California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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In re Z.W. CA2/4
Mother, D.P., appeals from jurisdiction and disposition orders concerning her son, Z.W., Jr. (age 9). Mother contends the juvenile court violated her due process rights by amending the operative petition to conform to proof at the jurisdictional hearing. Mother further argues the…
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In re Lorenzo L. CA2/1
The juvenile court assumed jurisdiction over mother’s and father’s two children and at the dispositional hearing, ordered them placed into paternal aunt’s and paternal grandmother’s custody. The dispositional order also ordered monitored visitation for mother. On appeal, mother d…
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In re L.G. CA6
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 This is an appeal from a denial of a petition to modify a child custody and visitation order in a case that was originally filed more than 18 years ago. Because the child who is the subject of the custody and visitation order is now over 18 years old, the issu…
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Fugfugosh v. Ariyadej CA6
Adan Fugfugosh appeals the superior court’s order declining to modify his child support payments to respondent Lynn Ariyadej. Fugfugosh, representing himself, argues the trial court abused its discretion by: (1) failing to determine Ariyadej’s income or earning capacity; (2) fail…
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Blackman v. Cal. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd. CA4/3
* * * Andrea Blackman appeals the trial court’s judgment denying her petition of writ of mandate regarding overpayment of unemployment insurance benefits between March and August 2020. The Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (UIAB) determined Blackman was ineligible for benefits…
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Vlavianos v. Westlake La Baya Co. CA2/3
and E. Chavez. ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Plaintiff and appellant Haralambos Vlavianos filed suit against defendants and respondents Westlake La Baya Co. (Westlake), Fred Szkolnik, and Glenn Freeman (together, respondents). Vlavianos now appeals from a trial court order grantin…
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So v. Schulman CA2/4
Anansa So’s former tenants obtained a money judgment against her that they later assigned to the Mark Schulman 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan—Roth Account (the Plan). In 2025, So brought this action against the Plan and Mark Schulman (Schulman) (together, defendants) asserting claims…
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Robles v. City of Ontario CA4/3
* * * What began as a voting rights case about district elections in the City of Ontario (Ontario or defendants) has become an overheated dispute about attorney fees, in which it seems that both sides will leave no stone unturned and no matter unlitigated. In our previous opinion…
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Robinson v Maniscalco CA4/1
Santino Maniscalco1 appeals from the judgment following the grant of a Probate Code2 section 850 petition filed by Debora Winocur Robinson as 1 For purposes of clarity, and not intending any disrespect, we refer to individuals by their first names. the trustee of the Emanuel Maur…
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Reyna R. v. Joel R. CA4/1
Reyna R. (Mother) appeals a family court order granting her request to move out of state with two of the three minor children she shares with her ex- husband, Joel R. (Father), but denying her request to move away with the couple’s third and youngest child. On appeal, she argues …
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Powers v. Powers CA2/6
William Powers, Jr. (appellant) appeals the judgment entered in favor of respondents, his adult son, William Powers III, and the son’s domestic partner, Lindsey Keyes, after a non- jury trial in this action relating to the ownership of real property in rural San Luis Obispo Count…
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P. v. Vera CA1/1
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 Defendant Juan Vera appeals from a judgment entered after a jury convicted him of attempted voluntary manslaughter and a firearm offense. His sole claim on appeal is that the record compels the conclusion he acted in perfect self-defense, meaning insufficient …
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P. v. Estrada CA2/6
We accept the concession and remand for resentencing, but otherwise affirm Estrada’s convictions. July 2013 murder—count 1 Gabriel Gutierrez, a Cyclones Klick gang member, went to the Ventura County fair with his friend and gang associate, Y.P. They ran into Timothy Adams, a riva…
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P. v. Campos CA4/1
Defendant Oracio Campos was tried before a jury on charges related to two assaultive incidents. In the first incident, Campos violated a restraining order, punched his brother and father in the face, knocking them both to the ground, and kicked his brother in the head. In the sec…
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P. v. Rodriguez CA2/6
Daniel Rodriguez was convicted, by guilty plea, of the attempted willful, deliberate, premeditated murder of Miguel Alvarez during a drive-by shooting in which he was the driver. (Pen. Code, §§ 664/187, subd. (a).)1 He was sentenced in 2011 to 29 years in state prison. In 2022, a…
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P. v. Munoz CA3
In two separate jury trials, defendant Robert Munoz was found guilty of the 2016 murder of Ruben Ambrus and the 2019 murder of Robert Santillano. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court prejudicially erred by excluding evidence of the victim’s blood alcohol content (BA…
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P. v. Hurtado CA4/1
A jury convicted Carlos R. Hurtado of assault with a deadly weapon and felony vandalism. Hurtado contends there was insufficient evidence to sustain the assault with a deadly weapon conviction because he did not use the alleged deadly weapon, a throwing knife, in a manner that wa…
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P. v. Haney CA4/1
A jury convicted Christopher Haney of robbery (Pen. Code, § 211) Haney admitted a strike prior (§ 667, subds. (b)–(i)) and a serious felony prior conviction (§ 667, subd. (a)). The court sentenced Haney to three years for the robbery, doubled because of the strike prior for a tot…
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P. v. Jeremiah E. CA4/1
This appeal arises from true findings on petitions filed in the juvenile court and the disposition order under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602. Multiple petitions were filed in the juvenile court involving allegations of robbery, burglary and assault. Jeremiah E. (the M…
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P. v. Burciaga CA5
-ooOoo- INTRODUCTION In 2013, a jury convicted Joseph Duran Burciaga (appellant) of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189, subd. (a))1 and arson of an inhabited structure (§ 451, subd. (b)) but found not true the allegation that he personally and intentionally di…