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Nick Woodall
Apr 22, 20221 min read
Cops Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity: Lawsuit Proceeds
Corey Hughes v. Michael Rodriguez Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Docket: 20-17144, Opinion Date: April 21, 2022....
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Nick Woodall
Apr 22, 20221 min read
Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence
People v. Bloom Court: Supreme Court of California, Docket: S095223, Opinion Date: April 21, 2022. The Supreme Court affirmed in part and...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 20, 20221 min read
Federal Sentence Enhancement Reversed
USA v. Robert House Docket: 20-30169, Opinion Date: April 15, 2022. The district court ruled that two of Defendant’s prior felony...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 20, 20221 min read
Gang Enhancements Must Be Proven Under AB 333
People v. Burgos Docket: H045212 (Sixth Appellate District), Opinion Date: April 15, 2022. Each appellant was charged with two counts of...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 15, 20221 min read
Federal Court Rules Nurse Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity in Prisoner Suit
Patrick Russell v. Jocelyn Lumitap Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Docket: 18-55831, Opinion Date: April 13, 2022. The...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 15, 20221 min read
Court Reverses Denial of Motion for Correction of POR
People v. Crites Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: A162940 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: April 14, 2022. Crites was...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Defendant Entitled to Reduced Probation Term Under AB 1950
People v. Canedos Docket: B308433 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: April 13, 2022. In 2016, Defendant pleaded guilty to various...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Prior Arrests/Convictions Inadequate to Support Reasonable Suspicion
People v. Pantoja Docket: A162591 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: April 13, 2022. Vacaville Officer Hill followed a car and...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Supreme Court Approves Newsom Pardon Request
4/14/2022—The California Supreme Court ruled that Governor Gavin Newsom can pardon Steve Kirkendoll for a 1977 conviction of first and...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 14, 20221 min read
REVERSED: Court Cannot Deny 1170.95 Relief Based Upon Findings Inconsistent with Previous Acquittal
People v. Cooper Docket: A161632 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: April 12, 2022. In 2004, Cooper was convicted of first-degree...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Probation Term Ordered Reduced
People v. Flores Docket: F081903 (Fifth Appellate District), Opinion Date: April 12, 2022. Defendant was charged with one felony count of...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 12, 20222 min read
REVERSED: Appellate Court Reverses Denial of 1170.95 Relief
California v. Hola Docket: C087459, (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: April 11, 2022. A jury found defendant Charlie Hola guilty...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 12, 20221 min read
9th Circuit Reverses Firearm Conviction
USA v. Rhett Irons Docket: 20-30056, Opinion Date: April 11, 2022. After Defendant sold fentanyl to an undercover officer, federal agents...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Court Orders Resentencing: AB 124 Claim "Plausible"
People v. Banner Dockets: F079770A & F081144 (Fifth Appellate District), Opinion Date: April 8, 2022. Defendant was convicted of robbery....
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Nick Woodall
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Gang Enhancement Cannot Apply to Home Invasion Robbery
People v. Lopez Docket: S261747, Opinion Date: April 7, 2022. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeal affirming...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 10, 20222 min read
US Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. 1983 Claim for Malicious Prosecution
Thompson v. Clark Docket: 20-659, Opinion Date: April 4, 2022. Thompson was living with his fiancée and their newborn baby in a Brooklyn...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Court Finds No Valid Basis for Prosecutor to Strike Black Jurors
People v. Salinas Docket: B307985 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: April 4, 2022. During Defendant’s murder trial, the...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 2, 20222 min read
Credit Card Fraud Loss Erroneously Calculated
USA V. RUSLAN KIRILYUK Docket: 19-10447, Opinion Date: April 1, 2022. Defendant was convicted of 28 felony offenses in connection with a...
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Nick Woodall
Apr 2, 20222 min read
Illegal Entry Conviction Reversed
USA V. LUCIO MEDINA-SUAREZ Docket: 20-50294, Opinion Date: April 1, 2022. Defendant was convicted of attempted illegal entry under 8...
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Nick Woodall
Mar 31, 20222 min read
REMANDED: Prisoner Wins Appeal on 1170(d)(1)
People v. McMurray Docket: C090767 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: March 30, 2022. Defendant Woody McMurray appealed a trial...
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