California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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Grover H2O v. City of Grover Beach CA2/6
GROVER H2O, et al., 2d Civ. No. B346833 (Super. Ct. No. 24CV-0264) Plaintiffs and Appellants, (San Luis Obispo County) v. et al.,
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Garza v. City of Parlier CA5
-ooOoo- Defendant City of Parlier (“City”) terminated plaintiff Jose Garza’s employment as the City’s chief of police. Garza sued for retaliation under Labor Code1 section 1102.5. A jury found for him on his single cause of action and awarded him $1 million in damages. The case w…
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Garcia v. AINW Corp. CA4/1
Plaintiffs and appellants Gilbert Garcia and Veronica Garcia1 appeal a summary judgment in favor of defendants and respondents AINW Corporation and Ronald Crilley on plaintiffs’ second amended complaint for negligence, loss of consortium, liability for third party criminal conduc…
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Field 9/2/26 Saldivar v. Entravision Communications Corp. CA2/3
Plaintiff Laura Saldivar sued defendant Entravision Communications Corporation (Entravision), alleging sex discrimination, retaliation, equal pay, and wage-and-hour claims arising from her employment with and termination from the company. Entravision moved to compel arbitration u…
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Virdi v. Brown CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Hill, P. J., Snauffer, J. and DeSantos, J. Sean Brown and Kelly Brown (collectively, defendants) appeal from a postjudgment order denying their claims of exemption to levies. Because they have not demonstrated trial court error, we affirm the order.
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Riley v. Los Angeles Unified School District CA2/8
The Legislature, through Assembly Bill 218, amended Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1 to temporarily revive time- barred claims for childhood sexual assault for a three-year period, from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022. (West Contra Costa Unified School Dist. v. Superior…
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P. v. Sapien CA2/6
Jesus Andrew Sapien appeals from the judgment after a jury convicted him of 13 counts of lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code,1 § 288, subd. (a)). The jury also found true enhancements for multiple victims (§ 667.61, subd. (e)(4)), victims under age 14 (§ 667.61, s…
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P. v. Adams CA4/1
Xavier Akeem Adams appeals the order denying his Penal Code1 section 1172.6 petition to vacate his March 2011 conviction for first degree murder. He claims the trial court erred by assuming that the fact that he had received weapons training from the Marine Corps essentially obvi…
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P. v. Cavazos CA4/1
A Additional Background During his closing argument, the prosecutor asserted that after the North Side Indio members drove by Cavazos and his companions at the cemetery, they formulated a plan to attack North Side Indio in their territory. The prosecutor focused on Cavazos’s stat…
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P. v. G.A. CA4/2
I. Defendant and appellant G.A. appeals from an order transferring his case from juvenile court to adult court following a transfer hearing. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 801,
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P. v. Martin CA3
The People charged defendant Deshayla Jattyanna Martin with arson of property and alleged a prior serious felony conviction. After the trial court denied her request for pretrial mental health diversion under Penal Code section 1001.36, she pleaded no contest to unlawfully causin…
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P. v. Bouslaugh CA1/4
Colin Alan Bouslaugh appeals following a contested violation of probation hearing wherein he was sentenced to the midterm of three years for violation of Penal Code1 section 245, subdivision (a)(4), assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury. Bouslaugh argues h…
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P. v. Estrada CA2/8
Victor Alfonso Galdamez Estrada appeals his convictions for kidnapping with intent to commit rape and assault with intent to commit rape, in violation of Penal Code section 209, subdivision (b)(1), and section 220, subdivision (a)(1). (Further unspecified statutory references are…
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P. v. Ortega CA2/7
Albert Tomas Ortega, Jr., appeals from the superior court’s order denying his petition for resentencing filed under Penal Code section 1172.6.1 We appointed counsel to represent Ortega on appeal. After reviewing the record, counsel for Ortega filed a brief pursuant to People v. D…
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P. v. Nelson CA3
A jury found defendant Carl Nelson guilty of committing forcible and non-forcible lewd acts on his daughter and forcing his adult cousin to orally copulate him. Defendant contends the prosecutor violated the Racial Justice Act (Stats. 2020, ch. 317, § 3.5; RJA) and defendant’s fe…
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P. v. Pellegrine CA1/1
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 After entering into a negotiated plea agreement, James Scott Pellegrine pleaded no contest to criminal threats (Pen. Code, § 422)2 and felony assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)). The superior court then dismissed the cr…
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P. v. Wolpert CA1/3
David Alexander Wolpert appeals the denial of his motion for mental health diversion. (Pen. Code, § 1001.36, undesignated statutory references are to this code.) He argues the trial court abused its discretion by finding him unsuitable for diversion based on an insufficient treat…
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P. v. Cannon CA2/8
INTRODUCTION A jury convicted defendant Curtis Paul Cannon of two counts of felony perjury, one count of felony misappropriating public funds, and one count of felony grand theft by embezzlement of public funds. On appeal, Cannon argues: (1) insufficient evidence supports the jur…
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P. v. Martin CA2/2
THE COURT: Defendant and appellant Joel Martin (defendant) appeals from the denial of his petition for vacatur of his murder conviction and resentencing under Penal Code1 section 1172.6. 1 All further unattributed code sections are to the Penal Code unless otherwise stated. Defen…
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P. v. Pelton CA5
-ooOoo- INTRODUCTION On four separate occasions, Sean Michael Pelton (appellant) and his accomplices cut holes in the perimeter fence of a commercial lot, entered the property, and stole numerous catalytic converters by cutting them from large service trucks. A jury convicted app…