California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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P. v. Martinez CA5
-ooOoo- Pursuant to Penal Code section 1172.75,1 defendant and appellant Alfredo Martinez was resentenced in Kings Superior Court case No. 01CM77223-002 (Kings County case). He timely appealed and claims the trial court erred when it failed to conduct a full resentencing that inc…
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P. v. Brown CA5
-ooOoo- INTRODUCTION In 2016, a jury convicted defendant Michael Charles Brown (defendant) of numerous counts including murder committed during a rape or sodomy (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(C), (D), count 1), attempted murder, assault with intent to commit …
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P. v. Hedegard CA6
After his motion to dismiss gun charges under the Second Amendment was denied, defendant Judd Ander Hedegard1 was convicted by jury on two misdemeanor counts of carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle in public. (Pen. Code, § 25850, subd. (a); unspecified statutory references are …
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P. v. Ceja CA2/3
‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Jose Roberto Ceja appeals the trial court’s postconviction order, striking his prior prison term enhancement under Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b)1 and resentencing him under section 1172.75. Appellate counsel filed an opening brief that rai…
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Occhipinti v. County of Los Angeles CA2/2
This is an appeal from a judgment directing a writ of mandate to defendant County of Los Angeles (the County), and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), to rescind all discipline imposed on Deputy Joe Occhipinti relating to an on- duty patrol vehicle crash, and to pay h…
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O'Connor v. San Mateo Healthcare & Wellness Center CA1/1
Defendants appeal from an order denying their motion to compel arbitration of this lawsuit, which was brought by a person acting both on behalf of a decedent and in an individual capacity. They advance one theory that was raised in the trial court, and one that was not. We reject…
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Medina v. Montebello Unified School Dist. CA2/7
INTRODUCTION Walther Medina met Anthony Martinez when Medina was 30 years old and trying to earn a living as a nightclub singer. Medina didn’t have a high school diploma, and his job prospects were limited. Martinez, then superintendent of Montebello Unified School District, ment…
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Marriage of Post CA4/3
This appeal arises from a family law proceeding in which ex-wife Reidel Post attempted to collect on a 25-year-old support arrearage by obtaining an earnings assignment order (EAO) against Edward Post. Reidel did so on an ex parte basis with no notice to Edward.1 The court refuse…
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In re J.M. CA4/2
I. A.M. is the mother of 11-month-old twin boys, Jon.M. and Jos.M. Mother appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings and orders over her twin sons.1 On
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In re A.P. CA2/3
Father appeals from the juvenile court’s orders summarily denying his Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 388 petitions seeking further family reunification services. He contends the court erred in failing to grant him an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
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In re R.R. CA1/4
R.R. (father) appeals from an order adjudicating his daughter (minor) a dependent child of the juvenile court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300.1 He also challenges the court’s earlier detention order. Father argues that the findings against him at each stage …
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In re E.C. CA4/2
At a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.261 hearing, the juvenile court terminated the parental rights of defendant and appellant S.B. (mother) as to E.C. (born May 2022), S.B. (born November 2020), and V.C. (born September 2017) (collectively,
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Fresno Building Healthy Communities v. City of Fresno CA5
No appearance for Intervener and Respondent. -ooOoo- This is the third time this dispute over Measure P, a citizen-initiated special tax approved by Fresno voters in 2018, has come before this court. Measure P received a majority of the vote—52.17 percent—but less than the two-th…
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Devone v. Morgan Stanley & Co. CA2/3
Maurice Voce was a barber by trade and a self-taught investor. From the 1980s until his death in 2012 at the age of 93, he traded stock options with Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, primarily through John R. Privitelli, and built a $19 million fortune. Maurice left that fortune to his …
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Alcantar v. Rotondo CA2/2
Defendants and appellants Eugene Rotondo (Rotondo), Timothy Moriarty (Moriarty), James A. Wieser (Wieser), Jerome Chiaro (Chiaro), and Donalde Heckman (Heckman) (collectively, defendants) appeal from a judgment following a bench trial awarding plaintiffs and respondents Tracy Alc…
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A & Y Property Investments 26 v. Chavez CA2/8
INTRODUCTION We affirm the trial court’s decision to deduct the amount of a lost grant from the monies that the buyer owed the seller when the trial court enforced a contract in specific performance. We also hold the sellers forfeited any evidentiary challenge to the trial court’…
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S.K. v. Graham CA4/3
Plaintiff and respondent S.K. filed a petition for an elder abuse restraining order against defendant and appellant Brett Graham under Welfare and Institutions Code section 15657.03.1 Following hearings and the appointment of a guardian ad litem (GAL), the trial court found Graha…
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P. v. Solis CA1/2
Jose Juan Solis was convicted on a plea of no contest to one count of attempted robbery and placed on probation. The court reserved the issue of victim restitution and ordered restitution after a hearing several months later. Solis appealed from that restitution order. His appoin…
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P. v. Trinidad CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Levy, Acting P. J., Snauffer, J., and Harrell, J. INTRODUCTION Juan Gabriel Trinidad (appellant) pled no contest to conspiracy to possess drugs, alcohol, or drug paraphernalia in a custodial facility. (Pen. Code, §§ 182, subd. (a)(1), 4573.8.)1 He was sentenced t…
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P. v. Real CA2/3
‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Randy Real appeals from an order denying his Penal Code section 1172.6 petition for resentencing.1 His appellate counsel filed a brief under People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216. Real filed a supplemental brief arguing that his petition was erro…