California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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P. v. Karam CA4/3
* * * Defendant Walid Karam was convicted by a jury of resisting and deterring an executive officer, vandalism, and resisting and obstructing a peace officer. The court suspended imposition of sentence and placed him on two years of formal probation. On appeal, Karam contends the…
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P. v. Singh CA5
-ooOoo- Defendant Harmanpreet Singh was convicted by jury of first degree murder, corporal injury on a former dating partner, and assault with a firearm. On appeal, he contends (1) the trial court erred by failing to hold a second competency hearing, (2) defense counsel rendered …
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Obiora v. PWxyz CA2/5
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Noel Obiora appeals from the trial court’s order striking his cause of action for declaratory relief against defendant1 pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute (Civ. Code Proc., § 425.16)2. We affirm.
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Obiora v. PWxyz CA2/5
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Noel Obiora appeals from the trial court’s order awarding attorney fees to defendant PWxyz, LLC (defendant) after granting its Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 special motion to strike.1 We affirm.
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Mourey v. Kobseff CA4/1
Plaintiff Daniel Mourey appeals from a judgment granting defendant Lynn Kobseff’s special motion to strike his complaint against her under the anti-SLAPP statute. (Code Civ. Proc.,1 § 425.16.) He contends the trial
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Memarzadeh v. Gutierrez CA1/3
Maher Memarzadeh sued Francisco Arturo Gutierrez for legal malpractice. For two years, Gutierrez unsuccessfully tried to video record Memarzadeh’s deposition. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2025.330, subd. (c); undesignated statutory references are to this code.) Despite multiple court orde…
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Marosi v. TriCo Bancshares CA6
These three appeals involve a dispute over the titling of property. In 2013, Gilbert Marosi and Cecilia Marosi (collectively, the Marosis)1 1 For clarity, we refer to the Marosis by their first names when we refer
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M.T. v. Superior Court CA1/5
Petitioner, A176349, A176353 v. (City & County of San Francisco SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY Super. Ct. Nos. JD23-3154, JD23- AND COUNTY OF SAN 3153C, JD23-3153D, JD23-3153E, FRANCISCO, JD23-3153F)
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In re K.C. CA4/1
INTRODUCTION After finding then 17-and-a-half-year-old K.C. not amenable to rehabilitation under the juvenile court’s jurisdiction, the juvenile court granted the People’s motion to transfer his murder case to criminal court. K.C. appeals, asserting that the order is not supporte…
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Godshall v. Peterson CA4/1
In this medical malpractice action, Cecilia Godshall alleges Drew A. Peterson, M.D. and California Orthopaedic Institute Medical Associates, Inc. (Orthopaedic Institute) negligently performed carpal tunnel surgery on her in 2017. The trial court granted summary judgment for the d…
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Garcia v. Sahu CA4/1
Jose Gregorio Garcia was involved in a traffic collision with a car owned by Upendra Sahu. He sued Sahu and fictitious Doe defendants for his alleged injuries. Garcia later discovered Sahu’s son, Rook Sahu,1 was driving the car at the time of the collision, but he did not move to…
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Evans v. Long Beach Unified School Dist. CA2/7
INTRODUCTION Paul Evans appeals from the judgment after the trial court denied his petition for writ of administrative mandate. Evans’s petition challenged the decision by the Long Beach Unified School District to terminate his employment as an instructional aid for deaf and hard…
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Cooney v. Chino Valley Unified School Dist. Bd. of Ed. CA4/1
Natalie Cooney sued the Chino Valley Unified School District (District) based on events that occurred when she spoke at a Board of Education (Board) meeting. She alleged the District violated her free speech and government petitioning rights at the meeting and then retaliated aga…
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Boisot v. Logan CA4/1
Saskia Boisot and Sharon Logan filed requests for restraining orders against each other based on online harassment. The trial court granted Boisot’s request but denied Logan’s. Logan appealed, arguing the trial court was biased and failed to disqualify itself. Logan also challeng…
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Bates v. City of Temecula CA4/1
The City of Temecula (the City) appeals an order granting a new trial after a jury found the City not liable for a dangerous condition on a public roadway that allegedly caused John Gordon Bates, III, to crash while riding his bicycle. The trial court granted a new trial because …
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P. v. Rowe CA1/1
Thus, we order the term on the conspiracy conviction stayed but otherwise affirm the judgment. I. We abbreviate our factual discussion, because our conclusion that neither of the instructional errors Rowe raises was prejudicial turns not on the evidence as a whole, but primarily …
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P. v. Jenkins CA5
-ooOoo- Defendant James Dean Jenkins was resentenced under Penal Code3 section 1172.75, and the People appeal from the imposition of the new sentence. At 3 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code. resentencing, the trial court stayed under section 654 an indetermi…
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P. v. Fee CA5
-ooOoo- Defendant Timothy Charles Fee appeals from resentencing under Penal Code1 section 1172.75. On appeal, defendant contends the trial court abused its discretion by denying his request to dismiss his five-year serious felony enhancement under section 1385. We affirm. FACTUAL…
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P. v. Rivers CA2/8
Defendant and appellant Martin Rivers appeals from the trial court’s order denying his petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6.1 We affirm. The People charged defendant with the murder of Patrick Clark (§ 187, subd. (a); count 1), and with being a felon in posse…
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P. v. Hammond CA2/3
A jury convicted Richard Hammond of first degree murder and two counts of attempted premeditated murder. Thereafter, Hammond petitioned for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6,1 which limited accomplice liability for some murder- related crimes. The trial court denied th…