California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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P. v. Majerus CA4/1
Jul 7, 2022
L.B. was Majerus’s girlfriend and lived with him. In April 2018, Majerus hit, strangled, and threatened L.B. An information charged Majerus with one count of inflicting corporal injury on L.B. (§ 273.5, subd. (a)), and one count of making a criminal threat against her (§ 422, sub…
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P. v. Meridith CA3
Jul 7, 2022
On June 10, 2019, around 11:00 a.m., California Highway Patrol responded to the report of a car accident. When they arrived, patrol officers saw a car stuck in a metal fence on the side of the road. Defendant was the driver of the car. The hood of the car was dented, the windshie…
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In re A.M. CA2/5
Jul 7, 2022
APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Tara Newman, Judge. Conditionally reversed and remanded with directions. Patricia K. Saucier, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant D.S. John L. Dodd, under appointment by the Court of…
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P. v. Harper CA2/1
Jul 7, 2022
On July 20, 2020, defendant Deandre Harper pleaded no contest to a charge of burglary under Penal Code section 459. The trial court sentenced him to 11 years, suspended execution of sentence, and placed him on formal probation for five years. One condition of that probation was t…
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P. v. Young CA2/5
Jul 7, 2022
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Norman J. Shapiro, Judge. Dismissed. Richard B. Lennon and Anna Rea, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance by Plaintiff and Respondent. A trial jury convicted defendan…
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Williams v. Wells Fargo Bank CA2/7
Jul 7, 2022
The Williams plaintiffs filed this action on April 27, 2020. After the trial court sustained the Wells Fargo defendants’ demurrer to the first amended complaint with leave to amend, the Williams plaintiffs filed the operative second amended complaint, alleging causes of action fo…
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P. v. Djama CA2/3
Jul 7, 2022
Djama is a citizen of Uzbekistan. She entered the United States in 2011 as a lawful permanent resident. Djama emigrated here to improve her life financially, to help her family, and “to live freely as a Muslim lesbian without fear of persecution,” which she was facing in her home…
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P. v. Patterson CA2/5
Jul 7, 2022
On May 3, 1999, defendant and three others robbed a jewelry and music store in Long Beach. (People v. Patterson (Sept. 25, 2001, B143582) (Patterson), review granted and opn. ordered nonpub. Dec. 19, 2001, S101726.) During the robbery, one of defendant’s accomplices shot and kill…
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P. v. Robinson CA2/5
Jul 7, 2022
APPEAL from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, James Otto, Judge. Affirmed. Kiran Prasad, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance by Plaintiff and Respondent. _____________________________________ On May …
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P. v. Lewis CA2/5
Jul 7, 2022
Although the jury found charged gang enhancements not true, in order to accurately describe the trial, we have included in our factual recitation evidence of defendants’ gang connections. 1. Grape Street Crips and YNM Both defendants are members of the Grape Street Crips gang. Th…
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In re M.C. CA1/4
Jul 7, 2022
Much of the background of this case is set forth in a prior opinion, so we limit our factual review to those facts directly relevant to father’s argument. (L.B. v. Superior Court of Contra Costa County (April 5, 2021, A161673) [nonpub. opn.].) The minor was born in November 2010.…
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P. v. Willis CA1/3
Jul 7, 2022
As we explained in considering a prior appeal brought by defendant (People v. Willis (Sept. 29, 2021, A160625) [nonpub. opn.] (Willis II)), in 1989 the trial court found defendant guilty of first degree murder (§ 187), and found true a special circumstance that the murder was com…
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Conservatorship of Bobby H. CA1/3
Jul 7, 2022
In February 2021, the Public Guardian filed a petition seeking reappointment as conservator for Bobby H. After a trial in May 2021, a jury found that Bobby H. was gravely disabled due to a mental disorder. On May 17, 2021, the trial court issued the reappointment order and determ…
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P. v. Mota-Avendano CA1/2
Jul 7, 2022
Mota was charged with two codefendants (Javier Gomez and Gamaliel Elizalde) with the murder of Rico McIntosh (§ 187; count 1), conspiracy to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon (§§ 182, subd. (a)(1), 187, 245, subd. (a)(1); count 2), active participation in a criminal …
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Thompson v. Crestbrook Insurance CA1/4
Jul 7, 2022
In 2009, the parcel’s then-owners deeded SLT a conservation easement over the entire parcel to prevent the loss of its scenic, natural-habitat, and open-space values that would occur if the parcel were developed. With narrow exceptions, the easement bars: (1) commercial, industri…
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Marriage of LaMusga CA1/4
Jul 7, 2022
Gary LaMusga is an insurance and financial advisor who owns his own business. Karin Peterson, his former spouse, worked as a hairdresser for 46 years. In the past decade, Peterson suffered from various health problems, including neck injuries and carpal tunnel syndrome in her han…
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P. v. Velasquez CA1/1
Jul 7, 2022
In 2016, a jury convicted defendant Jose Velasquez of a number of sexual assault crimes, including forcible rape and forcible sodomy, committed during a 2000 residential burglary and assault. The jury also found true several enhancement allegations. In an unpublished opinion (Peo…
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P. v. France CA1/4
Jul 7, 2022
Defendant Michael France pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and admitted one allegation that he had served a prior prison term. In exchange, the prosecution dismissed two strikes and two prior prison term allegations. In accordance with the plea …
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In re A.M. CA6
Jul 7, 2022
The initial petition filed in this matter pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code, section 300 stated that there was no known Indian ancestry based on H.M.’s statements to the social worker and forms H.M. had completed. Based on this evidence, the jurisdictional and disposition…
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In re L.M. CA6
Jul 7, 2022
L.M., along with two half-siblings, was taken into protective custody by the Department of Family and Children’s Services in June 2019. He was two years old and living with an aunt and uncle after his mother dropped out of residential drug treatment with the children. Her continu…