California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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P. v. Gutierrez CA3
Sep 28, 2022
Defendant pled guilty to a violation of section 211 and admitted a prior strike. The parties stipulated that the factual basis for the plea was stated in the probation report. The details of the crime are not relevant to this appeal. In brief, the victim told police he had an all…
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P. v. Jones CA3
Sep 23, 2022
In February 2013, defendant was sentenced to eight years eight months in prison for robbery and using pepper spray as a weapon (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 22810, subd. (g)(1)). In March 2021, she was released from state prison on a two-year term of parole. As a section 290 registrant for…
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P. v. Dunbar CA3
Sep 23, 2022
Shortly before 1:00 a.m. on February 8, 2021, Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Byers observed a blue Saab with a broken headlight and an expired registration sticker driving on Interstate 80. As Deputy Byers followed the vehicle, the Saab abruptly moved across multiple lanes, traveling f…
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City of Citrus Heights v. Ho CA3
Sep 23, 2022
On January 12, 2021, Citrus Heights filed in the Sacramento Superior Court a petition for an order to abate a public nuisance at defendant’s residence and for the appointment of a receiver pursuant to subdivision (c) of Health and Safety Code section 17980.7. According to the pet…
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P. v. Lozano CA3
Sep 23, 2022
Resolution of the issues in this case requires consideration of an SVP detainee’s due process right to a timely trial. Between 2008 and 2020, California courts published a number of cases delineating that due process right. Understanding the framework of those cases, and their ch…
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P. v. Diaz CA3
Sep 23, 2022
Defendant Frank Diaz had his stepdaughter A. masturbate him on multiple occasions, beginning when A. was eight or nine years old and continuing until she reported it when she was 13 years old. As a result, defendant was convicted of two counts of lewd acts on a child under the ag…
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P. v. Franklin CA3
Sep 23, 2022
As reflected in our 2010 opinion on direct appeal from the judgment, defendant, while in jail for an altercation with Timothy Hurst (aka T-Money), called Floyd Martin and told him to “get on Money.” Martin shot Hurst several times, but Hurst survived. (People v. Martin (Nov. 30, …
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In re Q.S. CA2/5
Sep 23, 2022
The parents appeal from an order terminating parental rights to their son under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26. They contend the juvenile court erred when it determined the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) satisfied its inquiry ob…
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In re V.V. CA2/5
Sep 23, 2022
V.V. was born in August 2008; D.V. was born in December 2009. The events that led to the dependency orders challenged in this appeal began in May 2018. A teacher at V.V.’s school reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) that V…
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Manlin v. Milner CA2/1
Sep 23, 2022
We take the facts from the complaints, accepting them as true for purposes of these appeals. Roger Manlin, an attorney, and Steven Milner jointly own and are the only members of eight real estate investment LLCs. Milner is the sole managing member of each LLC. Milner, without Man…
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In re V.G. CA2/5
Sep 23, 2022
On September 22, 2020, the juvenile court sustained a Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition and found jurisdiction over the four children based on father’s domestic violence toward mother, father’s physical abuse of the children, and father’s inappropriate conduct to…
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El Pegasus v. Kaye CA2/5
Sep 23, 2022
On February 25, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a UD complaint in Case No. 20BBCV00157 against defendants in the Burbank Courthouse. Plaintiffs alleged that they were the owners of a residence on Chandler Boulevard in North Hollywood, and that defendants rented the residence from plaintif…
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Glass v. Whills CA2/4
Sep 23, 2022
After a jury awarded $1,500,000 in damages to the estate of Milton Glass for breach of contract and negligence in connection with his care at a residential facility for the elderly, defendants, respondents, and cross-appellants Whills, LLC and Leisure Care, LLC moved the court fo…
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In re J.W. CA1/2
Sep 23, 2022
On August 20, 2020, mother R.B., father J.W. Jr., and then 1-year old J.W. were in a parked car when unknown assailants fired approximately 30 shots into the vehicle. Both parents were killed and J.W. was seriously injured and taken to the hospital, where he remained for several …
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Marriage of Storn CA1/1
Sep 23, 2022
The parties were married in June 2000 and had two children, a son, born in June 2001, and a daughter, born in August 2004. They separated in March 2017. In May 2017, Allison filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. While the dissolution petition was pending, Ron left his pos…
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P. v. Ibanez CA1/3
Sep 23, 2022
Defendant was charged with four counts of sexual intercourse with Jane Doe One (Doe One), a child who was 10 years of age or younger (Pen. Code, § 288.7, subd. (a), counts 1, 3, 5, 7). He was also charged with multiple counts of lewd acts upon a child under 14 (§ 288, subd. (a) (…
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In re B.T. CA6
Sep 23, 2022
Appellant E.T., father of B.T. and H.T., appeals from an order terminating his parental rights as to B.T. and H.T. Respondent, Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services (Department), and E.T. jointly move for a summary reversal of the order. The parties agre…
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P. v. Law CA6
Sep 23, 2022
In a confidential indictment, the grand jury alleged that Law murdered Nguyen and personally used deadly and dangerous weapons, a rock and brick, in the commission of the offense. A. Trial Evidence On July 12, 2016, Hoang Thi “Jenny” Ho was looking for Nguyen. Ho was concerned ab…
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A.J. v. Superior Court CA5
Sep 23, 2022
The children were removed from mother’s custody in October 2020 by the San Francisco County Human Services Agency (agency) after mother and J.S., father of the three younger children (father), engaged in domestic violence in the children’s presence. Mother struck father with a ca…
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In re M.C. CA5
Sep 23, 2022
On February 2, 2016, the Tulare County District Attorney filed a section 602 juvenile wardship petition, alleging that appellant committed two counts of misdemeanor battery on January 31, 2016. (Pen. Code, § 242; counts 1, 2.) On April 12, 2016, appellant was placed on informal p…