California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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Yehuda v. Rubinstein CA2/5
****** A former friendship and business partnership gone awry spawned years of multiple lawsuits across multiple jurisdictions, all culminating in this current action for an accounting of 44 specific transactions between the former friends. There is no dispute that the former fri…
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Van Bui v. Tran CA4/3
* * * Defendants Hai Tuan Tran, Thanh Ngoc Truong, Minh Thanh Tran, and Chut Van Le appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs Thanh Van Bui, Lan Thi Do, Trung Dien Doan, Hai Thi Nguyen, Hang Nguyen, Ngoc Kim Nguyen, Thanh Duc Nguyen, and Tan Huu Tran. The underlying action ar…
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Valle v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. CA4/2
In arbitration, plaintiff and appellant Richard R. Valle (Valle) brought a medical malpractice claim against defendants and respondents Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, and Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
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Tanghe v. De La Cruz CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Detjen, Acting P. J., Meehan, J. and Harrell, J. Arianna Elizabeth Tanghe appeals in propria persona from a June 5, 2025 order of the Stanislaus County Superior Court denying her petition for a protective order against Juan De La Cruz pursuant to Welfare and Inst…
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P. v. Howard CA4/1
Mashell Howard was charge with multiple felony counts arising out of domestic violence. The charges were resolved by a plea agreement with a stipulated sentence. Howard pleaded guilty to domestic violence (Pen. Code,1 § 273.5, subd. (a), count 2); violation of a protective order …
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P. v. Newsum CA4/1
In September 2024, Nicholas Newsum was arrested for evading a police officer with reckless driving (Veh. Code, § 2800.2, subd. (a)). A jury trial was held in July 2025. The jury found Newsum guilty. Newsum was sentenced to the middle of two years in prison. Newsum filed a timely …
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P. v. Flores CA4/3
* * * A jury found defendant Rodolfo Gustavo Flores guilty of committing lewd acts on two girls three years apart, one in 2016 and one in 2019. He was sentenced to three years, eight months in prison. Defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the 2…
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P. v. Mitchell CA1/5
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 In People v. Mitchell (2022) 83 Cal.App.5th 1051 (Mitchell I), this court held, among other things, that defendant and appellant Sunee Lynn Mitchell was not entitled to relief under amended Penal Code section 1170, subdivision (b) because she entered into a st…
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P. v. Sanders CA1/1
Trial counsel for appellant Darien Xavier Sanders set, and later withdrew, a motion to exclude a recording of his custodial interrogation. On this appeal, Sanders contends the decision to withdraw the motion constituted ineffective assistance of counsel and requires reversal of h…
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P. v. Turner CA1/3
Byron Turner appeals from a conviction for carrying a loaded handgun. He contends the trial court erroneously denied his motion to suppress evidence of the firearm — which was obtained after a warrantless search of his car — arguing that no exception to the warrant requirement ju…
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P. v. Medina-Barragan CA1/5
Super. Ct. No. SC083434A) MEMORANDUM OPINION1 When Rodolfo Medina-Barragan was 16 years old, he attempted to murder two people, for which he was convicted in adult criminal court in 2015. After a successful petition for resentencing in 2025, he contends he is entitled to a juveni…
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P. v. Chappell CA2/2
Lester Chappell appeals the judgment entered after a resentencing hearing under Penal Code1 section 1172.75. He argues the trial court erred in reimposing the upper term for his convictions without findings beyond a reasonable doubt of the aggravating circumstances. We affirm.
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P. v. Bacon CA3
Defendant Ryan Joaquin Bacon stabbed his elderly roommate to death. He initially denied any responsibility but later confessed to police. After considering Bacon’s testimony at trial as well as his earlier, inconsistent statements to police about the circumstances surrounding the…
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P. v. McDonald CA3
Defendant Timothy Chase McDonald murdered Spencer Hodgson. He drove to Hodgson’s house, parked a short distance down the road, and waited for him to return home. He then knocked on the front door and pretended to have a flat tire. Hodgson agreed to drive defendant to his truck an…
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P. v. Kumar CA3
For a year and a half, defendant Shalesh Sanjay Kumar, a man over 40 years old, lived with K.S. when she was 16 to 17 years old and had sex with her almost every day. Defendant recorded videos of their sexual acts. A jury found defendant guilty of 87 counts related to sexual abus…
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P. v. Shaw CA3
Appointed counsel for defendant Russell James Shaw asks this court to review the record to determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Because we conclude the trial court’s order is not appealable, we dismiss the appeal.
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P. v. Lopez CA6
Defendant and appellant Gerardo Lopez appeals the denial of a motion to vacate his 2008 conviction and to allow him to withdraw his no contest plea under Penal Code sections 1016.5 and 1473.7. Lopez argues that he was not advised of the immigration consequences of his plea and di…
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P. v. Salazar CA4/2
Defendant and appellant William Gilbert Salazar appeals from the trial court’s summary denial of his petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6. (All further undesignated statutory references are to this code.) Defendant filed his petition in
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Noel v. Collier-Key CA3
Plaintiffs Ann and Robert Noel (collectively, the Noels; because plaintiffs share the same surname, we will refer to them individually by their first names to avoid confusion) and defendant Dana Collier-Key served at various times on the Klamath River Country Estates Owners Assoc…
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In re S.C. CA2/2
In this juvenile dependency appeal, Samuel C. (father) challenges the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings and dispositional orders. Father argues substantial evidence does not support the court’s findings that his history of and current substance abuse as well as his violent…