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Nick Woodall
Feb 16, 20222 min read
REVERSED: Maximum Probation Term Served Under AB 1950
People v. Butler Docket: B313121 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 15, 2022. Butler pleaded no contest to unlawful...
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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 12, 20222 min read
Appellate Court Upholds Dismissal of Special Circumstances
California v. Hampton, Docket: C093270 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 10, 2022. Defendant Danny Hampton was convicted...
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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
Feb 2, 20221 min read
Gang & Firearm Enhancements Struck by 2nd Appellate Court
People v. Sek Docket: B309003 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 1, 2022. Assembly Bill No. 333, which altered both the...
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Nick Woodall
Feb 1, 20222 min read
Prop. 47 Applies to Mail-Theft Convictions
People v. Chatman Docket: A151408A (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: January 31, 2022. Chatman was convicted of five counts of...
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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, 20222 min read
Murder Conviction Reversed: Illegal Search & Seizure Results
California v. Rorabaugh Docket: C090482 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: January 25, 2022. When executing a search warrant at...
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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 21, 20222 min read
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction for Violating Right to Confront Witnesses
Hemphill v. New York Docket: 20-637, Opinion Date: January 20, 2022. A stray 9-millimeter bullet killed a child after a Bronx street...
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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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Nick Woodall
Jan 15, 20222 min read
Reversed: Kill Zone Instruction Prejudicial Error
In re Lisea Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: C093386 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: January 13, 2022. This case...
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Nick Woodall
Jan 15, 20221 min read
9th Circuit Remands Capital Case for Penalty Phase Trial
Sanders v. Davis Docket: 17-16511, Opinion Date: January 13, 2022. In 1982, Sanders was convicted of murder and sentenced to death....
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