California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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P. v. Templeton CA2/2
Marvion Templeton appeals his conviction on the ground the magistrate and trial court erred in denying his Penal Code section 1538.51 motions to suppress evidence. We affirm. We construe the record in the light most favorable to the People. (People v. Romeo (2015) 240 Cal.App.4th…
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P. v. Negrete CA4/2
Defendant and appellant Matthew Negrete was convicted of two counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts against his daughter and her friend. Defendant claims on appeal that the trial court violated his due process rights and committed
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P. v. Hrbac CA1/1
Defendant Robert Hrbac appeals from a judgment entered after a jury convicted him of continuous sexual abuse of a child 14 years of age or younger (Pen. Code, § 288.5, subd. (a))1 and dissuading a witness by conspiracy (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(2)). Hrbac contends the trial court abuse…
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P. v. Garcia CA4/2
A jury convicted Tizoc Garcia of multiple felonies, and the court imposed a sentence under the Three Strikes Law due to two previous convictions which the court found were serious felonies. Garcia appealed, and this court reversed the trial court’s
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P. v. Sigala CA5
-ooOoo- Defendant Ray Brite Sigala accepted a plea agreement to resolve two underlying domestic violence criminal cases. After being placed on probation, defendant violated a criminal protective order and probation provision that he was to have no contact with the victims in the …
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Marriage of B.M. and O.G. CA3
(Calaveras) In re the Marriage of B.M. and O.G. C104321 B.M., (Super. Ct. No. 24FL47420) Respondent,
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Marriage of Stern CA4/1
Katie Stern appeals a postjudgment order reducing the amount of child support her former husband, Peter Stern, must pay each month. She claims the trial court erred by inexplicably excluding his wages in calculating child support according to the statewide uniform guideline. For …
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Marriage of Murad CA4/2
Appellant Laith Murad (Husband) appeals from the denial of his request for order (RFO)1 seeking to terminate spousal support paid to respondent Jodi Murad (Wife). Husband and Wife had a long-term marriage; they were married in Husband and
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In re L.G. CA4/1
At the permanency planning hearing, the juvenile court found two-year-old L.G. adoptable but that T.W. (Mother) had established the parental-benefit exception to adoption. (See Welf. & Inst. Code1, § 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i).) The court therefore declined to terminate Mother’s …
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In re A.V. CA1/3
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 Appellant, joined by respondent, requests remand for the juvenile court to set the maximum term of confinement. We agree the juvenile court erred by failing to set the maximum term and shall remand. Welfare and Institutions Code section 726, subdivision (d)(1)…
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In re K.W. CA2/3
and Kyra W., minors. ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ C.W. (mother) seeks extraordinary writ relief from juvenile court orders terminating her family reunification services and setting a hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 to consider the implementation o…
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In re K.A. CA3
Appointed counsel for the minor, K.A., has asked this court to conduct an independent review of the record to determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Finding no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favor…
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In re B.L. CA4/2
Ashley T. (Mother) appeals from the termination of her parental rights to two of her minor children, M.L. and B.L. (collectively, the children). She argues that the juvenile court erred by failing to apply the beneficial parental relationship exception
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In re R.R. CA4/2
The juvenile court terminated the parental rights of D.B. (Mother) and R.R. (Father—father to their son, R.R. (Minor)). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (b)(1).)1 Mother contends: (1) her juvenile court attorney rendered ineffective assistance during
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Helton v. City of Los Angeles CA2/2
This appeal arises from the termination of plaintiff Nathaniel Helton from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) after he refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19. He was temporarily placed off duty without pay when he failed to commit to becoming fully vaccinated and ultimatel…
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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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Escamilla v. Iredale CA4/1
Eugene Iredale, Julia Yoo, and Donald Green (collectively, Respondents) represented the estate of Timothy Gene Smith (the Estate) in a wrongful death action arising out of an officer involved shooting that caused Smith’s death (the Civil Rights Litigation). The operative complain…
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Chirip-Riggs v. Hernandez CA4/2
I. Defendant and appellant, Aaron Hernandez (Father) appeals the trial court’s orders imposing a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) against him and an order modifying child custody under Family Code section 3044. Father contends that there
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Celious v. City of Los Angeles CA2/8
INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Aaron Celious appeals from the judgment of dismissal entered after the trial court sustained without leave to amend the demurrer to Celious’s second amended complaint filed by defendants City of Los Angeles (City) and Andrew Westall, Holly Wolcott, Capri Ma…
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Belletto v. Bd. of Trustees of the Cal. State U. CA2/2
In this action alleging violations of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA; Gov. Code,1 § 12900 et seq.) and other California employment laws, Plaintiff Vincent Belletto appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants the Board of Trustees of the Cali…