California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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 …
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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.’ …
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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P. v. Ortiz CA6
Grover, J. WE CONCUR: ____________________________ Greenwood, P. J. ____________________________ Lie, J. H053319 The People v. Ortiz
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Jackson v. Applied Materials CA6
Plaintiff and appellant Kevin Jackson appeals from a judgment following an order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend. He argues that a court reporter should have been provided to him, without charge, for depositions he wanted to take in an arbitration previously compelle…
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In re T.B. CA2/8
INTRODUCTION D.B. (Mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s findings and orders on a Welfare and Institutions Code section 3871 petition filed for her son, T.B. On appeal, Mother argues the dispositional order removing T.B. from her custody should be reversed because there was n…
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In re E.C. CA2/3
C., a Minor. ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ In this juvenile dependency matter, J.W. (father) seeks extraordinary writ relief from the court’s order terminating his family reunification services and setting a hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.261 to cons…
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Forrest v. Forrest CA4/1
I Attorney Adolfo Mediano, Jr., appeals from a family court order imposing $5,000 in monetary sanctions against him for filing and pursuing a frivolous motion on behalf of his client in a marital dissolution proceeding. Mediano contends the court erred because it imposed the sanc…
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Cal. Institute for Human Science v. Myo-Sei CA4/1
The California Institute for Human Science (CIHS) sued Myo-Sei, Inc. (Myo-Sei), seeking declaratory relief regarding leases and purchase options between the parties. Myo-Sei demurred to all six causes of action in CIHS’s first amended complaint, which the trial court sustained wi…