California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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P. v. Figueroa CA4/1
A jury found Dionisio Figueroa guilty of second-degree murder. (Pen. Code,1 § 187, subd. (a).) The jury further found that Figueroa personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife, in committing the offense. (§§ 12022, subd. (b)(1), 1192.7, subd. (c)(23).) The court senten…
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P. v. Copeland CA4/1
A jury convicted Anthony Dwayne Copeland of multiple offenses arising from two separate incidents of domestic violence against his then-girlfriend. The trial court sentenced him to seven years in prison. His appellate counsel filed a brief stating no arguable issues can be found.…
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P. v. Ojito CA4/1
INTRODUCTION Geraldo Ojito was convicted of first degree murder with a firearm enhancement and sentenced to serve 26 years to life in state prison. He appeals from the denial of his petition for resentencing under Penal Code1 section 1172.6. He claims (1) the evidence that he aid…
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P. v. Dyer CA5
-ooOoo- INTRODUCTION In 2004, a jury convicted defendant and appellant Stacey Daniella Dyer of first degree murder and found true felony-murder special-circumstance allegations pursuant to Penal Code section 190.21 alleging that the murder was committed during the commission or a…
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P. v. Gaines CA1/4
Jacobi Gaines appeals a judgment convicting him of, among other offenses, first degree murder, carjacking, and robbery, and sentencing him to a total term of 64 years-and-four-months-to-life in prison. He contends that (1) the court erred under Evidence Code section 352 by admitt…
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P. v. Briseno CA5
-ooOoo- Defendant and appellant Marc Briseno (appellant) was convicted by a jury of second degree murder. On appeal, he contends (1) insufficient evidence supported the jury’s finding that he acted with malice, and (2) the trial court erred by refusing to instruct on the lesser i…
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P. v. Meza CA5
-ooOoo- Appellant Alicia Rosina Meza appeals from the denial of her petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6,1 following an evidentiary hearing. In 1996, Meza was convicted by jury of first degree felony murder with special circumstances and two counts of second …
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P. v. McCracken CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Hill, P. J., Detjen, J. and Meehan, J. INTRODUCTION Appellant and defendant Michael Alan McCracken (defendant) was charged with murder with two special circumstances. In 2002, he entered into a negotiated disposition and pleaded guilty to first degree murder with…
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P. v. Moffat CA1/4
Defendant Matthew Daren Moffat appeals from many dozens of convictions for sexually abusing his stepdaughters and their cousin more than two decades before trial, when his stepdaughters and their cousin were children. He was sentenced to 24 years and 750 years to life. Moffat arg…
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P. v. Rogers CA1/2
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 On February 13, 2025, the Humboldt County District Attorney filed a felony complaint charging Damon Wade Rogers with willful infliction of corporal injury on a domestic partner. (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a); count one.) On August 12, 2025, rather than set a …
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P. v. Gonzalez CA2/2
Defendant and appellant Ricardo Gonzalez (defendant) appeals from a 2025 resentencing order. In his opening brief, for the first time, defendant contends the trial court violated the California Racial Justice Act (RJA) at his original sentencing in 2019. We conclude defendant’s c…
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P. v. Laubhan CA2/1
In 2013, the trial court sentenced defendant Robert Laubhan to a 39-year-prison term for multiple crimes including two attempted murders. In 2025, after a plenary resentencing hearing, the resentencing trial court imposed the same 39-year- prison sentence. On appeal, defendant’s …
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P. v. Hernandez CA4/2
In this Anders/Wende matter,1 defendant and appellant Gilbert Fernando Hernandez appeals from the trial court’s entry of judgment following a jury verdict convicting him of robbery (Pen. Code, § 211; all further statutory references are to this
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NCP Imperial v. L.A. County Flood Control Dist. CA2/2
NCP Imperial, LLC, and Family Property Holdings, LLC (appellants), filed an inverse condemnation case seeking compensation from Los Angeles County Flood Control District (County) and the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) for an underground drainage pipe running through their re…
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Marriage of Angelica G. and Joshua G. CA4/1
Joshua G. appeals from a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) prohibiting him from abusing, contacting, or coming near his ex-wife, Angelica G. Joshua challenges the DVRO on three grounds: there is insufficient evidence that he abused Angelica, he was denied his right to pr…
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Marriage of Nobime and Geh CA1/3
In re the Marriage of JOANEDA NOBIME and NELSON ACHIRI Appellant, A174745 v. (Alameda County NELSON ACHIRI GEH, Super. Ct. No. HF22123924) Respondent.
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Kalamas v. John Muir Health CA1/4
Plaintiff Alicia G. Kalamas appeals a judgment entered in favor of defendant John Muir Health (John Muir) on her claim for retaliation under Health and Safety Code1 section 1278.5 and Labor Code section 1102.5. She contends the judicial referee2 erred by finding that John Muir’s …
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In re Lily R. CA2/1
The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS or the agency) filed a petition concerning N.S.’s (mother’s) and W.A.’s (father’s) five children, alleging dependency jurisdiction based on, inter alia, father’s repeated acts of domestic violence against mot…
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In re M.R. CA2/4
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 J.G. (mother) appeals the termination of parental rights over her son, M. Mother argues that M. had a bond with his older brother, Na., and the benefits of ongoing contact with Na. outweighed the benefits of permanency and stability of adoption for M. The reco…
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In re A.M. CA1/2
M.’s appeal is therefore moot. We agree, and we therefore dismiss it. BACKGROUND On December 18, 2022, then-16-year-old A.M. was arrested in a stolen vehicle that had collided with and damaged another vehicle in a parking lot. On December 20, the Sacramento County District Attorn…