora was convicted...

Many prisoners have had their sentences commuted in the last few years. And there are literally thousands of applications pending at the...

1/13/2022—Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has granted 24 pardons, 18 commutations and 5 reprieves. The Governor regards...

People v. Langi Docket: A160262 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: January 12, 2022. In 2007, Langi was convicted of the...

People v. Porter Docket: F080921 (Fifth Appellate District), Opinion Date: January 6, 2022. Porter was driving a getaway car following...

People v. Mejorado Docket: B308926 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: January 3, 2022. Mejorado, convicted in 2009 of the...

People v. Harrison Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: A159115 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: December 30, 2021....

People v. Turner Docket: A159822 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: December 23, 2021. Turner was charged with committing two...

Walcott v. Garland Docket: 18-70393, Opinion Date: December 22, 2021. The Ninth Circuit granted the petition for review of the BIA's...

12/17/2021—The Committee on Revision of the Penal Code says tough sentencing laws have done little for public safety while driving up...

California v. Benzler Docket: C092779 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: December 14, 2021. Defendant Allen Benzler was sentenced...

People v. Superior Court (Jones) Court: Supreme Court of California, Docket: S255826, Opinion Date: December 2, 2021.The Supreme Court...

Following a parole consideration hearing resulting in a denial of parole or a stipulation of unsuitability, the prisoner may file a BPH...

California v. Ervin Docket: G059731 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: November 30, 2021. In 1991, petitioner Nokkuwa Ervin and...

People v. Montes Docket: B312152 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: November 23, 2021. Defendant was convicted of two counts of...