California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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In re N.B. CA2/5
Jul 28, 2022
On September 18, 2017, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) detained the children pursuant to a removal warrant and placed them with maternal grandmother. On November 9, 2017, the Department filed a first amended dependency petition pursu…
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P. v. Young CA2/1
Jul 28, 2022
On August 3, 1987, the People filed a felony complaint alleging that Young committed second degree robbery, in violation of section 211. According to the probation officer’s report concerning this offense, Young shoved the victim, grabbed her purse, and fled the scene. The report…
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P. v. Robinson CA2/2
Jul 28, 2022
We take judicial notice of our prior decisions in defendant’s case, and draw background facts from those opinions. Robinson I: People v. Robinson (June 2, 2004, B166845) (nonpub. opn.) Defendant was convicted in 2003 of a murder committed in 1992, when he was 16 years old. Defend…
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P. v. Green CA2/1
Jul 28, 2022
In 1992, petitioner, Lifalfa Green, suffered convictions for the murder of Juan Nunez, the attempted murder of Jorge Nunez (Juan’s brother), and robbery (of Juan’s vehicle). With respect to the murder, the jury found true that Green personally used a firearm and found not true a …
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In re Vanessa C. CA2/7
Jul 28, 2022
Jovanni and his girlfriend, Vanessa R., were living with their children, J.F. and V.F., and Vanessa’s 13-year-old daughter (by another father), V.C., when in February 2021 the Department filed a section 300 petition alleging juvenile court jurisdiction over J.F. and V.F. In ident…
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O’Brien v. Bridgestone/Firestone CA2/1
Jul 28, 2022
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (Firestone) owned property in South Gate at the corner of Firestone Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue, manufacturing tires there from 1928 to 1980. Firestone was ultimately succeeded by Bridgestone America’s Tire Company (Bridgestone). Bridgestone …
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Marriage of Randoy CA2/4
Jul 28, 2022
This appeal arises out of a marital dissolution action between Marieke Randoy and Reed Randoy, and related custody proceedings regarding their only child. Marieke appeals from the judgment entered on August 7, 2020 after a nine-day bench trial on the petition for dissolution, and…
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P. v. Lathan CA2/5
Jul 28, 2022
“At the time of the crimes, [G.T.], Veronica Perez, and their children were visiting [I.M.], [A.P.], and their children. At some point in the evening, [I.M.] and [G.T.] were sitting in [I.M.]’s car, parked near the front door to the house. [I.M.] was in the passenger seat, [G.T.]…
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P. v. Herrera CA2/2
Jul 28, 2022
Defendant was charged in counts 1 and 2 of an amended information with attempted murder in violation of Penal Code sections 664 and 187, subdivision (a). It was also alleged that the attempted murders were committed willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation and that defenda…
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K.S. v. Superior Court CA1/1
Jul 28, 2022
In August 2020, the Contra Costa County Children and Family Services Bureau (Bureau) received a report from a Nevada child welfare worker that A.S. had reportedly been born on the side of the road while mother and M.H. were traveling from California to Las Vegas. Upon presenting …
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P. v. Gonzales CA1/1
Jul 28, 2022
On August 6, 2021, the Lake County District Attorney filed an information charging Gonzales with the attempted murder of C.P. (§§ 187, subd. (a) & 664, count I), felony assault with a deadly weapon, a knife (§ 245, subd. (a)(1), count II), and battery causing serious bodily injur…
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P. v. Gonzales CA1/1
Jul 28, 2022
On August 6, 2021, the Lake County District Attorney filed an information charging Gonzales with the attempted murder of C.P. (§§ 187, subd. (a) & 664, count I), felony assault with a deadly weapon, a knife (§ 245, subd. (a)(1), count II), and battery causing serious bodily injur…
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P. v. Phouamkha CA1/1
Jul 28, 2022
After defendant Saykham Phouamkha consented to a search of his van, the police found ammunition, which he was prohibited from possessing due to a prior felony conviction. He was arrested, and a search of his backpack, incident to his arrest, yielded a loaded firearm. Defendant wa…
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In re O.S. CA1/1
Jul 28, 2022
The Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency (Agency) filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b)(1) and (g), alleging the minor was at substantial risk of harm due to lack of adequate or safe living environment and because mother w…
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In re I.C. CA1/3
Jul 28, 2022
Mother and presumed father are the parents of I.C. (born 2009) and M.C. (born 2010). Several years after the children were born, the parents separated; the children initially spent time with mother then father reportedly took custody due to mother’s methamphetamine use. Just befo…
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Showers v. Mathews CA1/1
Jul 28, 2022
Delbert Joseph Mathews (Joe) and Roberta Mathews first married in 1958. Joe and Roberta divorced in 1989. After the divorce, Joe married Zieta R. Mathews. On October 10, 2000, Joe and Zieta, as husband and wife (settlors) executed the Mathews 2000 Trust (Trust). Three years later…
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In re Lilian F. CA1/3
Jul 28, 2022
In November 2018, the Santa Clara Social Services Agency filed petitions on behalf of mother’s children alleging dependency jurisdiction under section 300, subdivision (b)(1) [failure to protect from risk of harm], 300, subdivision (c) [serious emotional damage], and 300, subdivi…
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Sheks Construction Co. v. City of South S.F. CA1/5
Jul 28, 2022
On August 1, 2016, Ramon Gomez (Plaintiff) fell while skateboarding across an intersection (the Intersection) in a residential neighborhood in the City. Plaintiff does not remember the accident. When police responded, there was a hose stretched diagonally across the Intersection,…
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Jones v. Coombs Tree Farms CA1/4
Jul 28, 2022
Before us is an appeal and a cross-appeal from an order granting in part and denying in part an anti-SLAPP motion under section 425.16 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Finding no merit to the appeal or the cross-appeal, we shall affirm. I. In 2019, Judith Jones sued her two brothe…
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P. v. Comb CA1/4
Jul 28, 2022
Comb and the victim (R.C.) were married. On the night of August 23, 2019, sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of domestic violence at their residence. Comb, who was intoxicated, placed R.C. in a headlock and groped her breasts. R.C. locked herself in the bathroom to escape, …