California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
-
P. v. Contreras CA4/1
Edward Contreras pled guilty to kidnapping, second-degree burglary, identity theft, and two counts of petty theft. He also admitted certain enhancements. The trial judge sentenced Contreras to 12 years in prison. On appeal, Contreras argues the trial court abused its discretion b…
-
P. v. Parras CA4/1
Armando Manual Parras entered into a plea agreement with a stipulated sentence. Parras pleaded guilty to murder (Pen. Code,1 § 187), assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)), and
-
P. v. Gomez CA4/2
In this Wende/Anders matter,1 defendant and appellant Roxon Gomez appeals from the trial court’s entry of judgment following a jury verdict convicting him of three felony sex offenses against a minor, his fiancée’s prepubescent sister, V.G., and two
-
P. v. Coughlin CA3
Appointed counsel for defendant Dennis Henry Coughlin has asked this court to conduct an independent review of the record under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436. Finding no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable to Coughlin, we affirm the judgment.
-
P. v. Gonzalez CA4/1
David Gonzalez was sentenced to a term of 75 years to life after being convicted of first degree murder. He is before us for a fourth time on appeal, after we remanded the matter to the trial court three times for resentencing.1 In this appeal, Gonzalez contends the trial court a…
-
P. v. White CA2/8
The jury selection in this murder case complied with the recent statute that imposed new restrictions on voir dire. We affirm and order correction of the abstract of judgment. Statutory citations are to the Code of Civil Procedure. A jury convicted Tylon Deshawn White of first de…
-
P. v. Gordon CA2/8
Appellants Carlos Acosta and Clive Gordon were resentenced after their sentences were vacated on direct appeal of their judgments of conviction. Both allege the trial court abused its discretion in reimposing the full 10 years for a firearm enhancement found true by their jury. G…
-
P. v. Maldonado CA2/4
INTRODUCTION A jury convicted defendant Ronald Maldonado of second degree murder, among other crimes. On appeal, defendant contends the trial court prejudicially erred in not instructing the jury on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter based on heat of passion. W…
-
P. v. Venson CA2/2
Defendant and appellant Clifford Allan Venson appeals from the trial court’s order summarily denying his petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.91.1 Because the court did not follow the required procedures for adjudicating the petition, we reverse and remand for …
-
P. v. Vasquez CA2/7
Isaias Vasquez appeals from the superior court’s order denying his petitions for resentencing filed under Penal Code sections 1170, 1172.1, and 1172.6.1 We appointed counsel to represent Vasquez on appeal. After reviewing the record, counsel for Vasquez filed a brief pursuant to …
-
P. v. Snowden CA3
Defendant Xavier Rapheal Snowden appeals the trial court’s denial of his request for mental health diversion. (See Pen. Code,1 § 1001.36.) We affirm. In November 2023, a woman’s car broke down and defendant came to help. Defendant told her he was going to make her his “ ‘woman.’ …
-
P. v. Lewis CA2/3
‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ MEMORANDUM OPINION1 Appellant Homer Tyrone Lewis appeals the superior court’s resentencing of his 1996 convictions for nine counts of solicitation to commit murder and nine counts of solicitation to commit a crime, pursuant to Penal Code section 1172.…
-
P. v. Beets CA5
-ooOoo- INTRODUCTION On September 27, 2015, defendant Ricky Dean Beets, Jr., and his accomplices arrived at a property occupied by a 72-year-old man and represented themselves to be police officers. After ordering the man to the ground and beating him with a pipe, defendant and t…
-
P. v. Rivera CA4/3
On July 3, 2025, Jose Rivera pled guilty to transportation of a controlled substance for the purpose of sale (Health and Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a)), possession a controlled substance for the purpose of sale (Health and Saf. Code, § 11378), possession of a controlled substance…
-
P. v. Ruiz CA6
Defendant Richard Ruiz was convicted by jury of first degree willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder. He was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison and, following a later restitution hearing, ordered to pay $4,727.39 in victim restitution. He has separately appealed from th…
-
P. v. Valenzuela CA6
22, subd. (b)(1)) and his conviction for active participation in a criminal street gang (id., subd. (a)) must be vacated because they are unsupported by the evidence. We agree. When the trial court granted Valenzuela’s petition for resentencing under section 1172.6, his judgment …
-
P. v. Ortiz CA6
Grover, J. WE CONCUR: ____________________________ Greenwood, P. J. ____________________________ Lie, J. H053319 The People v. Ortiz
-
Marriage of Shakespeare CA5
-ooOoo- This appeal arises from a judgment dissolving the marriage of Jan Shakespeare (Jan) and Dr. Cary Shakespeare (Cary).1 Each party alleges trial court error. Jan contends the trial court erred by: (1) allocating approximately $1.3 million to Cary as part of the community pr…
-
Marriage of Vasquez CA3
(Amador) In re the Marriage of MARCIE MARIE and GARY C103836 (Super. Ct. No. 18FCD06944) Respondent, v. Appellant. Approximately six years after Marcie Marie Vasquez filed a petition to dissolve her marriage to Gary Joseph Vasquez, the parties reached an agreement at a settlement…
-
L.A. Unified School Dist. v. Dept. of Health Care Services CA2/8
When the plan is to help the needy but the result hurts the needy, something is amiss. The State Department of Health Services committed this blunder in a rushed audit of data from the Los Angeles Unified School District. The data concerned services to student Medi-Cal recipients…