CA Unpub Decisions

A criminal law decision regarding committing a forcible lewd act upon a child under the age of 14.

A criminal law decision regarding termination of parental rights.

Appeal from the findings and orders entered at the jurisdictional and dispositional hearing held pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code sections 360, subdivision (d) and 361, subdivision (c). Appellant asks this court to exercise its discretion to review the record for error.

Plaintiff appeals from a postjudgment order granting a new trial on damages following a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff and against defendants based on their violation of the California Unfair Practices Act (UPA; Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17001, et seq.[1]). Defendants also appeal from the judgment raising several issues.

A criminal law decision regarding second degree murder attempted premeditated and deliberate murder and grand theft auto.

Appellant appeals from the judgment denying its petition seeking a writ of administrative mandamus to compel respondent, to set aside order reinstating real party in interest to employment as a deputy sheriff.

A criminal law decision regarding unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor more than three years younger than accuse, three counts of unlawful oral copulation with a minor and three counts of unlawful penetration of a minor with a foreign object.

A decision regarding specific performance and declaratory relief concerning the purchase of residential real property.

A decision regarding terminating parental rights.

A decision regarding an appeal from a conviction of attempting to deter an executive officer from his or her duty.

Appellant pled no contest to inflicting unjustifiable physical pain on a child and admitted an enhancement allegation that in committing that offense he personally inflicted great bodily injury on a child under the age of five years. Thereafter, appellant moved to withdraw his plea. The court denied the motion and imposed a prison term of nine years, consisting of the four-year upper term on the substantive offense and the five-year midterm on the enhancement. On appeal, appellant's sole contention is that the court erred in denying appellant's motion to withdraw his plea (plea motion). Court affirm.

Appellant challenges the juvenile court's jurisdictional findings and assumption of jurisdiction over her children. Court affirm the judgment.

A modification decision.

In appeal, the court held that triable issues of fact made summary judgment inappropriate in a lawsuit naming the sureties on a payment bond. Upon remand, the superior court conducted a trial and found that the sureties had agreed to be bound by their principal's settlement offer under Code of Civil Procedure section 998. Accordingly, the superior court ruled that the sureties were entitled to benefit from the offer and were not liable for any attorney fees incurred by the plaintiff.