California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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P. v. Snow CA2/3
May 22, 2023
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Suzette Clover, Judge. Affirmed. William J. Capriola, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Su…
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P. v. Snow CA2/3
May 22, 2023
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Suzette Clover, Judge. Affirmed. William J. Capriola, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Su…
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P. v. Torres CA2/6
May 22, 2023
Ventura Torres appeals the judgment entered after a jury convicted him of first degree willful, deliberate and premeditated murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189). The trial court sentenced him to 25 years to life in state prison. Appellant raises claims of insufficient evide…
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P. v. Sessing CA2/6
May 22, 2023
Nathan Gregory Sessing appeals following his resentencing on charges of special-circumstance felony murder (Pen, Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 188, 190.2), two counts of residential burglary (§ 459), and assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)). Sessing also admitted using a…
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P. v. Sessing CA2/6
May 22, 2023
Nathan Gregory Sessing appeals following his resentencing on charges of special-circumstance felony murder (Pen, Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 188, 190.2), two counts of residential burglary (§ 459), and assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)). Sessing also admitted using a…
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P. v. Sessing CA2/6
May 22, 2023
Nathan Gregory Sessing appeals following his resentencing on charges of special-circumstance felony murder (Pen, Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 188, 190.2), two counts of residential burglary (§ 459), and assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)). Sessing also admitted using a…
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Lang v. Lang CA2/6
May 22, 2023
Jonathan Lang appeals a post-judgment order modifying child support and denying his request for spousal support. (Fam. Code, §§ 4053, 4320.) He contends the trial court erred by imputing income to him based on past earnings and by failing to consider whether the child support rul…
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In re C.C. CA2/4
May 22, 2023
APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lisa Brackelmanns, Judge Pro Tempore. Affirmed. Michelle E. Butler, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Office of the County Counsel, Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Ne…
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Dewitt v. Burton CA2/3
May 22, 2023
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Deirdre Hill, Judge. Reversed. Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, Robert D. Brugge, Barbara Ciolino; Law Offices of Stanley Denis and Stanley Denis for Plaintiff and Appellant. Keesal, Young & Logan, David D. Piper, and C…
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American Express Bank v. Ezor CA2/4
May 22, 2023
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, John Kralik, Judge. Affirmed. Arthur Edward Ezor, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant. Jaffe & Asher and Ray Mahdavi, for Plaintiffs and Respondents. _____________________________________________ INTRODUCTI…
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P. v. Johnson CA2/3
May 22, 2023
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, John J. Lonergan, Jr., Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions. Nancy J. King, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assist…
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McNamee v. City of L.A. CA2/2
May 22, 2023
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Richard L. Fruin, Judge. Affirmed. McNicholas & McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter and Jeffrey R. Lamb for Plaintiff and Appellant. Michael N. Feuer, City Attorney, Scott Marcus and Blithe S. Bock, Assistant City Atto…
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In re K.C. CA1/4
May 22, 2023
A.C. (mother), the mother of K.C., appeals from an order terminating her parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26.) Mother’s sole argument is that the juvenile court erred by terminating her rights notwithstanding the failure of the Del Norte Department of Health and Human …
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American Express Bank v. C. D. Rowsell CA1/4
May 22, 2023
Plaintiff American Express Bank, FSB (American Express) brought a collection action against C.D. Rowsell and Rowsell’s company, Bosonda International Ltd. (Bosonda). In response, Rowsell and Bosonda asserted individual and class cross-claims against American Express and several r…
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P. v. Colt CA1/4
May 22, 2023
In February 2021, this court issued an opinion affirming the denial of a motion by Thomas Michael Colt to vacate his 1990 judgment of conviction for murder. (People v. Colt (Feb. 2, 2021, A158424 [nonpub. opn.].) The trial court had treated the motion as a petition for a writ of …
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In re A.B. CA1/4
May 22, 2023
C.B. (Father) appeals an order terminating his parental rights to A.B. (Minor) at a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing (.26 hearing). Minor is now age six. At the .26 hearing, the dependency court terminated both parents’ parental rights and chose adoption as Mi…
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P. v. Jones CA1/4
May 22, 2023
Defendant Allen Jones appeals from a restitution order following his guilty plea to grand theft of property, in violation of Penal Code section 487, subdivision (c). The trial court ordered defendant to pay $1,600 in victim restitution plus annual interest of 10 percent and an ad…
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Shiheiber v. JPMorgan Chase Bank CA1/2
May 22, 2023
Appellant Hanan Shiheiber appeals from a post-judgment award of contractual attorney fees imposed against her after she lost at trial on all of her claims against lender JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Chase), which were premised on her theory Chase had wrongfully foreclosed on her pr…
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P. v. Wilson CA1/4
May 22, 2023
Appellant, Lemuel Wilson, speeding on a highway off-ramp, lost control of his vehicle and slammed into another car driven by a mother taking her three sons home from a drive-in movie. After Wilson’s car came to rest, he got out, refused help from several bystanders, and escaped o…
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P. v. Mendoza-Heredia CA4/3
Oct 26, 2022
In February 2018, Mendoza-Heredia was charged with ten counts of child molestation pertaining to two victims. As to the first victim, M.L., he was charged with six counts occurring between May 3, 2011, and May 2, 2017. Five of these counts were for committing forcible lewd acts o…